Video of a Boston lawyer dressed as Queen Elsa from the animated movie “Frozen” helping a Boston police vehicle stuck in the snow is being shared widely on social media. When the police wagon got struck in snow in the city’s South End on Tuesday night, Jason Triplett, dressed as Elsa in a long blue-green […]
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Unfreezing Lewiston's fire hydrants
Todd Lester of Lewiston Water & Sewer Division removes a steam hose from a frozen fire hydrant at Frye and College streets Monday afternoon. Crews routinely inspect hydrants in the winter to make sure they have not frozen from a slow leak or after use by the Fire Department. When hydrants are used, the six […]
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Maine community college tuition frozen for upcoming year
PORTLAND (AP) — Tuition is being frozen at Maine’s seven community colleges for the coming academic year. Officials say the tuition freeze was made possible by an increase in state appropriations requested by trustees of the Maine Community College System. System President Derek Langhauser says Maine’s community colleges already have the lowest tuition in New […]
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RSU 9 budget frozen for third year
FARMINGTON — For the third year in a row, the Regional School Unit 9 budget has been frozen because of unbudgeted expenses connected to students moving into the district who require special services. Superintendent Tom Ward said Tuesday that he froze the budget in early December 2016. The unbudgeted expense is $300,000. It is the […]
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Paris selectmen opt to lay new sewer lines, waterlines for Police Department
PARIS — Foreigner’s lyrics, “You’re as cold as ice,” unfortunately rang true for the Paris police station over the past three weeks as the sewer lines and waterlines froze three times, leaving employees mostly unable to use water until a holding tank was rented. At their meeting Monday night, selectmen voted 3-1 to discontinue the existing […]
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Orchestra to perform in ‘Frozen’-themed concert in Portland on Nov. 2
Portland Symphony Orchestra to present its first Discovery Concert of the season – “Heroes: From Frozen to Firemen” PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra will present its first Discovery Concert of the 2014-15 season at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Merrill Auditorium. The concert, titled “Heroes: From Frozen to Firemen,” will feature superhero themes […]
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D3 Hockey: Teams ready for puck to drop in NCAA semifinals
LEWISTON — SUNY-Geneseo coach Chris Schultz knows what he and his team are getting into Friday. The Knights play in the first of two NCAA Division III ice hockey semifinals at 4 p.m. at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee against one of the top programs in the country, the Green Knights of St. Norbert College. “I’ve […]
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‘This is wild, really wild’
NEWRY — Red Bull’s caffeine-infused Frozen Rush took to the slopes of Sunday River on Friday in a first-of-its-kind truck race. Resort officials said an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 spectators turned out for the event, which featured a bracketed, single-elimination format. The eight drivers, mostly desert-truck racers, matched times as they sped around a mile-long […]