More than 1,000 Central Maine Power customers in Kennebec County remained without power Thursday morning after powerful storms blew through the area. CMP Spokeswoman Gail Rice said the company was still trying to restore electricity to 1,028 customers in Kennebec County as well as 761 customers in Franklin County and 298 in Somerset County. A […]
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Waterville police blotter July 7
The Waterville Police Department reported the following activity July 6-7:
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Casey Anthony to be free next Wednesday
The judge gives her credit for the time she has already served and her good behavior,
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US Vets’ Admin to provide care in Caribou
Washington — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen the Cary Medical Center in Caribou as one of five pilot locations nationwide for a program dubbed Project ARCH, for Access Received Closer to Home. The VA hospital in Togus will oversee the Caribou site. Maine lawmakers lauded the announcement, with Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd, […]
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Navy change of command in Bath
Capt. Robert A. Crowe relieves Capt. Dean M. Krestos as supervisor of shipbuilding.
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Swan’s Island gets new library
SWAN’S ISLAND — A new library is opening on Swan’s Island three years after lightning destroyed the old one. The old library on the eastern Maine island burned to the ground after being struck by lightning in July 2008. The building had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new 3,500-square-foot library […]
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Woman is impaled by tree branch during storm
A Dover-Foxcroft woman is in critical condition after a tree branch crashes through her windshield.
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MLB: Red Sox place Lester on DL
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox put left-hander Jon Lester on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained muscle in his back.
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MLB: Wakefield lifts Sox to win
BOSTON (AP) — Another Red Sox pitcher goes on the disabled list, and Tim Wakefield just keeps trotting out to the mound.