The VA2K Walk & Roll is set to be held at locations in Augusta, Portland, Lewiston and Rumford on Wednesday and Thursday, May 15 and 16. The event is geared toward encouraging healthy living and supporting homeless veterans. The Togus VA2K Walk & Roll will be held at the Togus VA Medical Center, 1 VA […]
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Workers’ Memorial Day commemorates three killed in Lewiston mass shooting
Western Maine Labor Council holds remembrance, awards ceremony in Rumford.
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Posted inMaine Crime, News
Officers cleared in fatal shooting of Canton man in Rumford
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey wrote that the two officers used deadly force in self-defense and to protect others from serious bodily injury or death.
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Auburn man denies charges in alleged postal robberies and burglaries across central Maine
Investigators say Winston O. McLeod and an accomplice robbed two postal carriers in Lewiston and broke into two post offices, in Paris and North Monmouth.
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About 100 employees affected as Rumford paper mill makes ‘key operational changes’
ND Paper issues ‘temporary layoffs’ to some workers as a papermaking machine is shutdown due to ‘market-related downtime.’
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Attorney general finds police shooting in Rangeley Plantation was justified
A state police tactical team member shot Shay McKenna in September after he got out of his van with an AR-15-style rifle and body armor.
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Victims in Rumford crash remain hospitalized
The conditions of both drivers and a boy have been upgraded to stable, and they are expected to survive.
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Boy, 8, dies in Route 2 collision in Rumford
Three people, including a Massachusetts father and another son, are being treated for life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Outdoors
Climate change cost U.S. ski industry billions, study says, and future depends on emissions
A new study says U.S. ski areas lost $5 billion from 2000 to 2019 as a result of human-caused climate change.
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The former slave’s memoir that was saved from a fire is a key part of the American story
Harriet Beecher Stowe met Josiah Henson, who became a model, in part, for her novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’