Truc Huynh has lived in southern Maine for 29 years. But the 37-year-old has never spent time north of Bangor. Starting Thursday, Huynh and Nate Cutting, a friend from Brewer, will bike the pine tree-lined roads of Madawaska before pedaling south more than 400 miles all the way to the coastal roads of Kittery. Along […]
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Maine’s wild blueberry harvest drops, and the prices paid to farmers increase
Maine’s 2018 wild blueberry harvest was the smallest in more than a dozen years, but prices paid to farmers rebounded after years of declines. That’s good news for the state’s 485 blueberry growers as they deal with a glut of their product on the market caused by the arrival of lower-priced cultivated berries. Concerns continue […]
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Maine briefs: Man who said white jury couldn’t judge him fairly sentenced; Migratory fish could get $800,000 boost from settlement
Man who said white jury couldn’t judge him fairly sentenced BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts man who said he couldn’t get a fair trial from an all-white jury in Maine has been sentenced to 14 years in prison on drug charges. Myron Crosby Jr., of Springfield, said he didn’t think he could get a fair […]
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Maine governor praises federal plan for prescription drugs
AUGUSTA — Maine is ready to take advantage of a Trump administration proposal that would allow Americans to legally and safely import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday. The plan reverses years of opposition from federal health authorities. It comes amid a public outcry over high prices for life-sustaining medications. […]
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Appalachian Trail hiker rescued after breaking leg at Mahoosuc Notch
NORTH OXFORD — A hiker who broke her leg Monday on the Appalachian Trail had to be rescued by the Maine Warden Service on Tuesday. Anne Renner, 24, of Arlington, Illinois, was hiking north on the trail through Mahoosuc Notch in the North Oxford unorganized territory when she fell and struck her lower right leg […]
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Victim’s girlfriend says petty dispute precipitated shooting at Walmart
The shooting in a Walmart parking lot Saturday in Auburn was the result of a petty dispute that began months ago, the girlfriend of the victim said Wednesday. Police have declined to describe the connection between Gage Dalphonse, 21, who was charged Wednesday with murdering Jean Fournier, 41. But Jean Fournier’s girlfriend, Tara Nguyen, 38, […]
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Police charge Auburn man, 21, with murder in shooting at Walmart
AUBURN — A 21-year-old Auburn man was arrested on a murder charge Wednesday, accused of shooting another man in the back Saturday at the Walmart parking lot. Police arrested Gage Dalphonse at about 3:30 p.m. in the death of Jean Fournier, 41, of Turner. Investigators said an autopsy confirmed Fournier had died of gunshot wounds. […]
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Man charged with kidnapping woman in South Carolina, assaulting her during drive to Maine
A man allegedly on the run from a kidnapping charge in South Carolina is now facing the same charge in federal court in Maine. Dustin Beach was in custody at the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn on Wednesday afternoon, a prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. An affidavit in U.S. District Court in Portland […]
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Teen charged with manslaughter in 2018 Lewiston melee to be released from jail, monitored by Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office
LEWISTON — A local teen charged with manslaughter in the 2018 death of 38-year-old Donald Giusti is expected to be released from jail Thursday. Emmanuel Nkurunziza, 18, will be released into the custody of a couple at their home more than 20 miles from Lewiston where he will be under house arrest with electronic monitoring […]
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Police: Man injured in Route 1 crash in Woolwich has died
WOOLWICH — A Woolwich man involved in a four-vehicle crash on Route 1 earlier this month has died, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office. Barry Wyman, 58, died from injuries he suffered in the crash, which happened just before 7 a.m. July 15 near the Taste of Maine restaurant. The sheriff’s office said after […]