PORTLAND (AP) — Officials at the University of Southern Maine say they’re rolling out a $15 million plan to help provide a four-year college education for disadvantaged students in the state. USM President Glenn Cummings says the “Promise Scholars” program is a major piece of the university’s future. The school says it will fund half […]
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Despite high hopes, hot weather dulls fall foliage season
In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 photo the sun begins to set in this view from South Moat Mountain in Albany, N.H. Despite forecasts for brilliant foliage throughout the Northeast this year, long-time leaf watchers say the leaves this fall are dull and weeks behind schedule in their turn from green to the brilliant hues […]
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College football: UMaine turns ball over six times, falls to Villanova, 31-0
VILLANOVA, Pa. — The good news for Maine Coach Joe Harasymiak is things can only get better. But then, it would be hard to get worse. Maine committed six turnovers and broke down in every phase of the game Saturday in falling to 12th-ranked Villanova 31-0 in a Colonial Athletic Association football game. One turnover […]
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Utah apparel company sues L.L. Bean over trademark dispute
The VIA Agency in Portland developed this ad for L.L. Bean that is only visible in sunlight. A Utah-based retailer of outdoor and mountaineering gear has filed a federal lawsuit against L.L. Bean, alleging that it’s recent marketing campaign slogan, “Be an Outsider,” infringes on a trademark registered in August. Alfwear, which sells outdoor clothing […]
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Bangor man threatens youth soccer team with weapon
BANGOR (AP) — Police have charged a man who they say threatened a Maine high school soccer team with a weapon. Officials say Bangor police responded to a call Tuesday afternoon at the Union Street Athletic Field. Police say the Bangor High School Soccer Club was starting practice when the suspect displayed a weapon and […]
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Lucas St. Clair launches bid to unseat Poliquin in Congress
MILLINOCKET, Maine — The man who led a successful campaign for the creation of a national monument on land his family gave to the federal government in the Katahdin region now plans to run for Congress. Democrat Lucas St. Clair will announce his candidacy for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District at the Appalachian Trail Cafe in […]
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Maine transgender teen says he was kicked out of Christian school
SOMERSWORTH, N.H. (AP) — A high school senior says the private Christian school in New Hampshire that he attended since kindergarten told him he was no longer welcome because of his gender identity and suggested he get counseling. Stiles Zuschlag, of Lebanon, Maine, told Seacoast Media Group he had excelled academically and in sports and […]
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Police investigating shooting death of man inside Saco home
SACO (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a 53-year-old man was fatally wounded at a home in Saco. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2xT9HJm) reported Michael Burns, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was shot on an enclosed front porch shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. State police say the man who fired the gun was a tenant and […]
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Fly-in commemorating Lindbergh's landing at OOB draws thousands
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — Thousands of people lined a beach in Maine to watch 15 small planes land on the sand — a stunt modeled after aviator Charles Lindbergh’s surprise landing in Old Orchard Beach in 1927. The Sunday afternoon event was organized by 15-year-old Chase Walker to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. […]
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Coast Guard blames captain in 2015 sinking of El Faro
This undated image made from a video released April 26, 2016, by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the stern of the sunken ship El Faro. In a report released Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, the Coast Guard says the primary cause of the sinking of a cargo ship two years ago that killed all 33 […]