Six drivers were charged with operating under the influence during a sobriety checkpoint last weekend in Lebanon, Maine State Police said Thursday. During the four hours the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety checkpoint was open along Route 202, four drivers were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Two others were charged with drug-related […]
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Maine to allow ranked votes in general presidential election
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine moved ahead Friday with plans to become the first state to allow voters to rank candidates in a general presidential election. Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, said she’ll allow a bill to become law in January without her signature. The legislation requires ranked choice voting in presidential elections and primaries. […]
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Deputy Mayor’s comments about Sanford police raise eyebrows
SANFORD — Deputy Mayor Lucas Lanigan had some harsh words for the Sanford Police Department on Tuesday. Lanigan, during the Councilor Comment section of the agenda at the end of the City Council meeting, claimed “known” drug houses are being ignored by police and that officers are unable to multitask. “Other communities are getting it […]
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‘Poseidon Adventure’ actress Carol Lynley dies at 77
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carol Lynley, a stage and screen actress who starred in the “The Poseidon Adventure” and appeared in numerous other film and television series, has died. She was 77. Lynley’s daughter Jill Selsman said Friday her mother died in her sleep Tuesday in Los Angeles. The actress had a lengthy Hollywood career, […]
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Home Country: September arrives in all its glory
September. Our month of change. Our month of happy change. Once more we can stand the thought of wearing a sweater as the summer sun burns itself down. Once again we can think about a new year at school, a new teacher. Once again, the house is ours … and quiet during the day. September. […]
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Trump taps LePage to serve as as honorary campaign chair in Maine
President Trump’s reelection campaign has tapped former Republican Gov. Paul LePage to serve as the campaign’s honorary chairman in Maine. LePage campaigned with Trump, who visited Maine five times in his first campaign for the presidency in 2016. Trump also flirted with the idea he would put LePage on his staff during a Portland Press […]
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Pedestrian struck by car in Westbrook dies
A 67-year-old Westbrook man died Friday, one day after he was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of East Bridge and Austin streets in Westbrook, police said. Clifford Verrill was struck about 7:35 a.m. by a vehicle being driven by Nicholas Moulton, 24, of Windham. Verrill was rushed to Maine Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, Westbrook […]
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Tourists may pay tolls to drive crooked San Francisco street
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of tourists could soon be forced to make reservations and pay to drive the famous crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco. California lawmakers approved a bill Thursday granting San Francisco the power to establish a toll and reservation system for Lombard Street. The bill still needs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature. […]
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T. Jefferson Parker tells latest tale in tight, vivid prose
“The Last Good Guy: a Novel” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) by T. Jefferson Parker Twenty-eight-year-old Penelope Rideout takes a seat in Roland Ford’s office, says that her 14-year-old sister, Daley, is missing and asks, “Can you find her?” Ford replies, “I’m good at what I do.” In the former Marine’s seven-year career as a Southern California […]
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