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    PRESQUE ISLE – Pierre Michaud scored 21 points to help lead the University of Maine-Presque Isle Owls to a 77-68 men’s basketball victory over the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners Friday night. Glenn Sharp added 15 points for the winners. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ORONO – Liz Nelson, a former Houlton High School standout, has joined the University of Maine women’s basketball team as a walk-on. Nelson, an agile 5-foot-10 forward, was a two-time NEWS All-Maine selection for Coach John Donato’s Shiretowners in 1992 and ’93. She has transferred… Read More
    EAST CORINTH – Kam Kimball’s three free throws in the final 16 seconds helped the Piscataquis Community Pirates trip up the Central Red Devils 66-62 in schoolboy basketball action Friday night. Central trailed 58-47 with 1:52 remaining, but cut the margin to 63-62 with Curtis… Read More
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    ELLSWORTH – Jason Ashur poured in 26 points to lead the Mount Desert Island Trojans to an 82-71 schoolboy basketball win over the Ellsworth Eagles Friday night. Lucas Dunbar added 22 points, including four 3-pointers for the winners. Garric Worcester chipped in with 22. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE — A free community lecture titled “Heart Disease, the Modern Epidemic,” will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Gould Memorial Hospital’s McCain Room. Debbie Adams, a registered nurse and cardiac nurse clinician at the hospital, will lead the program. Information will… Read More
    HOLLIS — The driver of a small pickup truck was killed Friday when the vehicle collided with a potato truck. Maine State Police identified the victim of the 10 a.m. crash on Route 117 as Milton Littlefield, 67, of Alfred. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    HOULTON — With Hodgdon and Smyrna adding their names to the growing list of towns considering leaving the Southern Aroostook Solid Waste Disposal District, discussion at Thursday night’s board meeting turned to dissolving the district. The announcements from the two towns brings to five the… Read More
    Belfast District Court: Operating motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 90-day license suspension, $350: Donald A. Tripp, 40, Searsport, all but 10 days suspended from 45-day jail sentence, one year probation; Cynthia A. Liszka, 19, Agawam, Mass.; and Darren E. Corbett, 21,… Read More
    CARIBOU — Stacy Dyer, 19, of Caribou was treated at Cary Medical Center Friday afternoon and released for injuries she received in a traffic accident involving two cars and two tractor-trailers. Officer Barry Dombroski said the accident happened at the intersection near Sleeper’s grocery and… Read More
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    For more than a decade, the Freese’s building has stood as a hollow reminder of a bygone era in the Queen City. After years of waiting, plans for the redevelopment of the silent Main Street sentinel are moving ahead — slowly. Daryl Rhodes of the… Read More
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    No new taxes or gimmicks. No payroll pushes. An end to budgeting based on past spending. Gov. Angus King confirmed his credentials Wednesday night as Maine’s great communicator and consumate pragmatist. With cooperation from the Legislature, he also could become a liberator, freeing the state… Read More
    AUGUSTA — A bill designed to help a Waterville poultry breeding company with a $20 million expansion was signed by Gov. Angus King. The bill raises the loan guarantee ceiling for the Finance Authority of Maine from $7 million to $25 million, a move that… Read More
    OWLS HEAD — An informational meeting has been slated for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at the community building to present information on a proposed dog ordinance for the town. Voters will take action on the dog ordinance at the special town meeting set for… Read More
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    BREWER — State Rep. Charles “Dusty” Fisher, D-Brewer, has been appointed to the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs for the 117th Legislature. Fisher, a teacher, is a first-term representative in District 115. Issues his committee will handle include gambling, lotteries, liquor, obscenity… Read More
    BRIDGEWATER — State Rep. Edgar M. Wheeler, D-Bridgewater, has been appointed to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice for the 117th Legislature. Wheeler is a first-term representative. The committee deals with county jails, adult and juvenile corrections, fire safety and arson, rights of accused,… Read More
    Photographer and host Bill Silliker Jr. takes viewers to some of his favorite places to pursue the magic of nature on film in the new series “Special Places.” The show premieres at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, on the stations of Maine Public Television. It… Read More
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    NEW YORK CITY — I love New York. It was 6:30 p.m. just before Thanksgiving and we were hanging around West 53rd Street, waiting for David Letterman to kick field goals with New York Jets kicker Nick Lowery and the world’s shortest movie star, Danny… Read More
    “Feet Cold? Try Our Boots!” read the streamer trailing from a low-flying Cessna in an Alaskan sky the color of Windex. My feet were the least of it. Despite layers of polypropylene under a thick down jacket, my body was near numb in the subzero temperature that refrigerated… Read More
    Ford Motor Co. won a victory against more than 30 Maine car dealerships last week, when a federal appeals court ruled that the automaker can continue to recoup costs associated with a state warranty law. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, issued Jan. Read More
    LAMOINE — The town of Lamoine will celebrate its past this year, beginning with a pictorial exhibit on display through February at the town hall. Coordinated by the Lamoine Historical Society, the celebration of Lamoine’s 125th anniversary will culminate in a communitywide weekend of activities… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Though they may be on the opposite side of the globe, four Piscataquis County educators will feel at ease lecturing before a group of eager students later this month. Foxcroft Academy teachers Dick Millett and Peter Classen, Guilford Primary School teacher Judy Classen… Read More
