Two Kittery bakers are scheduled to appear Saturday on “Bake It Like Buddy,” a new Discovery Family Channel baking competition show featuring “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro and America’s best baking families. James Dyer and his husband Owen Dyer, lifelong Kittery residents and owners of Confection Art, will appear on an episode titled “Galaxy Cakes,” battling […]
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Convicted murderer who escaped prison recaptured
A convicted murder was arrested Tuesday morning in Piscataquis County, five days after he escaped from a minimum-security prison in Charleston. Arnold Nash, who has been in prison since he was convicted in 1992 of murdering his neighbor, was arrested by Sgt. Michael Gould of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office around 6:45 a.m. as Nash […]
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Regulators affirm ‘reasonable’ response by CMP, Emera in October storm
The Maine Public Utilities Commission has concluded that Central Maine Power and Emera Maine responded “reasonably” to an intense rain and wind storm last October that led to record blackouts in much of the state, based on the best available weather forecasts at the time. The decision, which came in an unanimous vote Tuesday by […]
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New Waterboro plaza to open next month
WATERBORO — Fourteen months ago, Brookfield Place on Main Street in south Waterboro went up in flames and the three retail businesses that operated there were destroyed. Now, a new building, with the same square footage as the old, is in its place, and is being readied for an October opening. Cindy Plummer, who owns […]
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CBS’ Julie Chen leaves daytime’s ‘The Talk’ in taped message
NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Chen announced Tuesday that she was leaving the cast of the CBS daytime show “The Talk” a week after her husband, CBS Corp. boss Leslie Moonves, was ousted from the company due to sexual misconduct allegations. Chen hadn’t appeared on the show during its season-opening week last week. She wasn’t […]
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Showdown between Kavanaugh, accuser scheduled for next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are forging ahead with plans for a Senate hearing they had hoped to avoid on a woman’s claims that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were high schoolers, hoping to salvage his endangered Supreme Court nomination with a risky, nationally televised showdown between the judge and his accuser. Republicans reversed […]
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Maine fifth-highest in nation in prescribing psychotropic drugs to foster children
Nearly 30 percent of foster children in Maine who were prescribed powerful psychiatric drugs did not receive a basic “treatment plan” or regular reviews of their medications, a federal investigation has found. Just shy of one-third of children in foster care in Maine during the period reviewed by federal investigators were prescribed anti-depressants, drugs to […]
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US again slashing number of refugees it will accept
WASHINGTON — For a second straight year the U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, insisting amid criticism from human rights groups that the country is still committed to providing sanctuary to people fleeing the world’s danger zones. Up to 30,000 refugees will be allowed into […]
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Collins says attorneys for Kavanaugh, accuser should be allowed to ask questions
Sen. Susan Collins is asking the chairman and ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee to allow an attorney for Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh to be able to question his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, and for Ford’s attorney to question Kavanaugh. The committee’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, has agreed to reopen Kavanaugh’s […]
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UNE to create new Data Science program
BIDDEFORD — The University of New England has announced that it is adding a new Data Science program to its offerings. The program, which leads to a bachelor of science degree, will be part of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, located on the university’s Biddeford Campus, according to UNE President Dr. James Herbert. “Not only will UNE’s […]