MADAWASKA — Gary Skillings’ life has all the elements of a good mystery novel: A mother’s mysterious pregnancy, family intrigue, DNA research and the discovery of long-lost relatives thousands of miles away. Skillings, 57, grew up happily in Scarborough after being adopted as an infant from St. Andre Home, then operated by the Good Shepherd […]
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Buckfield students gather gifts for local military family
BUCKFIELD — Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School are collecting Christmas gifts for a military family in Oxford County and setting up a Giving Tree where people can leave presents. “To give presents to a military family is pretty cool,” said seventh-grader Deja Bennett, who helped set up and decorate the tree […]
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Maine poet laureate writes poetry collection about the Ozarks of Missouri
FARMINGTON — Sometimes sad, sometimes humorous, Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair’s latest poetry collection, “The Lost Child: Ozark Poems,” has an understory — one of grief and reconciliation with his mother. McNair, a resident of Mercer, will share poems from the piece during a local launch of the book at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at […]
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Family of 5 shot dead in Saco, gun recovered
SACO — A family of five, including three children ranging in age from 4 to 12 years old, were found shot to death Sunday inside a southern Maine apartment, authorities said. Investigators said a gun was found near one of the bodies and it appeared no one outside the family was responsible for the shootings. […]
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House Republicans sustain veto of bill that expanded access to family planning
Veto Coverage: List of vetoes considered and who in our coverage area voted to sustain or override. AUGUSTA — The Maine House on Thursday sustained Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that would have expanded access to birth control and cervical cancer screenings for up to 13,700 low-income women. The override failed when four Republicans […]
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Animal abuse often a tip-off to family violence
Experts say there is a new trend in the U.S. — police, prosecutors and judges are working harder to put animal abusers behind bars. They say that’s because repeated studies have shown beyond doubt that the people who hurt animals either have the potential to abuse humans or are already doing so. District Court Justice […]
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Glenburn family upset after 13-year-old girl, older sister turned away from father-daughter dance
GLENBURN, Maine — Controversy erupted in Glenburn after a 13-year-old girl and her older sister were turned away from the “Butterfly Kisses” father-daughter dance on Friday night. The squabble has both sides questioning whether the concept of the father-daughter or mother-son dance is exclusionary and outdated in a time when fewer and fewer families have […]
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A family of farmers — four generations keep the tradition alive in Fort Kent
FORT KENT — Sundays are a big deal at Raoul and Lou Caron’s house. Every week, around 11 a.m., pickups and cars begin pulling into the couple’s farmhouse near Little Black Lake. Out tumble three generations of the extended Caron clan as children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even a family dog or two all make a […]