NEW YORK — America’s most popular dog breed is taking yet another victory Lab. Labrador retrievers extended their record run last year in the top spot, leading the American Kennel Club’s new rankings Tuesday for a 26th straight year. But Rottweilers are enjoying renewed favor, and some other dogs have been striding up the popularity […]
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Winthrop High’s first-place winner in Maine Drama Festival shares an important message
WINTHROP — The students had to choose. The director handed them three scripts. One story chronicled a young girl’s struggle to gain self-confidence. The other two scripts focused on the tragic effects of bullying. The play about the insecure girl was simpler, less emotional. But Winthrop High School students knew they had to choose the […]
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Venezuela's troubles put Maine heating oil aid in limbo
Venezuela’s economic turmoil has placed in limbo that country’s participation in a free heating oil program run by a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that has helped hundreds of thousands of people, signaling that the program may be kaput. This marks the second consecutive winter that Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum Corp. has not contributed to the “Joe-4-Oil” program, part […]
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OOB man burns parent's house, kills pets trying to kill ants with matches
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — Maine’s state fire marshal says a man burned down his parents’ house and killed three pets while trying to exterminate ants in his basement with matches. Investigators say 21-year-old Devon Doucette was trying to incinerate the ants with wooden matches when one of them ignited combustible materials. The fire quickly […]
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Maine bills target texting while driving, learner's permits
AUGUSTA (AP) — New drivers in Maine would have to wait more months for an intermediate driver’s license under one lawmaker’s proposal. The Legislature on Tuesday will hold public hearings on bills that would tackle texting while driving and increase requirements for young drivers. Republican Rep. MaryAnne Kinney’s legislation would require people younger than 21 […]
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Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit SeniorsPlus' Meals on Wheels
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus will hold a breakfast to benefit its Meals on Wheels nutrition program on Friday, March 31. The Fill the Plate Breakfast will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch in Auburn. The breakfast will honor former Speaker of the Maine House of Rep. Mark W. Eves with […]
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RSU 9 to continue with administrative restructuring at Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted Tuesday to continue in 2017-18 the administrative structure that was put in place at Mt. Blue Campus prior to the start of the school year. It was considered an interim plan when the board approved it in August 2016 to see how it worked. The structure was […]
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Reno J. Bell
LEWISTON — Reno Joseph Bell, 72, of Lewiston passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Saturday, March 18, after a brief illness. Reno was born Nov. 6, 1944, in Van Buren to Benoit and Alia Lebel Bell. He was the youngest of 13 children. The Bell family was well-known in the Sabattus area, growing up […]
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West Minot Grange to host annual Maple Weekend with craft fair, pancake breakfast
MINOT — West Minot Grange No. 42 will host Maple Weekend with a craft and vendor fair and breakfast Saturday and Sunday, March 25 and 26. Proceeds will benefit the the Grange’s Start-Up Scholarship Program. Breakfast, served all-you-can-eat, will be served from from 7 to 11 a.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $2 […]
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Robin Dow Seniors to meet AUBURN — Robin Dow Senior Citizens met on March 8. Attendance winners were Callie Adams and Leigh Whittle; red tickets winners, Nancy Hutchinson, Al Strout and Merry Strout; white, Bob Bell, Delores Danforth and Lorraine Raymond; and, blue, Janis Brackenbury, Mary Tasinnari and Carmela Hewitt. There will not be a meeting on March 22 because so many members will […]