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Proposal to upgrade several Gray-New Gloucester school spaces to be on November ballot
PORTLAND (WGME) -- Wednesday is the first day of school for some in Gray-New Gloucester, where the high school is by far the oldest and least renovated building in the district. A proposal to upgrade several spaces is on the November ballot. The proposed school improvements will appear on three...
UMaine Black Bears ready for football season opener
PORTLAND (WGME) – We are just two days away from kickoff. The UMaine Black Bears will host Colgate Friday night in the team’s long-awaited season opener. Maine is coming off back-to-back 2-9 seasons, but there's a lot of optimism in Orono. The Bears have plenty of new faces on the team this year, a new quarterback, new coordinators but a veteran wide receiver group which should really help out the Bears re-tooled offense.
Fire burns Lewiston home where 4 drug busts were made in past 9 months
LEWISTON, Maine (WMTW) - Police confirm a Lewiston home that has been at the center of an ongoing drug investigation caught fire Wednesday afternoon. The Lewiston Police Department confirmed the fire at 149 College St. shortly before 4:30 p.m. That section of College Street was shut down while firefighters worked...
Patients ready for discharge languish in New Hampshire hospitals, taking up needed beds
When the state’s hospitals say they have problems at the front and back doors, this is what they mean. On a single day in early June, 79 much-needed hospital beds were occupied by people who were ready for discharge to a lower-level of care but remained hospitalized because that care wasn’t available. Reasons ranged from […]
'Thanks for everything': Joshua's in Brunswick prepares for its own last call
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Joshua’s Restaurant and Tavern opened in the '90s along Brunswick's Maine Street and has been serving up American cuisine and refreshing brews ever since. "We were opening on the tail of my grandmother, my father, and my mother’s restaurant here since 1956,” TJ Siatras, who...
Maine's agricultural history is on full display at Windsor Fair
WINDSOR, Maine — The lights on the midway flash as music blares from the big rides. Cows give loud moos in the show ring, as the hooves of the harnessed racing horses pound over the dirt track. If it’s the week before Labor Day, all this action, noise, and...
Eric Darling's recycled rope art drifts into Rockport library in September
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library will be hosting a show of work from Maine artist Eric Darling’s Drift Rope Project from September 5 - 27. Darling recycles cords of discarded pot warp from the lobstering industry and transforms them into vibrant and durable works of fine art.
York holds off on legal battle with Kittery over disputed border: Let's make a deal
YORK, Maine — The town's Selectboard has decided to hold off on legal action against Kittery, opting instead to negotiate a resolution to their border dispute. The York board voted 4-1 Monday to try and work with Kittery to come to an agreement on the town line in question. York officials assert historical records show the town line should be moved south, encompassing an additional 100 acres and about 15 buildings. Kittery officials, however, worry that such...
Maine-NH interstate bridge reopens after police shooting
The bridge carrying Interstate 95 between Maine and New Hampshire has reopened after a police shooting there early Thursday morning. The Piscataqua River Bridge reopened to both north- and southbound […]
UMaine Extension 4-H offers online info session for aspiring volunteers in September
STATEWIDE -- The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a two-part online info session for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers. According to a release from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the sessions will be from 6-7PM on September 18th and 25th. Start Your 4-H Volunteer Journey”...
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