1927 – 2017 NEW GLOUCESTER — Sister Evangeline Annie Carr, better known as Frances Ann Carr, passed into eternity Monday, Jan. 2, at her home (The Shaker Community) surrounded by her community and loved ones, following a very brief battle with cancer. Sister was born in Lewiston on March 13, 1927, the sixth of seven […]
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Paul LePage says he may run against U.S. Sen. Angus King
AUGUSTA — During an afternoon appearance on a conservative talk radio show, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said he may run for the U.S. Senate in 2018. LePage made the comment during an appearance on the Boston-based Howie Carr radio show which was broadcasting from Augusta’s WVOM on Tuesday afternoon. LePage said he was specifically thinking […]
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Protests erupt after cop cleared in chokehold death
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, triggering protests in the streets by hundreds of New Yorkers who likened the case to the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. As the demonstrations mounted, […]
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Arbitrator rules Auburn’s outsourcing bus drivers did not violate labor contract
AUBURN — A labor mediator has ruled that the School Department did not violate collective bargaining when it privatized its bus drivers to Northeast Charter of Lewiston. The School Committee voted last August to eliminate its transportation department positions, including 23 bus drivers, a mechanic and three bus aides. The union representing the bus drivers, […]
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Howie Carr sold-out Bangor show talks ‘Whitey’ Bulger, art thieves
BANGOR — Syndicated talk show host, author and Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr told an audience of more than 500 people Friday night that this has been a banner week for him. “It’s been a good week for me. First it was Whitey Bulger that got convicted and then the program director at WRKO got […]