KITTERY — State Police are warning motorists that they’re in for major delays for the next couple of hours after a tractor trailer jack-knifed and blocked two of three lanes of traffic at mile marker 1. The accident occurred in the southbound lane at 6 a.m. The driver was taken to the hospital in Portsmouth […]
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Stolen guns located recovered in North Jay; man arrested
JAY — A local man who police say stole 22 guns and other items from a Walker Hill Road residence was arrested Friday. The guns, a bottle of rum, a laptop, a chain saw and a bucket of change were recovered with the arrest of Roger Briscoe, 33, of 7 Pleasant Drive in North Jay. […]
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CLT masquerade ball postponed
AUBURN — The L/A Community Little Theatre Board of Directors officially announced the postponement of their Masquerade Ball and Benefit Auction that was scheduled for Saturday at the Ramada Conference Center. The Masquerade Ball Committee had organized the unique celebration to kick off their 72nd season and celebrate the signing of their new lease. A […]
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Times wrong
LEWISTON — “The Moose in Me, The Moose in You” will play at The Public Theatre on Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday times were incorrectly listed in an article on page C16 Thursday.
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Mechanic Falls Sanitary District to meet
MECHANIC FALLS — The Mechanic Falls Sanitary District will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at the district office, 56 Lewiston St.
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Pulled from drain pipe, Gadhafi was shown no mercy
SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.” Within an hour, he was dead, but not before jubilant Libyans had vented decades of hatred by pulling the eccentric dictator’s hair and parading his bloodied body on […]
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Black bear shot and killed in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A black bear has been shot and killed in Maine’s largest city after being spotted in a tree in a residential neighborhood. Maine wardens shot and killed the bear at about 7 a.m. Friday in the woods off Veranda Street in Portland. Portland police Lt. Jim Sweatt told the Portland Press […]
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Wind company seeks Maine data
ASHLAND, Maine (AP) — A subsidiary of a company with three wind farms in Maine wants to erect a series of poles to collect wind data in a remote area of northern Maine. First Wind subsidiary King Pine Wind LLC has filed applications with the Land Use Regulation Commission to erect 13 test poles equipped […]
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Maine State Police: Wanted man killed self
CHESTERVILLE — After a tactical team surrounded a home and tried to make contact Friday night, State Police found Elmer A. Norton dead inside, according to spokesman Steve McCausland. Norton, 24, had been wanted for questioning in connection with a Livermore Falls shooting on Thursday. “We went to a house in Chesterville, surrounded it. We […]