Police said Sari Ohmart was killed Friday afternoon in a five-vehicle crash after the SUV in which she was riding was hit from behind by a pickup truck near Exit 113.
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Alice In Wonderland room tour part of Wayne library event
The room contains 17 panels depicting the story “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
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Arts in the Park: Animal Self Portraits held in Waterville
The Waterville Creates workshop was inspired by Bernard Langlais.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville Farmers’ Market makes its way outside
The market set up outside last week for the first time this season and will setup Thursday at Head of Falls with summer hours starting May 1.
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Maine Senate poses for panoramic photo at State House
Scott Perry takes photos of assembled members and staffers Tuesday in the Senate chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine’s long-term care facilities struggle amid labor shortage
The shortage affects nursing home and assisted-living jobs of all kinds, from nurses and personal care assistants, to food service workers and maintenance staff.
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Maine’s high court is about to weigh a major legal battle on beach ownership
Around the state, this major case before Maine’s highest court captures growing tension between those who support and oppose private ownership of Maine’s intertidal land.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Morin’s Fine Furniture owner leaves family business in good hands as she eases into retirement
Cathy Raynor, a third-generation owner of the business, has sold her company and assets to a next generation tradesman who is 20 years younger.
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A Maine man helped get the Defense Department to release detailed suicide data. He’s not satisfied.
Chris McGhee, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran-turned lawyer now living in Scarborough, said the report mandated as part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act does not do what the law says it was supposed to do.
Posted inLocal & State
A wild pig scramble and reflections on our hankering for local fairs
How one Maine reporter learned to love the pig scramble and found old memories on and off the midway.