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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 1 pm

 

UMaine named most outdoorsy school in the Northeast


With more than 1,000 people participating in the challenge for UMaine, the university came in second in the nation, outcompeted by just one school: Texas Woman’s University.
 
 
 

Fort Kent’s Austin Theriault sidelined after suffering ‘upper body injury’ in wreck


Theriault was running on the lead lap in 26th place at Talladega on Oct. 14 when he got swallowed up in a wreck with 26 laps to go.
 
 
 

Portland becomes first Maine city to ban plastic straws


The City Council unanimously approved the measure Monday evening.
 
 
 

Bicyclist hospitalized after colliding with truck in Bath


Witnesses told police the bicyclist ran a red light before the collision.
 
 
 

Maine astronaut Jessica Meir has achieved her lifelong dream. Now she’s ready to take on the moon.


Nearly 25 years ago, Jessica Meir wrote in her high school yearbook that her dream was to go on a spacewalk. But Meir isn’t content to stop there: her next dream is a moonshot.
 
 
 

Richmond man’s death was a homicide, police say


Andrew Sherman, 48, was found dead in his Kimball Street home almost two weeks ago.
 
 
 

Man charged in NH church shooting accused of assaulting his lawyer


Dale Holloway, 37, of Manchester was expected to be in court for a bail hearing Tuesday. But it was postponed until he gets a new lawyer.
 
 
 

Truck driver indicted on 23 counts in NH crash that killed 7 motorcyclists


If convicted of all charges, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy could face up to 378 years in prison.
 
 
 

How much do you know about these iconic Maine foods?


What's more Maine than Moxie and red hot dogs?
 
 
 

Trump blasts ‘phony Emoluments Clause’ in Cabinet meeting that turned into 71 minutes of grievances


Trump asserted his selective regard for the Constitution to which he’d sworn an oath and casually dismissed a clause he appeared to violate in trying to award next year’s Group of 7 summit to his own golf resort.
 
 
 

3 incredible stories about Maine deer hunts


Before long, we’ll be greeting fellow hunters with the age-old phrase: “Get your deer yet?”
 
 
 

At this Maine haunted house, ‘if one person pees their pants, that’s pretty good’


“If one person pees their pants, that’s pretty good. If two pee their pants, then we know we did great. If we get more than five in a night, that’s amazing.”
 
 
 

This Dexter athlete switched sports. Now she’s the leading scorer for the field hockey team.


Avery Herrick was a prolific goal scorer for the Dexter High School girls soccer team for two seasons. But she wasn’t happy.
 
 
 

With starter still sidelined, freshman QB expected to start for UMaine again on Saturday


University of Maine freshman quarterback Joe Fagnano, who threw for 445 yards and five touchdowns in Saturday’s 59-44 loss to Football Bowl Subdivision team Liberty University, will get the nod again in this week’s homecoming game against William & Mary.
 
 
 

How a Maine island town is fighting its housing crunch


Deer Isle’s situation is reminiscent of Bar Harbor’s. Both are seeing an increase in seasonal housing fomented by the profitability of renting to tourists, and a subsequent loss in year-round dwellings and people to live in them.
 
 
 

Hundreds welcome the ‘floating White House’ to Maine


Hundreds gathered on the waterfront Monday to watch as the Sequoia, the grand former presidential yacht, was barged into the harbor for repairs.
 
 
 

Shrinking inmate populations is the focus of efforts to fix Maine’s county jail problems


Multiple attempts to remake Maine’s county jail system in the last 12 years have failed.
 
 
 

Charge dropped against man Border Patrol questioned because he looked Central American and spoke Spanish


Federal prosecutors last week dropped an immigration charge against a Guatemalan man arrested Sept. 19 after the U.S. Border Patrol said agents followed a family who looked Central American into a Bangor thrift shop and overheard them speaking Spanish.
 
 
 

Despite industry closings, one alternative Maine newspaper is coming back


Under its third ownership group in five years, the Portland Phoenix is set to return in print.
 
 

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