LISBON — Chris Kates played for legendary Lisbon High School football coach Dick Mynahan. He coached alongside his former bench boss and helped run a regional championship-caliber team for four seasons under the longtime Greyhounds mentor. Mynahan stepped aside last fall, after 40 years of coaching. Monday, Kates was named his replacement, only the third head […]
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Maine gas prices drop a bit more than a penny
CONCORD, N.H. — Average retail gas prices in northern New England have stayed about the same over the past week. GasBuddy’s daily survey says the average price in Maine was down 1.2 cents per gallon from last week, to $2.26. The price in Vermont dipped less than a penny to an average of $2.27 per […]
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Maine unemployment rate is lowest since 2001
Maine’s unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in 16 years. The state’s January unemployment rate of 3.5 percent is the lowest it’s been since March 2001, according to the Maine Department of Labor. The preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down from 3.8 percent in December, down 1,300 people over the year to 24,300 […]
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Prominent Maine defense attorney Daniel Lilley dies
PORTLAND — Dan Lilley, a brash defense lawyer who was involved in many of Maine’s highest profile cases including a prostitution scandal at a Zumba studio and the case of a restaurateur who shot her husband 15 times, has died. He was 79. Lilley died Saturday night at Maine Medical Center, his law office said Monday. […]
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Two drivers critically hurt in wrong-way crash on I-95 in Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD (AP) — Maine State Police say two drivers are in critical condition following a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 in Pittsfield. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland says a truck driver was heading southbound in the northbound lanes of I-95 just before 7 p.m. Sunday. Police tried to divert the driver, identified […]
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Grieving mom has just cause to ignore dead baby's father
DEAR ABBY: My son ”Jake” was born last June. His father was a good friend who I thought I loved and that he loved me. The day I told him I was pregnant, he disappeared. Our baby boy just passed away from SIDS. I’m struggling with Jake’s loss and planning his funeral while taking care […]