CANTON — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released the name of a third person involved in a single-vehicle crash that killed two people Tuesday. Corey Edingbourgh, 36, of Mexico, was seriously injured in the Canton Point Road accident that took the lives of Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of […]
2018
Posted inNews, Politics
Coast Guard crews in Maine to be paid Monday after all, despite shutdown
Sen. Susan Collins, who contacted the White House on Friday afternoon to urge an immediate fix to the payment issue, was told Friday night that Coast Guard employees will now be paid for their pre-shutdown work.
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Posted inBusiness
Maine communities looking at marijuana laws as year winds down
Central Maine communities spent 2018 preparing for adult-use marijuana establishments, and the Legislature is likely to finalize rules in its next session.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Snow creates messy morning for Maine drivers
Barbara Benoit clears snow off her car Friday morning in the Little Canada neighborhood of Lewiston where she has lived all of her life. Benoit’s grandparents settled in the same neighborhood and raised their family when they immigrated to the United States from Canada. Benoit was headed out in the slushy weather for some oven […]
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Somerset police continue probe of Hartland robbery linked to social media
At least four detectives are investigating the case in which men with handguns apparently lay in wait for an unsuspecting online shopper, officials said.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Hearing set in slaying of cop in Norridgewock
A lawyer for John D. Williams, charged in connection with the shooting death of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy, seeks to have Williams’ post-arrest statements to police suppressed, claiming he was beaten and in withdrawal from drug use.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Paul LePage leaves note of protest on Jared Golden’s election certificate
In defiance of a voter-approved, ranked-choice election law Maine’s outgoing Republican governor wrote that the Democratic challenger’s victory over incumbent Republican Congressman Bruce Poliquin race was “stolen.”
Posted inNews, Politics
Former Portland police chief is Mills’ pick for public safety commissioner
The incoming Democratic governor has also nominated Randy Liberty to head the Maine Department of Corrections.
Posted inBusiness
10 simple answers to questions about the stock market plunge
The stock market’s gyrations have dominated headlines for a solid two weeks now, but things can’t be as bad as they sound. Or can they? We looked at the numbers to put this crazy time period in context. 1. What’s going on with the stock market? It’s down a lot. For almost a decade after […]
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Husson University merit scholarship recipients announced
Area students earn academic scholarships.