AUBURN — Seth Carey, the Republican nominee for district attorney in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, faces disbarment next week, stemming in part from allegations he sexually abused a woman and then proposed paying her to drop her complaint. The woman making the allegations against Carey is a former client who had been living with him […]
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Livermore board awards mowing and waste contracts
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Tuesday awarded a three-year mowing contract to Robert Martin of Livermore Falls and a trash-hauling contract to Pine Tree Waste of Lewiston. A decision on the mowing bids was tabled this month because the advertisement requested bidders include the annual price per year for three years, an equipment list, proof of […]
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Pine Tree Academy boys outrun Rangeley
AUBURN — Coming into the season, Pine Tree Academy boys basketball coach Trevor Schlisner knew that his team was athletic, with just a little bit of basketball knowledge. As the Class D South season has progressed, that athleticism has been both a curse and a blessing, with his players often in foul trouble due to […]
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Girls' soccer: Rangeley ties for fourth time this season
FREEPORT — When regulation ended with the score tied, a few Pine Tree Academy players asked the officials about the overtime rules. Rangeley, meanwhile, was well aware of what happens in overtime. And for the fourth time this season, the Lakers finished a game tied, as they and the Breakers played to a 1-1 draw […]
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Tourney roundup: Boothbay suffocates Carrabec; Vinalhaven girls, Islesboro boys win
AUGUSTA — The girls’ basketball team from Boothbay used its defensive game to stymie Carrabec 32-17 in Monday’s Class C South quarterfinal. The Seahawks averaged just 25 points per game against this season. After an early exit last year, Boothbay made sure history didn’t repeat. The Seahawks jumped out to an early 9-2 lead in […]
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Lewiston firefighters douse tree fire
LEWISTON — Firefighters went into the woods next to the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Friday night to investigate a report of a burning tree. Crews were sent out shortly after 9 p.m. after a caller reported flames shooting 15 feet into the air from the top of a blazing pine tree near Cottage Street. Firefighters […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Vinalhaven rallies to oust top-seeded Pine Tree
AUGUSTA — Sandy Nelson has been preaching the possibility of a big upset to her team for weeks, but nothing convinced her squad more than watching it actually happen Monday. Her Vinalhaven girls’ basketball team watched No. 8 Maranacook stun No. 1 Boothbay in a Western C boys’ quarterfinal. “I’ve told the kids before, I’ve […]
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Fryeburg precision drilling manufacturer to add 60 jobs
FRYEBURG — Advanced precision-technologies manufacturer Hunting Dearborn plans to expand its Maine facility, creating up to 60 jobs over the next five years. In a news release last week, company officials said the move was to meet increased demand for its products. It sells to markets in the U.S. and overseas. In the release, Robert Newton, […]
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With polar bear attack behind him, grateful lawyer back at work
LEWISTON — Five months ago to the day on Christmas Eve, Matt Dyer woke to the shadow of a bear falling on his tent. The polar bear pulled him out by the neck and ran toward the water — and almost certain death for Dyer. “I guess I was just lucky, and lucky in many […]