HOUSTON (AP) — Updates on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local): Updated 10:10 a.m.: Houston police Chief Art Acevedo says authorities have rescued 2,000 people from flooding in the city. Acevedo says the city has 185 critical rescue requests still pending as of Monday morning. He says the goal is to rescue those people by […]
August 2017
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Car crashes into Yarmouth pizzeria
Police say a cleaning woman crashed through the front of Romeo’s Pizza in Yarmouth on Monday morning. YARMOUTH (WGME) — Police say a car crashed into Romeo’s Pizza about 7 a.m. Monday. Police say the cleaning lady for Romeo’s Pizza hit the gas instead of the brake and slammed into the window. No one was […]
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Battered by Harvey, Houston braces for even more flooding
HOUSTON (AP) — Officials released more water from Houston-area reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey early Monday in a move aimed at protecting the city’s downtown from devastating floods but that could still endanger thousands of homes, even as the nation’s fourth-largest city braced for more rain. Harvey, which made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 […]
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Maine community college tuition frozen for upcoming year
PORTLAND (AP) — Tuition is being frozen at Maine’s seven community colleges for the coming academic year. Officials say the tuition freeze was made possible by an increase in state appropriations requested by trustees of the Maine Community College System. System President Derek Langhauser says Maine’s community colleges already have the lowest tuition in New […]
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Oxford Marine killed in MV-22 Osprey crash off Australian coast
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The remains of the third and final U.S. Marine killed when a military aircraft crashed off the east Australian coast have been recovered, the Marine Corps said on Friday. There were 26 people aboard the tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey when it plunged into the sea near the Queensland state city of Rockhampton […]
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75-year-old motorcyclist injured in crash with SUV
WARREN (AP) — Police in Maine say a 75-year-old motorcyclist has been injured after colliding with an SUV. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2wUwi7L ) the crash occurred Sunday morning in Warren. According to Knox County Chief Deputy Timothy Carroll, 75-year-old John Shane, of Rockland, collided with an SUV driven by 57-year-old David Kristiansen, of […]
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Edward Elmore Barker
AUBURN — Edward “Eddie” Barker 90, of Western Prom, Auburn, died Saturday August 26, at The Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, with his loving family at his side. He was born in New Vineyard, ME on May 22, 1927, the son of the late Maurice and Lona (Brown) Barker. He graduated from Farmington […]
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Childhood dog bite victim happy with pet-free life
DEAR ABBY: I’m not a dog person. I’m not even an animal person. I am, however, surrounded by dog owners — my family, my husband’s family, my neighbors. Back in middle school, I was bitten several times by dogs while delivering my paper route. My husband has been without a dog for five years (since […]
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Swingin' Bears to offer square dance lessons
PARIS — Beginner square dance classes will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. starting Wednesday, Sept. 6, for 15 weeks, at the Oxford Hills Middle School cafeteria, 100 Pine St. The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club, which is offering the classes, is part of the Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education Program. Ray Hilton of Saco, […]
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Kevin Stanley
WELD — Kevin Stanley, 64, of Weld died late Thursday evening at his home surrounded by his loving wife and three children. He was born in Farmington, June 12, 1953, son of Kenneth and Joyce Dube Wing. He was a graduate of Dirigo High School and a dedicated employee of Timberland, Highland Lumber and Irving Forest […]