SOUTH PORTLAND — A 39-year-old South Portland woman was killed Saturday evening when she was struck by a southbound Downeaster train about one mile south of the Portland Transportation Center. Nyla J. Howard was hit by Train 698 at 6:55 p.m., according to an email from Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods. Woods said Howard was trespassing […]
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Home invasion suspect’s surrender terms: Mountain Dew, chocolate milk
BUXTON — Police say a home invasion suspect was coaxed into surrendering after several days in the woods with a promise that he wouldn’t be harmed — and that he’d be provided chocolate milk and Mountain Dew. Police say 30-year-old Michael Crockett Jr. of Buxton was thirsty and hungry — and covered with mosquito bites […]
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Class B Nordic Skiing Championship: GNG’s Woods completes sweep
It was a Sugarloaf Sweep for Kaelyn Woods of Gray-New Gloucester High School. The sophomore backed up her Class B classical title with a convincing freestyle victory Friday on the second and final day of the Nordic state championship meet at Sugarloaf Outdoor Center in Carrabassett Valley. Competing in rainy and icy conditions that caused […]
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H.S. skiing: Gray-NG’s Woods claims Sassi Memorial title
RUMFORD — Kaelyn Woods had her own expectations for Saturday’s Sassi Memorial Classic at Black Mountain: The Gray-New Gloucester sophomore hoped to finish among the top five in the hotly-contested race. Then, one of her coaches mentioned that she was the skier to beat in the girls’ 5-kilometer event. That was news to Woods. “That definitely […]
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Wood’s knee injury delays Sept. 21 title defense
BANGOR — Ray “All Business” Wood, who was scheduled to make the first defense of his New England Fights Maine featherweight championship next month, will be sidelined from mixed martial arts indefinitely after being diagnosed this week with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.The injury is believed to have taken place July 12 when the Bucksport […]
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Michaud and Woods to hold joint news conference Wednesday
Two Maine Democrats who have said they would seek their party’s nomination for governor in 2014 will hold a joint news conference in Falmouth on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who made his official campaign announcement in Lewiston on Thursday, Aug. 15, will appear with Steve Woods, a Falmouth businessman and town council chairman. […]