BATH, Maine (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer bearing the name of a commander who won a pivotal battle in the Pacific during World War II was christened with a bottle of champagne Saturday by his granddaughter, who said the naval officer would’ve blushed at all the attention. The 9,200-ton Aegis destroyer bears the name […]
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There will be Awesome doings at Heritage Hall
LEWISTON — There will be dancing aplenty on Friday, June 4, when The Awesome fills the newly renovated cabaret-style venue at the Franco-American Heritage Center with ’80s hit tunes. Doors to Heritage Hall on the ground floor of the center will open at 7 p.m., with music beginning an hour later. The venue, which has […]
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LEWISTON — TV journalist Jane Pauley, Pulitzer-winnning novelist and Bates College graduation Elizabeth Strout and renown climate change scientist James McCarthy will be among many in town Sunday when Bates College’s 144th commencement ceremony takes place. The event will conclude the undergraduate careers of 456 members of the Bates’ class of 2010, which represent 33 […]
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Maine State Chamber supports tax reform
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce has changed it’s position on the tax reform referendum facing voters on June 8, recently voting “overwhelmingly” to support the new law and oppose it’s repeal, according to a press release. The release was issued by the political action committee supporting the No on 1 position, which would maintain […]
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Voters to consider adopting budget committee
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to put a question on the annual town meeting ballot asking voters if the town should adopt a Budget Committee consisting of a nine member board appointed by the select board. The Budget Committee is currently an ad-hoc committee of the Board of Selectmen and at this time has […]
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Suspect’s lawyer says shooting was accidental
ALFRED — A lawyer for a 39-year-old Maine man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife says the shooting was an accident. David Van Dyke told WMTW-TV that Patrick Dapolito told him that a gun accidentally discharged and the bullet struck his wife, 30-year-old Kelly Winslow-Dapolito, in the head on March 16 […]
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Maine’s Baldacci meets with Bumble Bee CEO at cannery
PROSPECT HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Gov. John Baldacci is meeting with the top executive of Bumble Bee Foods to discuss potential future uses for the company’s sardine cannery in eastern Maine that is slated to close next month. The governor and CEO Chris Lischewski planned to meet Friday morning at the 100-year-old plant in Prospect […]
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Maine man’s taped confession played at trial
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine (AP) — A 54-year-old man charged with killing his sister told police in a taped interview that he was at a “point of no return” at the time of the killing, but that he didn’t follow through on plans to also kill himself. Closing arguments are expected Friday in the jury-waived murder trial […]