Ahh, Lewiston, behold its underrated glory: The Great Falls, the fireworks, the delectable desserts, the hand-crafted moccasins. Thrillist, a travel, food and pop culture website that loves a good list, this week named the most underrated city to visit in each of the 50 states. In Maine, its writers chose Lewiston. It gave a special […]
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Student shoots Mace, forcing evacuation of Mount View High School
Police in Waldo County are trying to determine why a student released Mace inside Mount View High School, forcing the evacuation of the building Wednesday afternoon. A staff member at the school called the Waldo Regional Communications Center at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday to report a chemical release inside the school complex in Thorndike. Dispatchers were […]
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Teenage boy charged with murder in death of Bowdoinham woman
BOWDOINHAM (WGME) — State Police have arrested a teenage boy in connection to the death of Marie Sylvester in her Bowdoinham home Monday. The boy, from Bowdoinham, has been charged with murder and taken to the Long Creek Center in South Portland. He will make his first court appearance Friday at 1 p.m. in West […]
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Neighbors recount loud arguments, calls to police before child’s slaying
Sharon and Julio Carrillo of Stockton Springs are ordered held on $500,000 bail each in the death of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, whose treatment is described by a prosecutor as ‘torture.’ A judge set bail at $500,000 each for a mother and stepfather accused of brutally murdering a 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs. The couple appeared […]
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Passenger counts at Maine’s biggest airports reached new heights last year
Portland and Bangor set all-time records in 2017, with more than 1.8 million passengers passing through the Portland International Jetport. The number of passengers flying through Maine’s largest airports soared to the highest point on record in 2017 as Maine attracted a historic number of tourists and airlines expanded options for locals. More than 1.8 […]
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Second man charged in Lewiston-Auburn federal marijuana raid
PORTLAND — An Auburn man associated with a large marijuana-growing operation in the Twin Cities is now facing gun and drug charges. Brian J. Bilodeau, 33, was arrested Tuesday after federal agents raided his home at 72 Danville Corner Road. Bilodeau made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Portland on Wednesday afternoon on […]
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Three new flu deaths in Maine, but latest data indicate cases on decline
Influenza cases declined for a third consecutive week in Maine, signaling that the worst of flu season could over. The state had 636 new flu cases for the week ending on Feb. 24, for a total of 5,625 for the 2017-18 season, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu is far […]
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Maine lawmakers to decide whether to tackle gun bills
AUGUSTA – State House leaders are expected Tuesday to decide whether to allow emergency bills to boost security at public schools and ban bump stocks in Maine to move forward after a school shooter in Florida this month killed 17 people. The bills, one offered by Rep. Scott Hamann, D-South Portland, and the other offered […]
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Candidates for Maine governor weigh in on gun reform
AUGUSTA — As the national debate over mass shootings intensifies, candidates hoping to become Maine’s next governor fall largely along ideological lines – with some nuances and non-answers – on several oft-discussed policy responses to gun violence. Most Democratic candidates for governor support measures such as banning assault weapons and larger-capacity ammunition clips or requiring […]
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After Trump clears the way, GOP states move to charge poor for health care
Gregory James Tuck Sr., a former chef in Indianapolis who is now homeless, says he has been turned away by six different doctors over the past four months while seeking treatment for high blood pressure, insomnia and, most recently, the flu that has been coursing through “the street people community.” “I haven’t signed up for […]