The president announced Monday that he would send in the National Guard to combat ‘out of control crime’ and ‘rising violence’ in Washington, D.C., even though police data shows violent crime is at a 30-year low and dropping in the district.
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Gorham Notes: Gorham is well represented on best places to work list
Gorham schools, businesses named best places to work The Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, Best Companies Group and Bridge Tower Media have listed the Gorham School Department, Moody’s Collision Center, and R.J. Grondin & Sons have been listed as among the 2025 Best Places to Work in Maine, a press […]
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Maine AG rules that Cumberland County deputies justified in shooting of Harrison man
Arthur Lefebvre, 57, was injured after being shot by 2 detectives and a patrol deputy in November.
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Why is unemployment so low in Maine, and what does it mean?
Everything from housing and industry booms to fewer job-seekers and the state’s status as the oldest in the nation has contributed to a run of low jobless rates, experts say.
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Mom charged in 3-year-old’s death in Milford says she left child in car to retrieve trash, then fell into river
Kelly Brown, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, has been charged with manslaughter and is being held on $50,000 bail after police found her toddler and dog dead inside her vehicle at a gas station in a small town north of Bangor.
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Anonymous $1M donation will support arts and music in Portland schools
The biggest one-time gift in the history of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools will be used in part for a new program to bring local arts organizations into classrooms.
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Graves Library in Kennebunkport will host talented musicians and award-winning novelist
Beau Dalleo, a professional guitarist, will play familiar songs on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. at Graves Memorial Library in Kennebunkport. Patrons are invited to bring friends and chairs to the show and celebrate summer, the community and a fondness for talented local artists. Suggested donations of $10 per person are appreciated. If it […]
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Limitless Wrestling puts on a show in Lewiston
Vacationland Cup 2025 was held Saturday night at a jam-packed Colisee. Staff photos by Russ Dillingham
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Westbrook Notes: Rotary Club collecting school supplies
Rotarians to meet, collect school supplies Westbrook-Gorham Rotary will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, in the dining room at Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, 125 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. “We will welcome back Neillie Young. She is a Marshwood High School Interact student who led a school project in Peru that our […]
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University of New England students take sustainability knowledge into Maine communities
Expanded UNE Sustainability Fellowship program nears end of second year partnering students with land trusts, downtown nonprofits and municipalities on projects to protect and promote the environment.