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Two Teenage Girls Disappear From Maine Town, One is Found
Two teenage girls who went missing in Saco, Maine, last week both disappeared within a day of one another, police said. The older of the two teenagers, 15-year-old Michelle Sargent, was located Wednesday, according to police. Sargent had been missing from her home since Nov. 6. The other teen, 13-year-old Mariah Bailey, has been missing since Nov. 5, police said….
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Search for Missing Saco Teen Continues
Police in Saco, Maine, continue to search for a teen reported missing last week. Another teen who had also been reported missing has now been found.
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Dozens of Ducklings Cross the Road, Stall Morning Commute in Maine
Dozens of ducklings stalled the morning rush in Biddeford, Maine, on Wednesday as they made their way across a five-lane road. A line of cars built up while drivers waited patiently as the mother duck and around 45 ducklings safely crossed the road.
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Massachusetts Bill Would Criminalize Encouraging Suicide
Massachusetts lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make encouraging someone into taking their own life a crime. The bill announced Tuesday is called Conrad’s Law after Conrad Roy, who at age 18 in 2014 was encouraged via phone calls and text messages by his then-girlfriend to kill himself. Michelle Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 15...
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Piping Plovers Nearly Scrap Maine Town's July 4 Fireworks Show
The July Fourth fireworks display in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, will go on as planned after some piping plovers almost caused a cancellation. A plover nest sits just 400 feet from the town’s fireworks launch site, right on the beach behind the Palace Playland amusement park.
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Protecting Piping Plovers on July 4
A piping plover nest canceled the weekly fireworks display in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, last Thursday, prompting concerns that the Fourth of July show would be canceled as well.
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Growers Express Recalls Green Giant, Trader Joe's Products Over Listeria Concerns
Growers Express is recalling a number of its fresh vegetable products sold under the Trader Joe’s, Green Giant Fresh and Signature Farms brands after one of their products tested positive for listeria. The California-based produce company said in notice posted Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the recalled products originated from a Growers Express production facility in...
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Vermont, NH Both Could Delay Marijuana Proposals
After the movement to legalize marijuana scored several victories in New England, pot proponents have come up against unexpected stumbling blocks in New Hampshire and Vermont.
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A Look at Alabama's Extreme Abortion Law
Alabama’s new abortion law, like other restrictive laws in several other states, has received bi-partisan scorn in Washington. Is it destined for the Supreme Court and its new conservative majority? Jennifer Childs-Roshak, MD, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, joins Sue to discuss the potential impact on New England states.
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Police: Woman Restrained, Attacked by Maine Couple
Police in Maine have accused a couple of kicking, punching, and threatening a woman with a knife. Police say the Saco woman accompanied them to their Biddeford home Saturday night where she said Brown was going to get an article of clothing. Once they entered the Hill Street apartment, the victim told police she was physically restrained, assaulted and had...
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Joe Biden Should Apologize to Anita Hill: Seth Moulton
Should Joe Biden apologize to Anita Hill? One Democrat running for president says yes, but not everyone agrees. Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton says the former vice president should apologize for the way Hill was treated during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Moulton said Hill “was treated terribly” when she testified to Biden’s committee in 1991 that Thomas...
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Out-of-State Funding Boosts Sen. Collins' Coffers
Republican Sen. Susan Collins has out-raised a liberal crowdfunding effort to unseat her, thanks to out-of-state donors. Collins’ federal campaign finance reports filed Friday show she’s raised $4 million for her 2020 re-election campaign. She’s raised more than her three last re-election races combined and reports a $3.8 million war chest through March.
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Trump Officials Seek Dismissal of Separated Families' Lawsuit
The federal government is urging a judge to throw out a lawsuit seeking monetary damages on behalf of children who were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Suspended Lawyer Arrested for Threatening Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice
Rhode Island State Police have arrested a lawyer with a suspended license for allegedly threatening a state Supreme Court justice. Police say 36-year-old Nicholas Gelfuso, of Cranston, was arrested Friday and charged with threatening public officials, cyberstalking and cyberharassment.
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Bag Ban Battle in Maine Town
A recount over a proposed plastic bag ban in Waterville, Maine, is heading to the state Supreme Court.
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Biddeford Wins Preservation Grant to Restore Clock Tower
The city of Biddeford, Maine, has won a major historic preservation grant to help restore the clock tower atop City Hall. The clock tower dates back to the 1890s when its big bell served as an alarm for mill workers starting and ending their shifts. But over the course of time, the tower began to crumble and the clock mechanics...
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Sen. King Confirms He's a ‘No' Vote on Kavanaugh Nomination
Independent Sen. Angus King has confirmed he’s a “no” vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, saying the “stakes are too high” to grant him a lifetime appointment.
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Maine Residents Protest Supreme Court Nominee
Hundreds of people have gathered outside City Hall in Portland, Maine, to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ohio Voter-Purge Law
Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, joins Sue O’Connell to discuss the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to uphold a controversial voter law in Ohio.
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No Injuries Reported in 14-Vehicle Pileup on Maine Interstate
Maine State Police are blaming excessive speed on icy roads for a 14-vehicle pileup on an interstate highway.