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2 Major Changes Coming to New England Target Stores
Who doesn't love a nice shopping spree at Target. Well, unless you spend way more than you want to and have shoppers remorse after the fact. Hey we've all been there so no judgement on my part. Shopping at any big box store can get a bit harried when they're...
Sylas Ripley Scores First Career Oxford Championship Series Super Late Model Win
Sylas Ripley added his name to the Oxford Plains Speedway record books on Saturday, leading flag-to-flag for his first career Super Late Model win. The 14-year-old led all 50 laps for the Oxford Championship Series Super Late Model feature, holding off Tim Brackett in the closing laps for the win.
Woof: Scarborough Beach Has a New Lifeguard in Maine, and He’s Super Fluffy
If you've ever been to Scarborough Beach in Maine, then you know one of the first things you see when you get there is the sign letting you know when dogs are allowed on the beach. Doggos love the beach just as much as we do, and little fluffy Bell is continuing to prove that!
Responding to Trash-Tossing in Maine: An Open Letter
I witnessed something recently that blew my mind. I thought it was something that had gone the way of the past, especially here in Maine. It's something so egregious that it made me lose a bit of faith in humanity. This incident occurred while I was driving on Route 202...
Live Theatre: Southern Maine’s Summer Stage Lineup
Summer is here in Maine. A few shorts months of the beach, camping, hiking, grilling... all the good outdoor stuff that we anxiously await every year. So far, Mother Nature has been kinder to us than last year, but we are still going to have rainy days. There are plenty...
A Maine Tradition: Village Has Been Lighting the Night for Over 35 Summers
We all know and love Old Orchard Beach, Maine, for several reasons. Fireworks displays every week during the summer. Live music along the Pier. Palace Playland. Pier fries. Lisa's Pizza. The 'Swick. The Pier itself in general. But tucked into that popular Maine town whose tradition is to be generally...
Two seriously injured after car hits motorcycle in Baldwin
BALDWIN, Maine — Two men suffered serious injuries in a crash involving a car and a motorcycle in Baldwin on Sunday morning. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office responded to multiple reports of a serious crash on Route 113 in Baldwin involving a car and a motorcycle around 8:30 a.m.
Wadsworth Hall // 1800
Wadsworth Hall is a significant and hidden estate house located in rural Hiram, Maine. The house was built in 1800 for Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), an officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. General Wadsworth’s primary residence, now known as the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland, Maine, was built in 1785–86. Following the war, Wadsworth was granted 7,800 acres of land by the state in 1790 for his war service, the land was located here in Hiram. General Wadsworth would build this large Federal period home. After, he gave his Portland home to his daughter Zilpah and her husband Stephen Longfellow, parents of the poet Henry W. Longfellow. Wadsworth, in his role as a leading citizen in Hiram, opened his house for meetings and town functions, and even used the large hall for militia drills during bad weather.
Photos: Maine Mayhem host WFA D3 National Conference Championship in Lewiston
LEWISTON — The Maine Mayhem brought their championship hopes to Lewiston High School’s Don Roux Field on Saturday. Unfortunately for the Mayhem, so did the Cincinnati Cougars. The Portland-based Mayhem hosted the Women’s Football Alliance’s Division III National Conference Championship, but it was the visiting Cougars who jumped...
Hiram Lodge 39, Knights of Pythias // 1895
Another of the extant, significant vernacular buildings in the small town of Hiram, Maine, is this large frame building on Main Street. Hiram Lodge #39, Knights of Pythias, was organized in 1883 and a building was constructed on this site around that time. The first meeting hall was destroyed by fire in 1895, and soon-after replaced by this large lodge building, which is possibly the largest wooden building in town! On the destruction of that first “hall” by fire in 1895, the Lodge hired Alva Ward to build what is probably the largest wooden building extant in Hiram. The Knights of Pythias Hall is important as a remnant of Hiram’s earlier commercial prosperity, with general store on the first floor, a large hall on the second floor (where dances, theatrical performances, and public suppers were held), and the lodge hall on the third floor.
Sports Digest: Yard Goats rally for 5-4 win over Sea Dogs
Sterlin Thompson scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to cap Hartford’s comeback from a four-run deficit as the Yard Goats rallied for a 5-4 win over the Portland Sea Dogs in an Eastern League game Sunday afternoon in Hartford, Connecticut. The Sea Dogs jump ahead earlier,...
4 killed in weekend car crashes across state
Four people, including an 8-year-old child, died in separate car crashes in Hampton Falls, Loudon, Jaffrey and Conway over the weekend. In Hampton Falls, a driver died around 3:40 a.m. Sunday after a Subaru Impreza crashed on Exeter Road and caught fire, State Police said. The car fire was fully involved when troopers arrived. The driver, whose name was not released, was the only person in the car.
One killed, one injured in fiery collision involving tractor-trailer unit
CONWAY - One person was killed and one injured when a tractor-trailer unit collided with a pickup truck Friday in Conway. The crash occurred around 4 p.m. on East Main Street when police say a 2022 Peterbilt Tractor pulling a 2009 Manac Trailer traveling eastbound crossed the centerline and struck the Ford F150 pickup truck headed westbound igniting fires in both vehicles.
Driver killed in crash with tractor-trailer in Conway
The driver of a pickup truck was killed in a fiery crash Friday afternoon in Conway after colliding with a tractor-trailer. A 2002 Ford F-150 pickup truck collided with a 2022 Peterbilt Tractor pulling a 2009 Manac Trailer on East Main Street at 3:57 p.m. Friday, state police said. The driver of the Ford, whose name was not released, suffered fatal injuries.
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