Forty pythons found in motel room in Canada
Canadian authorities have rescued 40 distressed pythons from a motel room where they were being improperly held in plastic storage bins, police said on Friday. Police found the snakes, ranging from 1...
View ArticleHistorian Pauline Maier, said Jefferson ‘most overrated person in American...
Pauline Maier, a historian who was a leading authority on the Revolutionary War era and who argued that Thomas Jefferson’s role in creating the Declaration of Independence had been exaggerated, died...
View ArticleFireballing during the Maine Higland Games
A fireball demonstration took place during the Maine Highland Games at the Topsham Fairground, Friday evening, August 16, 2013 in Topsham, Maine. The origins of fireballing in Scotland go back to...
View Article‘Fireballing’ opens the Maine Highland Games
TOPSHAM, Maine – In a decades-long tradition of Scottish Clansmen across the Atlantic, Bill Cunningham hoisted a blazing ball of iron over his head Friday evening and began swinging. For several...
View ArticleWho would Eliot Cutler have a drink with?
Ethan Strimling interviewed Eliot Cutler on WGAN on Saturday morning for a wide ranging interview. They went toe-to-toe on Eliot’s attack of Mike Michaud on background checks, Eliot’s position on...
View ArticleConservationists and residents battle proposed dredging project on Pratt’s...
SOUTHPORT, Maine — A “preliminary” site visit at a tiny beach on Pratt’s Island off Southport grew hostile on Thursday as residents and conservationists lambasted homeowner Paul Coulombe’s plans to...
View Article‘Best weather in 21 years’ greets Great Falls Balloon Festival
LEWISTON, Maine — Pilot Bill Colyer said he can’t remember better balloon launch weather. “It’s absolutely perfect,” said Colyer, pilot for the Last Penny balloon. “It’s the right temperature for the...
View ArticleBritish military eyed in Princess Diana death, reports Britain’s Sky news
LONDON — British police said on Saturday they were assessing new information about the deaths of Princess Diana and her friend Dodi al Fayed in a Paris road crash in 1997. London’s Metropolitan Police...
View ArticlePort Clyde crash victims improving
PORT CLYDE, Maine — A six-year-old boy injured in a fatal crash on the Port Clyde Wharf Sunday afternoon has been released from Maine Medical Center and his mother’s condition has improved, hospital...
View ArticlePortland man kicked out of Bangor bar, arrested upon return
BANGOR, Maine — Police on a detail at the Half Acre dance and nightclub early Saturday saw a security guard remove a man, who then became even more disruptive, Bangor police Sgt. Larry Webber said. “He...
View ArticleIf I give my host sex, do I still need to bring a gift?
A friend informed me that intercourse was not a substitution for flowers, dinners or wine.
View ArticlePolice say intoxicated Lincoln man kicks in door, tries to escape custody
LINCOLN, Maine — A local man out on probation for burglary with restrictions not to drink alcohol, was found intoxicated in the doorway of a home he broke into late Friday night, Lincoln, police...
View ArticleFemale sky-diving team flying high in Frenchville
FRENCHVILLE, Maine — Four members of the Misty Blues, the world’s only all-female sky-diving team, are in Frenchville this weekend wowing the crowds during the fourth annual Frenchville Fly-In &...
View ArticleResilient Panama edges Kennett Square, Pa., to win Senior League World Series...
BANGOR, Maine — The Chitre, Herrera, Panama Senior League baseball team’s bid to win a world championship nearly self-destructed less than 24 hours earlier amid a series of ejections and suspensions....
View ArticleFalcons TE Tony Gonzalez reporting to camp
Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez told Fox Sports on Saturday that he is ready to report back to camp. The 17th-year veteran and future Hall of Famer said he would join the team Saturday and...
View ArticleMLB hits Tejada with 105-game doping ban
Kansas City Royals infielder Miguel Tejada, a former American League Most Valuable Player, has received 105-game suspension for a failed drugs test, Major League Baseball said on Saturday. Tejada, a...
View ArticleWildfire burns 92,000 acres, threatens Idaho ski resort towns as 200 homes...
SALMON, Idaho — A wildfire raging across the central mountains of Idaho forced the evacuation of 200 homes in the tourist town of Hailey on Saturday as firefighters lost ground against a blaze...
View ArticleHallette’s Regatta Raises Record $$ for MS Charity..workinprogress…
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,499) The largest yacht in the field of sixty-one yachts is not always the one to win. “Too Elusive,” the 80 ft. yacht owned by Kit Watson, is an example of that. Winds...
View ArticleLackey helps Red Sox end losing streak
BOSTON The Boston Red Sox are still the only team in the Major League without a four-game losing streak. Boston, which lost 93 games last season, carried its fifth three-game skid of 2013 into Saturday...
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