President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2017. WASHINGTON (AP) — During his meeting with Russian officials last week, President Donald Trump said recently fired FBI Director James Comey was a “nut job” whose ouster […]
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Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg vacationing in Maine
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary somewhere in rural Maine. The billionaire social media giant posted a notice Friday afternoon that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are taking their annual anniversary trip to the Pine Tree State. He said that his original honeymoon got cut short so he promised Chan […]
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Lawmakers weigh who can obtain medical records of the dead
AUGUSTA — Two summers ago, Dottie Perham-Whittier sat bawling beside her son Mack’s bed in Maine Medical Center’s intensive care unit, hoping he could fend off a life-threatening toxic shock that followed a normally routine cyst surgery. She’d known for more than a year that Mack had seriously low blood counts that made it tough […]
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Police responding to head-on accident in Brownfield
BROWNFIELD — Rescue and police personnel are responding to a report of a serious two-car accident on Pequawket Trail, which is Route 113 along the edge of the Maine border. According to dispatch reports there are multiple victims. A portion of that road will be shut down to accommodate responders. This story will be updated.
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Code Orange: Pallet One workers exposed to red dust taken to hospital
Haz mat teams from Farmington, Wilton and Jay fire departments arrive at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farminton on Friday afternoon to clean up seven people exposed to chemicals. FARMINGTON — Seven workers at Pallet One in Livermore Falls were taken to the hospital Friday afternoon after they were exposed to red dust. A Franklin Memorial […]
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Bates hosts theater piece on Ali-Liston
Brooklyn-based director Peter Richards helms a devised performance based on the fabled 1965 Liston-Ali championship boxing match held in Lewiston. Titled “L/A in L-A,” three Bates College students created and are performing the piece for a theater production workshop at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 19-20; and 5 p.m. Sunday, May 21. Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall, […]
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LaFleur’s dishing up laughs Saturday
JAY— Comedian Ben Roberts returns to LaFleur’s Restaurant at 7:30 Saturday, May 20, with one of the funnest lineups yet. Stephen Cloutier and Nicholas Gordon open the night of laughs. Billy Jack Goodwin From Lewiston charms, slays and conquers comedy contests. Goodwin is the Funniest Amateur of last summer’s Portland Comedy Festival, the Franco Center’s Funniest […]
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Jay man uncooperative during arrest, damages cruiser, escapes
JAY — A Jay man faces several misdemeanor charges following an incident Thursday night involving a domestic violence assault. Police say he caused minor damage to a police cruiser while on the way to jail and then escaped when the vehicle got there. Thomas Cook, 36, was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault, domestic […]
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Arson suspect arrested in Oxford Meadows fire
OXFORD — Fire marshals have charged a suspect in the fire this week at the Oxford Meadows apartment complex. Timothy C. Williams Jr., 29, was arrested by investigators Thursday evening, charged with arson and taken to the Oxford County Jail, according to a statement by Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. According to WGME, resident […]
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Unnold donates ‘Yesterday’s Voyage’
Joseph Unnold, 88, of Lewiston, has donated his oil painting of a schooner, “Yesterday’s Voyage,” created 45 years ago, to Androscoggin Bank on Sabattus Street in Lewiston. Unnold, according to his daughter Deborah, has been an artist for most of his life. By profession, he was a product designer at Cornwall Industries in South Paris. […]