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TOWNSHIP 2 RANGE 9 — State police say a 56-year-old Millinocket woman has died after her car veered off Interstate 95 and struck a tree. Investigators say Elizabeth Gould may have experienced some kind of medical problem just before her SUV crashed near mile marker 238, about six miles south of Millinocket, late Thursday afternoon. […]

AUGUSTA — Female veterans from World War II through current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been honored at the governor’s mansion. One-hundred veterans were given personal letters and silver commemorative coins during Thursday’s ceremony. First Lady Ann LePage and state Rep. Linda Valentino led the event. The coins bear the image of a bronze […]

AUGUSTA — Route 141 in Waldo County has been named the winner of this year’s “Worst Road Contest.” Carol Kelley of Waldo received a $250 check for car repairs for the winning entry in the annual Maine Better Transportation Association contest to draw attention to the condition of the state’s roads. Kelley wrote that Route […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is holding a meeting to set fishing season dates for the northern shrimp which studies show is overfished. The session will be Oct. 28 at the Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center. The public will be given an opportunity to speak at the meeting to […]

MONMOUTH — A former Monmouth teacher again faces an accusation he possessed sexually explicit material of minors.

At 4:49 p.m., a Cony Road caller reported a burglary.

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday night was on the verge of passing legislation that would allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds to exit Maine’s side roads and drive back onto all of the state’s interstate highways.