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One Person Seriously Injured after Motorcycle Crash in Maine
One person was seriously injured Monday evening following a motorcycle crash into a guardrail and mailbox in Casco. The motorcyclist was flown by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center. Name and age were not released. Motorcycle Crash with Non-Life Threatening Injuries. The crash happened on Meadow Road around 4:30 pm, said...
Vandals cause significant damage to Maine solar farm
NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — Police are looking for at least two people who they say caused extensive damage to a solar farm in New Gloucester. Police were called to the Novel Energy Solutions solar farm on Lewiston Road off of Route 202 just after 7 a.m. Monday. Deputies with...
South Portland City Council turns down efforts to turn old school building into transitional housing
South Portland City Council turned down a proposal to turn old Mahoney Middle School into temporary housing. Greater Portland Family Promise offered a proposal to turn some of Mahoney's old classrooms into transitional housing for 10 families or about 39 people. However, this would have required significant renovations and a...
Scarborough, Maine, Restaurant Closes Permanently Months After Opening
For those that drive down Payne Road in Scarborough towards the Maine Mall, it's one of the most recognizable shops along the strip, standing out amongst big box stores and sprawling hotels. That would be Fresco Del Forno (formerly Pizza Plus), an Italian eatery that featured everything from pizza to...
MAINE: Falmouth ends Cape’s reign, Yarmouth wins in OT
In the Maine Class A state championship game, Falmouth came out scoring at a furious pace and maintained control of the contest to the end to earn a convincing 18-5 victory over three-time defending champion Cape Elizabeth last month. Similar to its season. “We were certainly building some momentum over...
Construction firm, Wright-Ryan, names new president
PORTLAND, Maine — Alan Sparn has officially stepped into the role of president of Wright-Ryan, one of New England’s largest construction firms. Sparn becomes the second person to fill this role at Wright-Ryan following 40 years under the leadership of co-founder John Ryan who will continue to serve as chair of the board of directors. This significant transition caps off the company’s 40th-anniversary celebrations, ushering in Wright-Ryan's next chapter of leadership, innovation, partnership, and team empowerment with a variety of upcoming initiatives and projects.
Another Maine School District Bans Smartphones and Smartwatches
Those of us born way back in the 1900s can remember a time when we didn’t carry our phones with us all day long. And we definitely did not have them with us at school. Yes, when we were in school, we went through the entire day without having our phones. If we were lucky enough to have a phone, we left it in our car (sometimes, the phone was built into the car) or our locker. But more likely, we did not get our first cellphone until we were adults.
Opening of Anjon’s in Scarborough, Maine, Delayed, but It’s Coming
They closed in 2019 after 65 years, but they're back!. In 2019, Anjon’s co-owner John DiSanto told the Portland Press Herald that increased competition in the area had put the squeeze on them. In 2017, the restaurant had a tough time with unpaid taxes. And on top of that, the family’s patriarch was seriously ill.
Watch Patrick Dempsey Surprise the Staff at Maine Medical Center
Patrick Dempsey may have gone on to be the star of Grey's Anatomy, not to mention movies like Made of Honour, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Bridget Jones Baby, Disenchanted, and Can't Buy Me Love, in which he was just 21 years old. I remember seeing that movie at the Auburn Mall's tiny twin movie theater, not even realizing the guy in it was born one town over in Lewiston.
Legendary Maine Beer Company Had a Cameo on Ryan Reynolds’ Popular TV Show, ‘Welcome to Wrexham’
Sometimes, you never know what you might catch while watching a television show or movie. A perfect example of this happened to me while watching the popular reality show, Welcome to Wrexham. The show follows a professional football (or soccer) team in the Welsh town of Wrexham. The team's current...
Maine’s First Research Satellite Primed for California Launch
(TNS) — Barring weather or technical hiccups, Maine's first research satellite will be launched into space aboard a private rocket early Tuesday to collect climate data for Maine students studying urban heat islands, phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms. MESAT-1 is one of eight nano-satellites hitching a space-bound ride aboard...
Moderate House Dem: ‘Donald Trump is going to win. And I’m OK with that’
Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), a moderate Democrat, published an op-ed Tuesday arguing former President Trump is going to win the election and he’s “OK with that.” Golden, who has held his seat in the House since 2019, wrote a piece published in the Bangor Daily News, headlined, “Donald Trump is going to win the election…
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