WALDOBORO (AP) — Police say a woman’s body has been recovered from a vehicle that was upside down in the Medomak River in Waldoboro, Maine. Police say the sport utility vehicle was discovered partially submerged in the water near Route 1 Sunday morning. Officials say the body of 48-year-old Melissa Sawyer, of Damariscotta, was recovered […]
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Biddeford taxpayers should expect minimal tax increase
BIDDEFORD — While it’s still a few months before the Fiscal Year 2019 Biddeford municipal and school budgets are slated to be voted on, if the current proposals for both are approved, it should be good news for property taxpayers. Thanks to $15 million in property value increase and another $35 million in valuation adjustments, […]
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Maine’s mouthwatering maple goodness celebrated over weekend
DAYTON — For Nick Ridley and his 4-year-old son Ryan of Shapleigh, it was their first time visiting Cole Farm in Dayton Saturday, during the weekend celebrating Maine maple syrup. He thought it was “pretty cool.” Young Ryan seemed to be enjoying the event although he didn’t have much to say, he was too busy […]
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Shot that wouldn’t fall leads to end of Allen’s crazy career
OMAHA, Neb. — Grayson Allen curled to the left side of the lane, jumped and kicked out his left leg a bit as he let fly the shot that would send Duke to the Final Four over two Kansas defenders. With the clock showing less than a second left in regulation, the ball teasingly bounced […]
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Heartbroken by gun violence: Rallies across US demand change
WASHINGTON (AP) — They came from a place of heartbreak to claim their spot in history: Hundreds of thousands of teenagers and supporters, rallying across the United States for tougher laws to fight gun violence. The “March for Our Lives” events on Saturday drew massive crowds in cities across the country, marking the largest youth-led […]
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Self-taught rocket scientist blasts off into California sky
LOS ANGELES (AP) — He finally went up — just like the self-taught rocket scientist always pledged he would. He came back down in one piece, too — a little dinged up and his steam-powered vessel a little cracked up. Still, mission accomplished for a guy more daredevil than engineer, who drew more comparisons to […]
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Superintendent calls for end to effort to oust her
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — A Maine superintendent is calling for an end to a student voter registration drive that is part of a campaign to force her ouster. The Portland Press Herald reports that students at Scarborough High School have been trying to get 18-year-old classmates signed up to vote. The drive is part of a campaign to […]
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Endangered status of Atlantic sturgeon up for review
PORTLAND (AP) — Federal fishing regulators say they are conducting a five-year review of threatened and endangered populations of Atlantic sturgeon. Populations of sturgeon are listed as threatened in the Gulf of Maine and endangered in New York Bight, the Chesapeake Bay and off the Carolinas and South Atlantic. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
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Rural Maine counties to receive economic development aid
LEWISTON (AP) — Maine’s U.S. senators say the federal government is providing more than $200,000 to three Maine counties to help with economic development in mostly rural parts of the state. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration will also help […]
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House rejects bid to roll back minimum wage hike
AUGUSTA (AP) — Lawmakers are rejecting the latest effort to roll back Maine’s minimum wage law. The Maine House voted 81-69 to reject a bill Thursday to reduce annual increases in Maine’s minimum wage. The bill now heads to the Senate. The bill would have capped the increase at $11 per hour instead of $12 […]