Pine Technical and Community College Andrew Clifford, of Freeport, received a Notable Achievement on the Honors List for the spring 2015 semester at Pine Technical and Community College Franklin Pierce University Nicholas Boyden of Durham, a freshman majoring in Criminal Justice from Franklin Pierce University, was named to the Dean’s Honor’s List for the spring […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A group of U.S. senators from New England say the lobster’s role in the region’s heritage and economy are important enough to justify a national day of celebration. The senators are introducing a resolution to designate Sept. 25, as National Lobster Day. Maine’s Angus King and Susan Collins say the crustacean deserves […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Gas prices in Maine have fallen 4 cents per gallon in the past week. The average retail gas price in Maine was $2.71 per gallon on Sunday. The figure is based on a GasBuddy.com survey of 1,228 gas outlets in the state. The national average price remained fell 3 cents to $2.73 […]

BATH — Registration opens Aug. 1 for Patten Free Library’s Thursday, Aug. 13, workshop on the Common Application for college admission. The event is for rising high school seniors and will be held at Patten Free Library from 6-8 p.m. in the Library’s Community Room. Several local college counselors will be on hand to help […]

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Left-wing protesters have clashed with riot policemen amid a downpour as they tried to breach a barricade of barbed wire and vehicles ahead of the Philippine president’s final state of the nation address. Police say some of the approximately 4,000 protesters started to push away the vehicles and iron railings used […]

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The biggest supplier of aid to rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine says its mission could fold in two days’ time if rebels continue to block its convoys. A charity foundation owned by Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akmetov, has been the largest source of aid for the separatist-controlled territory while international organizations were having […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators say lightning has killed a construction worker in Moscow. Russian news agencies today quoted investigation spokeswoman Yulia Ivanova as saying that the man was stuck by lightning in a park in the west of the city earlier today and died on the spot. The man is believed to be a […]