LEWISTON — Rail backers and local officials will be on hand Tuesday to discuss rail service between Portland and the Twin Cities. The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club is hosting an event to celebrate International Transit Day at the banquet hall of the Royal Oak Room, the refurbished former Maine Central Railroad station at […]
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Woman strikes parked car, flips vehicle in Waterville
WATERVILLE — A Windsor woman was fortunate to escape injury Thursday night after her vehicle struck a parked car on West River Road and flipped onto its roof, police said. Callie Thompson, 22, was headed northbound when she apparently took her eyes off the road to adjust a radio dial, Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey said. […]
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Water pollution is main concern for Hartford committee
HARTFORD — When the Road Committee discusses the upcoming project on Gurney Hill Road and other projects, their main concern is to assure that there will be no water or wetland pollution. Road Committee Chairman Harley Swanson said that he, Selectman Jack Plumley and Road Commissioner Jeremy Johnson met at Gurney Hill Road and formed an informal […]
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Colby College to give Lovejoy Award to investigative reporter Adam Clay Thompson
WATERVILLE (AP) — Colby College is awarding its 2013 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism to an online investigative reporter whose work led to federal charges against seven New Orleans police officers in connection with the shooting of unarmed civilians after Hurricane Katrina. Adam Clay Thompson will receive the award at an Oct. 27 […]
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High court to decide if 911 transcripts in Biddeford shootings will be released
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will consider Sept. 9 whether the transcripts of 911 calls made in connection with a Dec. 29 shooting in Biddeford that left two people dead and another wounded should be released. It is one of more than 20 appeals the court will consider next month. James Pak, 74, […]
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New Gloucester’s local food network to be celebrated
NEW GLOUCESTER — The Taste of New Gloucester will showcase and celebrate the town’s diverse local food economy from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 27. Maine food expert Ken Morse will moderate a discussion on local food entrepreneurship, featuring panelists Mike Thompson, Anne McCormack, Sam Coggeshall and Krista Desjarlais. The owners and operators […]