One of the town’s school board members resigned for health-related reasons, so a replacement will be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
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Amish in Kentucky challenge mandate that horses wear poop bags
The ordinance is ‘clearly designed to single out the Amish and, frankly, to discriminate against the Amish,’ a lawyer says.
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Runaway girl’s death after crash likely to trigger murder charge against boyfriend
An Oklahoma district attorney says he will pursue a murder case against Alexander Meyers, 17, of Portland, the driver in a motor vehicle crash that killed Collette Boure.
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‘Wright Brothers’ topic of community read in Pittsfield
Four programs planned at Pittsfield library.
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Woman struck by car on Forest Avenue suffered head injury, police say
The crash occurred near the credit union across from the USM campus in Portland.
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Gardiner freshman promoted to Eagle Scout
Boy Scout Troop 613 of West Gardiner is proud to announce the rank promotion of Alex Hart to the rank of Eagle Scout. Hart joined the scouting program in first grade as a Tiger Cub. He finished Cub Scouts by earning the highest award a Cub Scout can earn, the Arrow of Light. Hart bridged […]
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Verso mill in Jay to lay off 190, sending shock waves across community
The company said Tuesday that the Androscoggin Mill will idle the No. 3 paper machine temporarily, reducing annual coated paper production capacity by about 200,000 tons.
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Six dead after buses crash in Baltimore
No children were on the school bus that crashed into a commuter bus, police say.
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Iraqi special forces enter Mosul over 2 years after Islamic State seized it
The elite troops are making a sharp push into the city from the east, but other forces on other fronts remain farther away.
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Mobile home fire that killed Saco man was intentionally set by victim, investigators say
But they don’t know why Stephen Laughton, 71, apparently killed himself by spreading gasoline and starting a blaze that singed a nearby home and caused an explosion.