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Legendary USM baseball coach Ed Flaherty honored Saturday ahead of his upcoming retirement
GORHAM (WGME) - Legendary USM baseball coach Eddie Flaherty was celebrated ahead of their game on Saturday. Following this season, Flaherty will be calling it a career after 39 years with the team. It was a bittersweet day in Gorham. “It's not going to be easy, you hit 70 years...
UNE unveils more than 800 solar panels on top of Harold Alfond Forum complex
BIDDEFORD (WGME) -- The University of New England is revealing more than 800 new solar panels on top of its Harold Alfond Forum sports complex in Biddeford. This is the university's largest investment in renewable energy to date. The array is expected to generate more than 350,000 hours of electricity...
Southern charm on northern roads: Tennessee transplant opens mobile auto repair shop
YORK, Maine — Maine and Tennessee are not too different, according to Blake Hicks, save their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. “I do have a beach, that is true,” said Hicks, who moved with his family two years ago from the Volunteer State to York. With them came an idea Hicks had been dreaming of since he was a teenager fixing cars in his high school shop class – a mobile mechanic who came to one’s front door.
Saco apartment fire displaces 16 people
SACO (WGME) - More than a dozen people are displaced after an apartment building caught fire on Wakefield Avenue. Crews responded to the fire shortly around 3:15 p.m. Sunday. Saco fire officials tell us no one was injured but 16 people were living there. The Red Cross is currently helping...
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Wells, Ogunquit town elections: Who's running and who's not
Two select board chairs are not seeking reelection during the upcoming town meetings in coastal communities this June. From there, the ballots throughout the Coast Star coverage area will include a mix of incumbents and newcomers and, in some cases, former elected officials looking to get back into the game of local governance and politics.
New FEMA flood maps are coming, but many homeowners say they've experienced the risks firsthand
When Bob Foley built his Drakes Island home in Wells 40 years ago, he constructed it with future flood risks in mind. He built the home higher than he needed to and installed vents in the crawl space so that water could easily flow out. But two years ago, the...
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