Children aboard a bus heading from Kittery on a summer field trip were injured when the driver suffered a medical emergency and the bus crashed off Interstate 95 southbound in New Hampshire Friday morning. One of the 11 children onboard the bus was transferred to a hospital in Boston with serious injuries, said Lt. John […]
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N.H. liquor stores offer Maine residents an 11% discount
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – To highlight New Hampshire’s tax-free status and to thank out-of-state customers who make up more than half of its annual sales, the state liquor commission is offering them discounts at its liquor and wine outlet stores. The “No Taxation on Our Libations” sale is providing customers from Massachusetts a 13 percent […]
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NASCAR: Harvick employs bump-and-run to win at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Kevin Harvick warned he was charging for the lead with taps on Kyle Busch’s rear bumper over the waning laps. Harvick had failed to methodically work his way around the race leader with a clean pass, so he set aim with his Ford on Busch for the knockout shot. Harvick nudged […]
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Mary McEwen Lane
SOUTH PARIS — Mary McEwen Lane, 88, of South Paris, died Wednesday evening, July 18, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris, where she had been a resident for the last nine years. Mary was born July 22, 1929, in Dudley, Mass., a daughter of Paul and Alma (Billings) Meyer. She attended local schools, graduating […]
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Kurt Busch wins pole at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Kurt Busch is set to crank up contract talks with Stewart Haas-Racing. With his deal expiring at the end of the season, the 2004 NASCAR Cup champion is on the hunt for a new agreement that would keep him in the SHR fold and with Monster Energy again on board as […]
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Maine man accused of stabbing man who squirted him with hot sauce
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that began with a hot-sauce squirting incident in a New Hampshire restaurant. Police say the fight began when Nicholas Abraham, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, squirted Ethan Fishbaugh, of Kittery, with hot sauce and chased him out of the eatery on May […]
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Richard J. 'Dick' Rose
BOWDOINHAM — Richard J. “Dick” Rose of Bowdoinham passed away at his camp over Memorial Day weekend. He is survived by his daughter, Kimberly Rose Brown, her husband, James Brown, stepdaughter, Amy Arthur and her husband, Wayne Arthur, and Amy’s mother, Deborah Rose; grandchildren Parker and Emily Brown and Jack and Caroline Arthur; brother, William Rose, […]
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New Hampshire man sentenced to 71 days for assault
PARIS — A New Hampshire man was sentenced Thursday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to 71 days in jail for attempting to strangle a woman in a South Paris motel in March. Eric Knight, 42, of North Conway was arrested after police received a call about a man and a woman fighting at the […]
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Max Linn’s campaign signs have migrated to New Hampshire
AUGUSTA – A Republican U.S. Senate candidate who failed to qualify for Maine’s June primary elections is getting flak for illegally placing campaign signs not in Maine but in neighboring New Hampshire. City offices in Dover, New Hampshire, received a handful of complaints about campaign signs for Max Linn popping up at busy intersections and […]
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Leon E. Conant Jr.
WEST PARIS — Leon E. Conant Jr., 89, of Bryant Pond passed away on Sunday, April 29, at Ledgeview Living Center where he had been a resident since December 2017. He was born in Gorham, N.H., on May 15, 1928 the oldest son of Leon E., Sr. and Florence Hadley Conant. He grew up in Sumner […]