Game wardens recover body of man who fell into Bangor stream BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine Game Warden divers have recovered the body of a man who fell into a stream in Bangor while trying to take a photo. Police said 41-year-old John Nadeau, of Indian Island, Maine, fell into the Kenduskeag Stream at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. He was standing […]
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Larry Raymond, former Lewiston mayor, dies at 87
AUBURN — Laurier T. Raymond, a former Androscoggin County attorney, probate judge and Lewiston mayor, died Saturday at a hospice in Auburn. He was 87. Raymond, who was known as Larry, practiced law for 61 years in the area, and for a time served on the board of directors for the Franco American Heritage Center. “A native of […]
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Bowdoin College celebrates 214th commencement
Bowdoin College conferred 472 bachelor of arts degrees to the Class of 2019 during its 214th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 25, 2019. The Class includes students from forty-five states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and nineteen other countries and territories. College Marshal Jean Yarbrough, who is Bowdoin’s Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences, officially opened the […]
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24 receive diplomas at Merrymeeting Adult Ed graduation
TOPSHAM — Merrymeeting Adult Education celebrated the graduation of 24 students on May 21, in a ceremony at Mt. Ararat High School. These adult learners completed either the High School Equivalency Tests (HiSET, formerly GED) or traditional high school diploma during the 2018-19 academic year. Director Diana McCain led the celebration, followed by opening remarks from Bob Lucy, interim […]
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Fishermen face another quota cut, could hit lobster prices
PORTLAND — Fishermen already dealing with a dramatic reduction in the amount of a key bait fish they are allowed to harvest will likely face an additional cut next year that could drive up the price of lobster for consumers. Regulators on the East Coast are contending with a drop in the population of herring, a key […]
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Much work remains in Maine after early Democratic legislative success
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Democratic-controlled Legislature has moved swiftly in its first months to pass a series of measures addressing Democratic priorities, including abortion access, pay equity, climate change and paid leave. Democrats who won control of the Legislature and governor’s mansion used the power shift to expand Medicaid, adopt a pay equality law and begin […]
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Maine schools grapple with opening bathroom doors to deter trouble-makers
LEWISTON — A couple of weeks ago, Nathan Lyons was in the hall at Lewiston High School when he saw a female teacher stop by the boys’ bathroom and talk to a teenager inside. The bathroom door had recently been chained open by school staff concerned about trouble behind closed doors. From her spot just […]
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Maine man convicted of killing, raping childhood friend
ELLSWORTH (AP) — A 22-year-old man who was captured on surveillance video carrying the lifeless body of a former high school classmate while her feet dragged on the ground was convicted Friday of raping and killing her. Law enforcement officials say Jalique Keene raped, beat and strangled Mikaela Conley on the grounds of a school in […]
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Defrocked Mass. priest ordered to serve 16 years in Maine
ALFRED — A Massachusetts priest who was defrocked for child sexual abuse and was portrayed in the movie “Spotlight” is going to prison for a second time — this time in Maine. A judge on Friday ordered Ronald Paquin to serve 16 years in state prison for sexually abusing an altar boy during trips to […]
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Maine to end non-medical exemptions for vaccinations
AUGUSTA (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a bill that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccinations in Maine. Maine has one of the highest rates of non-medical vaccine exemptions in the nation, and health officials say the opt-out rates appear to be rising. “As we hear more reports of measles […]