LEWISTON — After only a month, Lewiston lost its new 275-seat buffet. Dave’s American Buffet in the Lewiston Mall closed Thursday. “We were not shut down, we closed. And we regret we had to,” owner Dave Paine said Friday, declining further comment. Paine had opened in January with ambitious plans, turning the former 9,000-square-foot Hibachi […]
2019
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Last rodeo for Fort Worth’s famed Will Rogers Coliseum
For Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, this is the last rodeo
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Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer parent company of ‘extortion’ over ‘intimate texts’
Jeff Bezos published emails from Enquirer executives to a lawyer representing de Becker, including one in which top editor Dylan Howard appears to suggest that the Enquirer would publish revealing photos of Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
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Kellyanne Conway says she was assaulted while dining out. A 63-year-old woman has been charged in the case.
Kellyanne Conway told CNN she was assaulted in October in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Maine had fewer overdose deaths in 2018 but opioid epidemic remains a ‘public health crisis’
Attorney General Aaron Frey released a report Friday estimating there were 376 drug overdose deaths in Maine last year.
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New Hampshire’s highest court upholds topless women’s convictions
Three women were arrested in 2016 after removing their tops at a beach in Laconia.
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Moriah Reusch wins Franklin County Spelling Bee
FARMINGTON — Moriah Reusch, an eighth grade student at Mt. Blue Middle School (MBMS), was the champion speller at the Franklin County Spelling Bee held Feb. 5 at the Forum on the Mt. Blue Campus. Bee governor and MBMS principal James Black introduced the judges, the 14 partipating students from seven area schools and Bee Master […]
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Help wanted: RSU 9 facing hiring challenge
FARMINGTON — “It is a little bit of a challenge filling support staff positions in our district schools,” said Tina Meserve, Regional School Unit 9 superintendent. “These are good paying positions with benefits. They do not require a college diploma.” There are more than a dozen ed tech positions open, as well as custodial and bus driver […]
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Voters to consider CMP support, Forster Mill funding
A public hearing and special town meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 5 so voters can consider accepting grant and loan funding for cleanup of the former Forster Manufacturing site. Voters will also weigh in on whether or not to continue supporting Central Maine Power’s transmission line.
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Maine’s newest and biggest public company plans to bring 1,200 jobs to Portland
Covetrus Inc., the product of a merger between Vets First Choice and Henry Schein Animal Health, began trading Friday on the Nasdaq exchange.