BIDDEFORD — For Amity Stoddard and Sellam El Ouahabi, the circus is coming to town and that happens to be Biddeford. The couple is opening the Sellam Circus School inside the Pepperell Mill in September and to kick things off in the city, they are launching the first-ever summer circus arts day camp in Biddeford’s […]
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Waterboro mulls Old Alfred Road repairs
WATERBORO — Selectmen in Waterboro hope to meet with officials at the Maine Department of Transportation soon to discuss plans for repairs to Old Alfred Road. The roadway, a two-mile connector between Route 202 and Route 5, is in rough condition — peppered with cracks and holes that developed in the surface of the last […]
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Biddeford’s Fleurent excited for chance to play pro hockey in Maine
PORTLAND — When the Maine Mariners make their debut in the ECHL this fall, local fans will see a familiar face on the ice as Biddeford native Trevor Fleurent has signed with the new minor league club. “It’s going to be great. I think every kid wants to live out the dream, especially close to […]
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Protests planned nationwide over Trump immigration policy
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Liberal activists, parents and first-time protesters motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border plan to rally in hundreds of cities nationwide Saturday to press President Donald Trump’s administration to reunite the families quickly. More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across […]
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Paris Jackson posts tribute to grandpa Joe Jackson
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paris Jackson has posted an online tribute to her grandfather, Joe Jackson, who died at the age of 89. On Instagram , the 20-year-old shared a photo Wednesday of her and her grandfather holding hands in what appears to be a hospital. The caption reads: RIP The HAWK. Joseph Jackson. She wrote “being […]
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Trump responds to attack on Maryland newspaper
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly denounced the press as “the enemy of the American people,” said Friday journalists “should be free from the fear of being violently attacked,” as he addressed the deadly shooting at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. Trump said the attack on the Capital Gazette, which left five […]
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Police: Newspaper gunman planned deadly attack carefully
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The gunman accused of killing five people in a vendetta against a Maryland newspaper barricaded the rear exit to prevent anyone from escaping and blasted his way through the newsroom with a pump-action shotgun, cutting down one victim trying to slip out the back, authorities said Friday. “The fellow was there to […]
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Rotary Club honors 12 for community service commitment
BIDDEFORD — For demonstrating outstanding commitment to serving the community, 12 individuals have been singled out for recognition by the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club and were presented awards during a special ceremony at Run of the Mill on June 20. Awards presented at the event included Rotarian of the Year, Private Sector, Humanitarian Service, Vocational Service, […]
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Concern over using US military to help border enforcement
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s request for the Pentagon to house migrants detained at the U.S. southern border and even help prosecute them is prompting concern about strains to the military. Some call it an inappropriate mission.”We shouldn’t be militarizing border enforcement,” Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said in an interview. Defense Secretary Jim […]
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Legislative panel votes to subpoena no-show DHHS head in child death probe
AUGUSTA – The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted Thursday to subpoena the head of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to testify after he failed to attend a hearing on recent, high-profile child abuse deaths. The unanimous, bipartisan vote came moments after the committee learned that DHHS Commissioner Ricker Hamilton would not attend Thursday’s meeting despite personal […]