Gov. Paul LePage disclosed Friday that he was hit by a car six months ago while he was bicycling in Florida. The governor credited his helmet, which he said was “crushed” by the impact, with saving his life. LePage said the accident exacerbated a previous shoulder injury that will require surgery. He said he’ll have […]
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LePage says bike helmet saved his life, will need shoulder surgery
Gov. Paul LePage disclosed Friday that he was hit by a car while bicycling in Florida in November and will require surgery. LePage said the accident happened Nov. 22 in Daytona Beach when he was riding his bike with his wife, Ann, who was riding behind him. A young woman who driving a car was […]
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Gunfire erupts at Trump resort; police arrest man with flag
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Gunfire erupted early Friday at President Donald Trump’s golf resort, as a man shouting anti-Trump rhetoric draped a flag over a lobby counter and exchanged fire with officers in what one official called an “ambush” before being arrested, police said. One officer broke an arm and the suspect was wounded by […]
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Amy D. Lajoie
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Amy Danielle Lajoie, 40, of Oldsmar, Fla., died Sunday, Feb. 11, at Suncoast Hospice Care Center, following a long illness. She was born in Lewiston, May 24, 1977, the daughter of Donna (Gendron) Coburn, now of Sabattus, and Daniel Lajoie of Naples. Amy graduated from Oak Hill High School in Wales and […]
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Florida man's own dashboard camera lands him in jail
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man ended up in jail after his dashboard camera showed police more than he intended. The Palm Beach Post reports that after 25-year-old Xavier Moran was involved in a crash on April 5, he told a sheriff’s deputy he had been cut off by another driver and […]
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Sabattus woman files federal lawsuit for mistreatment in prisoner transport van
PORTLAND — A Sabattus woman filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, claiming she was forced in November 2016 to kneel in a cage — covered in her own urine, blood and vomit — during her five-day extradition from Florida to Maine. Meghan Quinn, 35, filed a 16-page complaint at U.S. District Court against U.S. Prisoner Transport of Florida; its parent company, Prisoner […]
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Leavitt students say they were singled out during walkout
TURNER — Two students who carried pro-Second Amendment signs during a Leavitt Area High School walkout March 21 said their First Amendment rights were violated when they were sent home after refusing to give up their signs before returning to class. Justin Lavigne, a junior, said he held a sign reading, “Guns don’t kill people, […]
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Marie P. Howard
LEWISTON — Marie P. Howard, 81, of Auburn passed away peacefully Friday, March 23, at Central Maine Medical Center with her family by her side. She was born July 27, 1936, the daughter of Edgar J. and Hazel G. Cloutier. She was educated in Auburn schools. She married Robert A. Howard on Aug. 31, 1957. They […]
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Engineering firm behind collapsed Miami bridge also helped design Maine bridges
A company that helped design a Miami pedestrian bridge that killed at least six when it collapsed Thursday was involved in the construction of at least four bridges in Maine. FIGG Bridge Engineers, an internationally known firm based in Tallahassee, Florida, helped design the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge between Kittery and Portsmouth, New Hampshire; […]
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'Stress test' preceded Florida pedestrian bridge collapse that killed 6
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities said Friday that cables supporting a pedestrian bridge under construction in Florida were being tightened following a “stress test” when the 950-ton concrete span collapsed over traffic, killing at least six people, injuring 10 others and flattening an untold number of cars. Officials expected to find more bodies in the rubble. […]