FARMINGDALE — It’s fitting the Hall-Dale and Boothbay girls basketball teams play three times this season. There’s been little to choose between the Mountain Valley Conference teams in the first two meetings.
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Grant lapse imperils consumer aid program
A Maine program that helps consumers figure out health insurance coverage options and appeal claims denials is imperiled by congressional gridlock.
SNAPSHOT: China truck fire
A truck was destroyed about 5 a.m. Friday after the driver sensed the transmission was struggling and stopped, according to Joe Labbe, a volunteer firefighter with the China Village Fire Department. He said the vehicle caught fire after the driver stepped out of it at the intersection of Route 3 and Dirigo Road in China. […]
Maine Housing self-audit ammo for its critics
The timing, at least for MaineHousing, couldn’t be worse.
Alcohol, texting lead to teens’ deaths
Family and friends were trying to come to terms Saturday with the deaths of two Oxford County teenagers in a car crash Friday night, a tragedy that police say was attributable partly to alcohol and text messaging.
Former coffee-shop owner wonders if Bellavance is the arsonist
While Raymond Bellavance Jr. was found guilty on Dec. 30 of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, the man who lost his business and his home in the fire says he is not resting easy.
Resident: Manchester intersection may be accident waiting to happen
MANCHESTER — Glenn Lewis said he recently was turning onto Old Winthrop Road from busy U.S. Route 202 with his blinker flashing when a woman on Bowdoin Street, the access road to a new medical services building, pulled right out in front of him.
Maine Republicans hope to make bigger impact this year on presidential nomination
As the nation awaits the results of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Maine Republicans are hoping their party caucuses in February will have more effect on the race than in past years.
Early fire displaces tenant
CHELSEA — Fire damaged a Norway Road apartment Saturday morning, displacing the tenant.
Occupy Maine protesters clean encampment
PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters cleaned up their Lincoln Park encampment Saturday, pledging to make the park a tidy and welcoming place.