Police say John Rivard was driving north in the southbound lanes when he hit another vehicle in Yarmouth.
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Artist who grew up in Westbrook turned Parkinson’s diagnosis into his most personal work yet
C. David Thomas, who now lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, has been an artist and teacher his entire adult life. Much of his work has been informed by his time in Vietnam during the war, and regular visits over the last 35 years.
Unusual driving mishaps kept police busy early Saturday
A vehicle drove onto train tracks and got stuck, and another drove into the Portland Police garage and down a few stairs. No one was injured in either incident, police said.
At 2 Old Orchard Beach motels, asylum seekers move out to make way for tourists
Most of the families will relocate to another motel in Freeport, as Portland continues to grapple with large numbers of asylum seekers and homeless.
U.S. Department of Justice files challenge to Alabama transgender law
The law making it a felony for doctors to treat transgender people under age 19 with puberty-blockers and hormones to affirm their gender identity.
Pilot program puts food trucks in parking lot off the Eastern Promenade
The city manager has approved a pilot program relocating the trucks to 10 spots in the middle-level parking lot on Cutter Street.
Max Glauben, Holocaust survivor who helped found Dallas museum, dies at 94
Glauben’s death came as Israel’s national Holocaust memorial day was marked on Thursday.
First case of human bird flu infection confirmed in Colorado
The man, a Colorado state prison inmate, has since recovered. He apparently caught it while helping to remove chickens from an infected farm.
New gas pipeline boosts Europe’s bid to ease Russian supply
European countries that are dependent on Russian imports are looking to get greater access to the global natural gas market through a new pipeline that crosses a remote border area between Greece and Bulgaria.