BROWNFIELD — Police have named Gail Sumber, 80, of Hiram as the person killed in a car crash on Route 113 on Friday afternoon, WGME reported. Sumber was a passenger in a car driven by James Biggs, 70, of Hiram that nearly struck head-on a car driven by Melissa Lavin, 40, of Bangor. Channel 13 […]
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H.S. tennis: St. Dom’s managing a heavy schedule in May
Saint Dominic Academy girls’ tennis coach Andrew Girouard introduces his team to the Waynflete team prior to the start of Friday’s tennis match in Auburn. AUBURN — By Friday the St. Dominic Academy tennis teams will have played their entire schedule in the month of May. The season started on April 13. The boys’ team will have […]
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Hebron Academy friends teaching art in Malawi
Hebron Academy juniors Rachel Brouwer and Avery Jurek work on art they will bring to Africa this summer when they run an art camp at the nonprofit Go! Malawi. HEBRON — Lifelong friends Avery Jurek and Rachel Brouwer know firsthand the power art can have on one’s development and self confidence. The teens will share that […]
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The Hot Corner: The Red Sox need to make a change at the top
John Farrell must go. No, that isn’t breaking any new ground in the world of New England hot takes. And too many people point out the problem these days without offering a solution. Guilty as charged and admittedly adding to the noise here. We’re closing in on Memorial Day, and as of Sunday morning the […]
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Firefighters douse fire inside dryer at Dingley Press
LISBON — Firefighters knocked down a small, but difficult-to-reach fire inside a drying machine at Dingley Press on Sunday afternoon. Deputy Fire Chief Nathan LeClair said it started in a lower drying unit. The call came in at 2:53 p.m. “One of the byproducts in the drying process collected and caught fire,” he said. “It […]
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Joe Biden tells Colby grads: ‘It’s time to regain our sense of unity and purpose’
WATERVILLE — Former Vice President Joe Biden gave assurances Sunday that the country’s current divisiveness brought on by a presidential election that “churned up some of the ugliest realities” of society will be temporary. Biden told graduating seniors at Colby College to resist the impulse to throw up their hands after an election that played […]
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Mark Zuckerberg and wife visit Millinocket residents
MILLINOCKET — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have spent a day hiking around Mount Katahdin in Maine and talking with local residents on their anniversary weekend. Zuckerberg said they met Saturday with former mill workers, teachers, small business owners, a librarian and a trucker in the town of Millinocket. He said […]
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Eats: What’s for dinner? Depends on what’s in the cupboard!
Strata, a savory and cheesy bread pudding, can be made in advance using stale bread and a couple cups of chopped meat and vegetables left over from other meals. I live over 10 miles from the nearest grocery store so I have a tendency to stock up when I’m in town. I never know when […]
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Maine unemployment rate just 3 percent
Workforce conditions remained tight throughout much of Maine in April with very low unemployment, particularly in the southwest portion of the state. Seasonally Adjusted Statewide Data Household Survey Estimates – The preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.0 percent for April was unchanged from March, remaining the lowest on record since the current estimation methodology […]
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National Safe Boating Week underway
National Safe Boating Week is a great way to kick off what will be a fun and safe summer on the water. Through May 26, the Maine Warden Service, Maine Marine Patrol and the U.S. Coast Guard ask boaters to pay EXTRA attention to their boating safety behaviors, and to especially ALWAYS wear their lifejackets. […]