Police investigate Maine shootings as murder-suicide LEBANON, Maine (AP) — State police in Maine say they are investigating the deaths of a man and woman in their home as an apparent murder-suicide. Police say 30-year-old Allison Parker was shot and killed by her estranged boyfriend, 27-year-old Thomas Doyon, who then killed himself. The shootings took […]
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Finding consensus on whale protections a tough call in Maine
Federal regulators have given Maine’s lobster industry its marching orders: Find a way to cut the number of surface-to-seabed fishing lines by 50 percent to help prevent the injury or death of even one of the endangered right whales that pass through the Gulf of Maine. The National Marine Fisheries Service is allowing each lobstering […]
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Collins presses Navy leaders on plans for new lead ship design, industry stability
Sen. Susan Collins pressed U.S. Navy leaders on the Navy’s plans for the next generation of combat ships and the stability of the shipbuilding industry last week at a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. During the hearing, Collins questioned Navy leadership on the Administration’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the U.S. Navy and Marine […]
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Bath-area school budget on track for voter decisions
BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors last week unanimously adopted a $33.7 million budget for fiscal year 2020. The spending plan now goes to two votes by the public. RSU 1 residents – who had no comments on the issue either at the May 6 meeting, or in two budget public hearings in March and […]
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Quadruple amputee inspires graduates at Unity College
UNITY — A soldier who lost all four limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan and created a foundation to help other war-injured veterans had some advice Saturday for graduating seniors at Unity College. Travis Mills told the group that it’s impossible to change the past, so it’s important to keep looking forward. He also told them […]
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SMCC graduates 1,096 students, second-largest class in its history
Hundreds of students filed into the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Sunday for Southern Maine Community College’s 72nd commencement. This year, 1,096 students, ranging in age from 18 to 69, received 1,126 degrees and certificates, making it the second-largest graduating class in SMCC’s history, the college said in a statement. Last year, 1,120 students earned 1,156 degrees. The […]
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Gun control bills get pushback from some rights groups
AUGUSTA — Dozens of gun-owning residents and advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association, weighed in Friday on a pile of gun control bills ranging from prohibiting the sale of high-capacity magazines to instituting 72-hour waiting periods for gun buyers. Critics filled hearing rooms at the Maine Statehouse to speak emotionally about the dangers of […]
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This season may be the worst yet for browntail moths in Maine
Tiny browntail moth caterpillars are starting to emerge from their winter webs at the tops of oak trees, looking for leaves to feed on and setting the stage for what the Maine Forest Service says may be the worst season yet of scratching and wheezing on the Maine coast. The caterpillars, now only a quarter of an […]
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Man appeals conviction in Brunswick child’s death in 1979
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man who’s serving 15 years for his infant son’s death 40 years ago is appealing to the state supreme court. An attorney for 64-four-year-old Burton “Ben” Hagar contends his statements over the years about the death of 4-month-old Nathan Hagar are inconsistent and unreliable. The appeal also questions a reliability of […]
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Richmond farm offers goat snuggling on Mother’s Day
RICHMOND — If a greeting card isn’t cutting it anymore, Rock Bottom Farm’s annual Mother’s Day Goat Snuggle may be a good tradition to start observing. Hundreds of guests, largely small families, made the trip to Rock Bottom Farm to visit with the nannies, billies and kids and take a tour of the farm. Rock Bottom Farm […]
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