On St. Patrick’s Day, a visit with daughter-and-dad musicians from Greene.
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The rise and fall of George Stanley’s empire of stuff | Mark LaFlamme
You can call Stanley a lot of things — eccentric, strange, more trouble than a house full of monkeys — but stupid isn’t one of them, Mark LaFlamme writes.
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Blaze destroys old mill in Mechanic Falls
UPDATE: Mechanic Falls mill still burning; investigation into cause begins MECHANIC FALLS — A fire that destroyed a large mill building on Lewiston Street was still burning at 11 p.m. Sunday. According to a Facebook post by the Town of Mechanic Falls, crews expected to battle the blaze well into Monday morning. The fire was reported […]
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George Stanley assesses the devastation after bogus Craigslist ad prompted a frenzy of looting
GREENE — At George Stanley’s place on Route 202, there are almost too many doors to count: garage doors, doors made of fencing and doors constructed of plywood and nails. On Thursday, working in the driving rain, the 71-year-old Stanley moved from one door to the next, assessing the damage and the losses. “This […]
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Bogus Craigslist ad leads people to loot Greene property
“Free!” the Craigslist ad read. “Come one, come all, everything on the lot is free!” So enthusiastic was the advertisement it used the word “free” five times in the headline alone. The problem: The ad was bogus. The lot in question, a sprawling building surrounded by a mad jumble of free-floating items on Route […]
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Is that a ghost caught on a game cam in a Durham front yard?
Tia Wilson said other creepy things happen around her old farmhouse. Doors opening, noises, footsteps, a shower curtain moving.
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100 miles… on foot: Riverlands racers run through the night
TURNER – Melissa Ossanna of Bar Harbor trotted slowly but steadily toward the aid station at the Androscoggin Riverlands State Park lot about 5:30 Sunday morning. She was shivering slightly, huffing and puffing, but her smile was genuine, and contagious. Race volunteers greeted her with cheers, and the same questions: “What do you need? What […]
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Third man charged in Lewiston-Auburn February drug bust
PORTLAND — An Auburn man was arrested Monday in connection with a Feb. 27 multi-agency, multi-location federal drug bust in Lewiston and Auburn. Tyler Poland, 31, of Auburn is the third man charged in connection with the bust. The others are Brian Bilodeau of Auburn and Richard Daniels of Lewiston. According to a written statement […]
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H.S. roundup: Greely’s Sullivan wins Becky Schaffer Award
FALMOUTH — Greely/Gray-New Gloucester’s Courtney Sullivan was named the first recipient of the Becky Schaffer Award on Tuesday. The honor is given to the most outstanding senior girls’ hockey player. Sullivan led the Rangers to the state championship, scoring all three goals in a 3-1 win over Cheverus/Kennebunk on Feb. 17. Unified basketball Lisbon 48, […]
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Lisbon, Oak Hill talk about adult ed programs
LISBON — School Committee members spoke with Oak Hill’s Adult Education director about their combined programs during Monday night’s meeting. Oak Hill staff have begun to hold adult education classes every Tuesday and Thursday at Gartley Street School, and are looking to extend to other days during the week in the future. “Our goal was to […]