Brunswick police say a 5-year-old girl, three adults and a dog were attacked and injured by a fox Friday afternoon on Moody Road, the latest in a series of encounters with rabid animals in Brunswick and the midcoast this summer. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has counted 42 confirmed cases of rabies […]
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Talk of the town: This is not what it looks like
Doooooooughnuts On an early evening in Kennedy Park last week, while a handful of police had gathered to keep the peace, a woman came walking through with a big box of Dunkin’ Donuts in her hand. A weird moment ensued as the officers tried to deduce whether she had brought the doughnuts for them and […]
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‘He looked vicious’: Brunswick woman recounts rabid fox attack
BRUNSWICK — A woman who was attacked and bitten badly by a rabid fox recounted the experience in a recent interview. The incident occurred June 17 when Barbara Senecal of Woodland Drive was walking to her mailbox to get her mail. Senecal, 72, said she often sees wildlife on her morning walk, so she wasn’t […]
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Charles Krauthammer, conservative columnist and pundit, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from “Great Society” Democrat to Iraq War cheerleader to denouncer of Donald Trump, has died at age 68. His death was announced Thursday by two longtime employers, Fox News Channel […]
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Video: Paul LePage goes on Fox & Friends, supports Trump policies
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Gov. Paul LePage started today in the national media spotlight with an appearance on Fox & Friends. LePage has been in Washington for several days meeting with President Donald Trump and Republican governors and leading a discussion about welfare reform at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. LePage’s national […]
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Megyn Kelly leaving Fox News for NBC
Megyn Kelly, a star host at Fox News whose profile soared after a feud with Donald Trump, will leave the network for a prominent new role at NBC News, a person at NBC News confirmed. Kelly will host a daytime news and discussion program, anchor a Sunday-night news show and be featured in NBC’s political […]
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Maine’s small-game hunting seasons coming to a close
AUGUSTA (AP) — Several seasons for the hunting of small game animals in Maine are coming to a close for the year. The seasons for raccoons, skunks and opossums all end on Dec. 31. There is also a season for the hunting of gray squirrels that ends on that day. Hunters who pursue gray squirrels […]
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Sheila J. Fox
1945 – 2016 SOUTH PARIS — Sheila J. Fox, 70, of South Paris passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. Sheila was born in Norway on Dec. 9, 1945, a daughter of Harold and Angie (Rowe) Jackson. She attended South Paris schools and graduated from Paris High School. She continued her education and […]
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Car smashes into McDonald’s in Paris
PARIS — Courtney Fox decided against accessing a McDonald’s bathroom after a car struck the building and buckled the hallway. “He pulled back after he hit,” Fox said. “I thought someone had hit the doors or the trash can. That’s when I looked.” Fox, of Waterford, along with family members Dawn and Jodi Fox of Auburn […]
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Maine man sentenced for stealing $14M from bank
PORTLAND — A former man who pleaded guilty to stealing $14 million and spending it on vacations, his children’s education, prostitutes and a house for his mistress is going to prison for 10 years. Walter Scott Fox, a business owner and former bank officer, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Portland. Assistant U.S. Attorney […]