5 p.m. Portland police have charged a 30-year-old man with making a false report that triggered a two-hour search and lockdown of a neighborhood next to the Eastern Promenade. Police say Christopher Sanborn of Gorham called a crisis hotline at 12:25 Friday afternoon and said he was hiding in the brush on Eastern Promenade, ready […]
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RETURN JOURNEY
NEWPORT — Members of the Maine Army National Guard on Friday carry the casket of Pfc. Tyler M. Springmann, 19, of Hartland, who was killed in Afghanistan July 17.
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Dechaine gets DNA legal victory
PORTLAND – A judge has ordered the state’s crime lab to compare a partial DNA profile – collected from the thumbnail of a 12-year-old murder victim in 1988 – against Maine’s database of 21,000 DNA samples from convicted felons. Friday’s ruling by Justice Carl O. Bradford at Cumberland County Superior Court was seen as a […]
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Obama: multiple ways out of debt ceiling mess
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there are multiple ways to resolve the debt ceiling mess, but it has to be bipartisan and it has to happen fast. The president urged Democrats and Republicans in the Senate Friday to come together on a plan that can pass the House and that he can sign. He […]
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Towns getting ready for fireworks law
KITTERY — The first towns in Maine visited by most people entering the state are trying to decide whether to sell fireworks and if they do how those sales should be governed. On Jan. 1 a new law will take effect that will allow the sale and use of commercial fireworks in Maine. Kittery Town […]
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Arthritic elephant may come to Maine for treatment
The vet worked with the 42-year-old elephant years ago and now wants to use new techniques to alleviate her arthritis.
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Turnpike bonds Aa3, stable outlook
PORTLAND — Maine Turnpike officials say the toll road’s bond rating reflects sound financial operations, an expectation of stable traffic and other improvements. Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the Aa3 underlying rating assigned to the Turnpike Authority’s revenue bonds and the agency’s stable outlook. The MTA also enjoys strong ratings from the nation’s other leading […]
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SNAPSHOT: No need to hurry
A pair of small sailboats ply the waters of Minnehonk Lake on as the sun begins to set on Thursday evening in Mount Vernon.