Town Manager Michael Heavener is asking that the council vote on a resolution that would allow him to sign an agreement with engineering firm Wunderlich-Malec.
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Islamic State suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market
The bomb went off hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital.
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Pope Francis tells bishops to have ‘zero tolerance’ for child abuse
In a letter to bishops, the pope called abuse of minors ‘a sin that shames us.’
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Police identify victim, suspect in New Year’s Day stabbing in Portland
Alyssa Keating was arrested and charged with aggravated assault in the stabbing of Anthony Peters.
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Maine had fewer homicides, highway and fire fatalities in 2016
The number of homicides is far below the state’s annual average, according to the Department of Public Safety.
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With Dylann Roof acting as own attorney, sentencing begins in Charleston killings
Roof was found guilty on 33 charges in connection with the slaying of nine people at the Emanuel AME Church.
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N.H. man arrested in stabbings, church fire
Police believe Anthony Boisvert is responsible for a fire that destroyed a Lebanon church and seriously wounding two people.
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Turkey detains 8 in nightclub shooting, gunman still at large
Authorities are following up on reports that the attacker was from Kyrgyzstan.
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Phippsburg man arrested after seven-hour standoff
Ruben Foster threatened to kill two family members on New Year’s Day, police say.
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Wessie the snake likely a goner, but hiss legend will stay with us
The cold would be fatal for an exotic tropical reptile, but Westbrook is still fond of its adopted serpent, which now has a display in a cryptozoology museum.