PORTLAND — Bob Kipper won’t call it playing catch-up. In a business where the objective is for everyone to be able to say, “I’m just passing through,” minor league players and coaches understand theirs is a whirlwind relationship. This is especially true when a player is acquired via mid-season trade, as Eduardo Rodriguez was by […]
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$6.5 million Hartt Transportation facility breaks ground in Auburn
AUBURN — Hartt Transportation’s expansion means lots of good things for the Twin Cities, according to city Economic Development Director Roland Miller. Company and city officials were on hand Thursday morning to break ground on the Bangor-based company’s $6.5 million business park investment. But Miller said the expansion, a $5.3 million facility with office space, […]
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Three injured, including 3-year-old girl, when pickup strikes car in Paris
PARIS — Two adults and a 3-year-old girl were transported to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway on Sunday after their car was struck on the driver’s side by a pickup truck. Christine Dumont, 47, Wesley Miller, 19, and a three-year old girl— addresses unknown — were taken from the scene of the collision at approximately […]
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Las Vegas cop killers had anti-government views, were kicked off Nevada ranch of Cliven Bundy
LAS VEGAS — A husband and wife who went on a deadly shooting rampage in Las Vegas harbored anti-government beliefs and left a swastika and a “Don’t tread on me” flag on the body of one of the two police officers they killed, authorities said Monday. Jerad and Amanda Miller had been kicked off a […]
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No contests in Norway elections as nomination deadline looms
NORWAY — With only two days left to return nomination papers, no contests have emerged for the June 10 annual town election. Town Clerk Shirley Boyce said Thursday that candidates must return nomination papers by Monday, April 28, at the close of the business day to have his or her name printed on the ballot. […]
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Eight more dollar stores on the way to Lewiston-Auburn area
LEWISTON — More dollar stores are coming. Eight new stores — four Family Dollars and four Dollar Generals — are being planned for locations in Lewiston, Auburn, Turner, Sabattus and Greene. “There is a market for these types of stores in Maine,” said David Hediger, deputy director of Lewiston’s Planning and Code Enforcement Department. “And […]
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New true-crime TV show to feature 2009 murders in Webster Plantation
WEBSTER PLANTATION — A new true-crime cable television show will recount the slayings of a couple in their home more than four years ago and the hunt for and conviction of their killer in its first episode Monday. Nathaneal K. Nightingale, 35, of Burlington is serving a 40-year sentence in the deaths of Michael “Big […]
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Miller facing surgery on foot
SEATTLE (AP) — Boston Red Sox left-hander Andrew Miller will have surgery on his injured left foot and likely miss the rest of the season.Red Sox manager John Farrell said Monday that Miller has damage to the ligament in the foot, which he hurt while backing up a play at home plate Saturday at Anaheim.“It’s […]