GRAY — Forecasters are keeping their eyes on a storm expected to blow into the area Tuesday and continue into Wednesday. “We’re looking at rain and wind coming in,” Steve Capriola, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Gray office said Monday morning. Forecasters are expecting a significant amount of rainfall and mixed precipitation — […]
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Police: Labor Day travel weekend safest in three years, with one fatality
AUGUSTA — One of the summer’s busiest travel weekends proved to be the safest in three years, according to state police. Only one person was killed on Maine highways during Labor Day weekend, marking the safest travel holiday weekend since 2010, according to Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The 2013 figures compare to […]
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Global travel warning: U.S. cites al-Qaida threat
WASHINGTON — The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend. The alert was the first of its kind since an announcement preceding the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. […]
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Famous hobo left mark in Bethel area
A famous hobo of the early 20th century who went by the name “A No. 1” was played by actor Lee Marvin in the 1973 film, “Emperor of the North Pole.” The man, whose real name was Leon Ray Livingston, left his mark wherever he went by carving “A No. 1” on trees and buildings, […]