BIDDEFORD — What started as a standard school assembly Thursday morning at Biddeford Intermediate School turned into something extraordinary, when faculty members burst into dance during a surprise flash mob. Students at the school, which serves fourth and fifth grades, gathered in the gymnasium for an assembly on preparation for the Maine Educational Assessment, or […]
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Biddeford students remember Parkland shooting victims
BIDDEFORD — Tuesday’s nor’easter and the subsequent cancellation of school on Wednesday only served to make students more determined to pay tribute to the victims of the Parkland school shooting and to protest escalating gun violence in schools nationwide during a walkout event Thursday morning. At precisely 10 a.m., more than 500 Biddeford High School […]
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Candidates to appear at Wells forum
WELLS — With an eye on securing their party’s nomination in the June primary, a number of the leading Democratic candidates for governor will appear at a “Meet the Candidates” public forum in Wells this weekend. The free two-hour program starts at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Wells High School Auditorium. Phil Bartlett, Maine Democratic […]
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UN gets $100M in new funds for Palestinian aid after US cuts
ROME — The United Nations received pledges Thursday of nearly $100 million in new funding for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians after the U.S. slashed its aid, but it is still facing a nearly $350 million shortfall this year. U.N. officials said the countries providing the new financing included Qatar, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, New […]
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US says Russia hacks energy grid, critical infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of a concerted operation to hack the U.S. energy grid and other critical infrastructure including aviation, and separately imposed sanctions on a raft of Russian officials for alleged high-tech interference in the 2016 American presidential election. The moves were the strongest to date against Russia by […]
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TA chess champions rule at state tourney
Three Thornton Academy students placed first in the reserve section of the recent State of Maine Scholastic Chess Tournament. Thornton seniors Jan Schilling, Ky Nguyen, and Junior Leo Xie competed against teams from all over Maine in individual chess matches to take home the gold. Additionally, Schilling was the top individual performer in the competition. […]
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Communities vote to dissolve school district
WATERVILLE (AP) — Residents from three Maine communities have voted to dissolve their combined school district. Waterville, Vassalboro and Winslow residents passed the referendum to terminate the district 386-133 Tuesday. Turnout for the vote in each community suffered due to a snowstorm that caused poor road conditions. All three communities voted separately, and in the […]
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Plummer will serve one year
ALFRED — Former Old Orchard Beach Fire Chief Ricky Plummer will serve one year in jail for setting a fire that destroyed more than 40 acres of marshland in Old Orchard Beach on April 15, 2016. Plummer, 61, was sentenced on Wednesday afternoon by Justice Wayne Douglas to nine years in prison with all but […]
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York County resident to be sentenced for fraud, tax evasion
CONCORD, N.H. — A York County resident has entered a guilty plea in a federal case involving an investment fraud scheme and failing to file federal income tax returns, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray. Court documents show William Bischoff, 76, of York, defrauded more than two dozen clients of his financial advisory business from 2009 […]
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Cruz appears in court, remains silent when asked about plea
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The former student charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month refused to announce a plea on Wednesday so a judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill repeated that Nikolas Cruz would plead guilty if prosecutors waived the death penalty, […]