    When William Deane of Camden gave his wife, Carol, a break Thursday and took over her early morning Bangor Daily News delivery route, he did not expect it to be so eventful. It was still dark at 4:30 a.m. when Deane turned onto the road… Read More
    Maine Public Radio will begin a new schedule of weekend programming Feb. 4 that includes two new local music programs, more and earlier weekend news and more convenient listening times for a slate of popular programs. In response to requests, MPR will provide “Weekend Edition”… Read More
    How can you tell if your legislator is a loser? One method is to examine each elected representative’s committee assignments. Studies have shown a high correlation between ineffectiveness in Augusta and membership on the Joint Standing Committee on Staring at Dust Motes While Trying Not to Drool. Read More
    ST. AGATHA — The Fish River Lakes Water Quality Association approved several projects Thursday night that may buttress its goal of better water quality on northern Maine lakes and rivers. Chad Bourgoin, a senior environmental student at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, met… Read More
    HOULTON — A woman was arrested and charged with making a false report when she reported a robbery in progress at a local store in order to get a ride home, police said Friday. Sgt. Daniel Pelletier of the Houlton Police Department said Theresa Martin,… Read More
    In covering the recent discovery by law enforcement agents of a large marijuana-importing operation, the Bangor Daily News emphasized its predictable and obvious aspect, that there are always people willing to take the risk of trading illegal goods in exchange for the opportunity to make large sums of… Read More
    We noted, with a great deal of interest, Tammy Lockhart’s article in the Jan. 24 issue of the Bangor Daily News. In it, she describes a measure being prepared by Rep. William Reed of Dexter which would limit the number of referendums school districts may hold to gain… Read More
    “Some of the finest people in the world come into this place.” That is a sign that hangs in Perry’s Restaurant, put there 33 years ago by the founder, Charley Perry. Perry’s is an institution, has been in business on Main Street for more than 45 years. It… Read More
    It appears there is a gross misconception among legislators and the people of Maine about the “fat cats” at the University of Maine throughout the state. It’s a misconception clouded in rumor, innuendo, and misinformation. Consider this. Higher education educational support personnel, that is, clerical,… Read More
    I am writing about the baseball strike. Baseball will never be the same. I wish they were playing; I am beginning to lose interest in baseball now. I think the people who run baseball should make the AAA teams be the major teams and the… Read More
    Rep. Dick Armey’s calling Rep. Barney Frank, in an interview last week, “Barney Fag,” was, he says, a slip of the tongue. Of course it was. It was a Freudian slip, as is any slip of the tongue that embarrasses. Surely it was not intentional,… Read More
    HOULTON — Police arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with a burglary last weekend at a local business. Two more people are sought. Cpl. Maurice Ellis of the Houlton Police Department said Friday that the juvenile was arrested Monday after his mother was contacted about… Read More
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    LIMESTONE — A little over halfway into the fiscal year, Limestone’s finances are in healthy shape, Town Manager Troy Brown told selectmen Wednesday during a department-by-department look at revenues and expenditures. “Overall, the budget’s fine,” he said. The town has collected about 75 percent of… Read More
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    Aroostook County Superior Court: Dickie Belanger, 20, Madawaska, burglary, all but 30 days suspended from 18-month jail sentence, two years probation; theft, 15 days in jail. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
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    CALAIS — The Calais Regional Hospital Mammography Program has been approved by the American College of Radiology’s Mammography Accreditation Program. CRH has met the program’s requirements, which included a stringent review by a panel of breast cancer detection experts. The panel evaluated staff qualifications and… Read More
    AUGUSTA — Despite widespread public approval for his first budget proposal delivered this week, Gov. Angus S. King faces potential problems and legislative opposition on at least a dozen parts of the two-year spending plan. Republicans have recoiled from the budget’s $231 million increase in… Read More
    Bangor Hydro-Electric has announced that their customers soon will be allowed to read their own meters as part of a cost-saving measure for the electric company. The self-reading option will be offered in mid-April and expands the current program in place where Bangor Hydro reads… Read More
    PORTLAND — A major New York credit-rating agency has restored its rating for several Central Maine Power Co. securities to investment grade, the utility announced Friday. Moody’s Investors Service had downgraded CMP’s rating for preferred stocks and short-term debt into the “speculative” category. That put… Read More
    BREWER — The Penobscot County Republican Committee has announced the election of officers. Elected to two-year terms were Tom Minogue of Lincoln, chairman; Jim Bair of Bangor, vice chairman; Joan Janeski of Bangor, recording secretary; Shane Martin of Orono, corresponding secretary; and Bill Pearson of… Read More
    Only weeks after Rockland-based Courier Publications announced it was entering the Augusta newspaper market, the company now has announced it is expanding its presence in the coastal region. Earlier this week Courier Publications bought Preview, a weekly seasonal leisure and entertainment newspaper which has a… Read More
    GRAND ISLE — Selectmen have targeted one town expense everyone can help control: trash disposal. Grand Isle residents send 200 tons of trash a year to Tri-Community Recycling and Sanitary Landfill. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More