PORTLAND — Former President Bill Clinton is visiting Maine on Tuesday to give a boost to Democrat Mike Michaud’s campaign for governor. More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the 8 p.m. event at the Portland Exposition Building, where Clinton will rally the party faithful and raise money for the Democrat hoping to defeat […]
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Portland Jetport agents find handgun in carry-on
PORTLAND — Transportation Security Administration officials say they found a handgun in a passenger’s carry-on luggage at Portland International Jetport. WCHS6 reports the gun — a .32-caliber Beretta — was detected at the security checkpoint. Officials say they found the gun in the luggage of a man who was flying from Portland to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta […]
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State pays $7.2 million for land on Portland waterfront
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation has paid a Portland businessman $7.2 million for 18 acres of industrial waterfront land it seized from him this spring as part of a seaport terminal expansion project. The price was more than double what the businessman paid for the same land just two years ago, according […]
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Maine State Fair still elicits fond memories
It seems inevitable that late summer and the fair season would kindle fond memories of the Lewiston Fairgrounds. For decades, the Maine State Fair was the Twin Cities’ premier event. It drew tremendous crowds and there was excitement everywhere. The midway roared with sounds of sirens and engines from the motorcycle daredevils’ “motodrome.” The voice […]
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Eats: Author Kate Christensen is at home in the kitchen
From the age of 8, food has been one of the great passions of her life, but instead of choosing a career in the culinary world, Christensen became a writer of fiction, vowing she would make sure to put lots of references to food in her novels. She blogs about her adventures, culinary and otherwise, […]
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Great Diamond Island: Worth the trip, just watch where you walk
We had been warned. It should have been little surprise to us when the older woman — she never told us her name — appeared from around a corner of low bushes. She piloted the golf cart expertly, coming to a stop just a few feet ahead of us. “Can I help you gentlemen?” she asked, […]
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Data breach reported at Portland’s Otto Pizza
PORTLAND — A pizza chain says the credit card numbers of 900 customers were potentially exposed in a data breach at two pizza restaurants in Portland. Otto Pizza said Friday that it experienced a data breach starting in May at two restaurants on Congress Street. Six other restaurants in Maine and Massachusetts weren’t impacted. The […]
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Warren family reunion held
HEBRON — The 29th annual reunion of the Warren family was held at Hebron Pines on July 20. This was a gathering of the descendants of the late F. Milton and Verlie Warren. There were 188 people in attendance from Auburn, Augusta, Bath, Buckfield, Chesterville, Gardiner, Gorham, Gray, Greene, Hallowell, Hebron, Hollis, Jay, Leeds, Lisbon […]
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Planned Parenthood, critics in dispute over ‘escalation’ of Portland protests
PORTLAND — About a month before City Councilors may consider new regulations on protests outside the offices of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, clinic spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said intimidation of clients is increasing. “The loss of the city’s buffer zone was felt keenly this past week when dozens of protesters descended upon our health […]
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King sings Cutler’s praises, endorsing independent in Maine governor’s race
PORTLAND — In a ringing endorsement, U.S. Sen. Angus King on Monday said he was supporting Eliot Cutler’s bid to become Maine’s next independent governor. King, who served two terms as an independent governor, said he was supporting Cutler because he was the best man in the race. He also dismissed the notion that supporting […]