FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — After missing last season with a knee injury, Will Smith is thrilled to be back on the field. Now, the 33-year-old defensive end has a job to win. “It feels good,” Smith said Saturday, after the first training camp day in full pads. “It’s been awhile, so I’m excited to just […]
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Oxford developers submit hotel plans for state approval
OXFORD — Construction on a proposed 93-room Hampton Inn across from the Oxford Casino on Route 26 could be weeks away after developers submitted plans to the state. Hotel developers are in the process of building the hotel, the first stage in a “master plan” to develop 550 acres of farmland into a series of […]
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Fogg takes selectmen seat in Farmington by 25 votes
FARMINGTON — By 25 votes, townspeople elected Michael J. Fogg on Tuesday to serve on the Board of Selectmen. Fogg earned 323 votes over Matthew Smith, who garnered 298 votes, Town Clerk Leanne Pinkham reported after the polls closed. The special election was held Tuesday to fill a seat on the board held by Andrew Hufnagel, […]
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Farmington board holds to rules, postpones application review
FARMINGTON — Planning Board members approved applications for construction of a Family Dollar store, a new barn for L. Herbert York and a parking lot expansion for William Marceau on Monday. But by a vote of 4-3, they declined to review an application for construction of additional storage buildings because the application was submitted a […]
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Son charged with dismembering dad claims sex abuse
AUGUSTA — A Maine man charged with killing and dismembering his father was ordered Thursday to undergo a mental health evaluation at a court appearance that ended with him declaring himself “the Lord, Father of life” and asking the gathered media to follow him on Twitter. Leroy Smith III, 24, told an investigator he recorded […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Smith’s new book a joyful, enlightening read
Although this is a book review, it is not a conventional one where you simply exclaim and gush and excerpt many pithy passages, or toss about superlatives like “engaging, compelling and riveting.” No, this is moremy recollections about the author of a new Maine book and some thoughts about this dry, witty man and what […]
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Owner given 60 days to clean up dangerous Oxford property
OXFORD — Selectmen have ordered the owner of a King Street home to clean up his property within 60 days or face its possible demolition by the town. At their meeting Thursday, selectmen signed an order that concludes the small home poses a danger to life and property. “The building is structurally unsafe, unstable and […]
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Three people injured in Harrison crash
HARRISON — At least three people were taken to hospitals after a two-car crash on Route 117 near Bolsters Mill Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday. “We just heard a big bang,” said Heather Smith of 760 Norway Road, who ran out of her house to see the cars side by side and a man sitting […]
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Collins pushes jobs plan, hometown ties in speech to Lincoln Chamber
LINCOLN — It’s been awhile since U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was thought of only as Sam Collins’ sister. But as she stood before several hundred Lincoln Lake’s Region Chamber of Commerce members on Saturday night, the Republican occupant of the seat once occupied by Margaret Chase Smith joked that her old title might be the […]
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Bangor police arrest ‘armed and dangerous’ transient
MACHIASPORT — Police say they’ve nabbed a man wanted for stealing a Jeep and loaded gun from a home in Machiasport. WCSH-TV reports (http://on.wcsh6.com/IZqf4W ) that police found 43-year-old Jason Trickett at around 5 a.m. Monday in a stolen vehicle in Bangor. The station reports he is in custody and could be in court today. […]