LEWISTON — Boba chef Zachary Pratt will be on an episode of the Food Network’s “Chopped” next month. Pratt, 26, filmed it in New York in January, his first time applying to the show. “The experience was intense,” he said Friday. “I was going up against a lot of people who were older than me […]
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Former Maine newspaper writer and editor Nancy Grape dies
Nancy Grape, an Auburn native who worked for both the Sun Journal and Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram as a writer and columnist, died Wednesday in Redwood City, California. She was 84. She was born at Central Maine General Hospital, now Central Maine Medical Center, in Lewiston in 1933, graduating from Edward Little High School […]
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'Fun and Films' night begins next week
LEWISTON — “Lewiston Summer Fun & Films” is a free, midweek movie-night program hosted by the Lewiston Police Department and the Gendron Franco Center. Activities for all ages will begin at 6 p.m. The movie titles and locations are as follows: June 27: “The Lion King” at Simard Payne Park July 11: “A Wrinkle in […]
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Job-seeking immigrants describe cold reception from Maine employers
Angela Okafor studied law in Nigeria, and after emigrating to Maine she studied and passed the state’s bar exam on her first try. But Okafor, who speaks perfect English, said she couldn’t get a single Maine law firm to hire her. She ended up getting a job washing dishes. “I worked in a dish room, […]
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Historic ranked-choice vote may have changed perceptions, but not election outcomes
AUGUSTA — After all of the anticipation and waiting, ranked-choice voting did not change the final outcome of any of the primary elections that served as test pilots during Maine’s historic use of the alternate ballot-casting system. Yet preliminary results show one candidate experienced a surge in support during Wednesday night’s vote retabulations, although not […]
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Man dies after jumping from Casco Bay Bridge
SOUTH PORTLAND — A man died shortly after noon Friday after he leapt from the Casco Bay Bridge onto the rocks at the end of Thomas Knight Park. South Portland Police Chief Edward Googins said no foul play is suspected in the death. He said police received reports of a man on the railing of […]
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Two people wounded, one by gunshot, in fight on Southport Island
A 24-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to an arm on Church Street on Southport Island on Thursday night. Police made one arrest. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a shooting at 3 Church St. at 10:48 p.m. The woman was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in […]
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Shaw’s apologize to African-American man after incident at Saco store
An African-American man from Saco said he is upset and shaken – and may pursue legal action – because a manager at the Shaw’s in Saco refused to sell him groceries and banned him from the store after he questioned the store’s enforcement of its alcohol ID policy and raised the issue of race. Although […]
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Charles Krauthammer, conservative columnist and pundit, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from “Great Society” Democrat to Iraq War cheerleader to denouncer of Donald Trump, has died at age 68. His death was announced Thursday by two longtime employers, Fox News Channel […]
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Two Brunswick residents attacked by rabid fox
A rabid fox attacked a Brunswick woman who was retrieving her mail Sunday, and then bit a neighbor who came to her aid. “A fox charged her and actually attacked her — bit her on the hand and both legs fairly severely,” said Animal Control Officer Heidi Nelson. “A neighbor saw what was happening, came […]