SOUTH PORTLAND – Maine’s real estate market remained strong in October despite concerns about the economy in the wake of the terrorist attacks. The Maine Real Estate Information System said sales grew 2.3 percent compared with the same month a year ago, and median sales… Read More
    Aroostook Mental Health Center announces several appointments and promotions. Susan A. Duff of Houlton has joined AMHC as a prevention specialist. Duff will be responsible for developing and managing youth prevention projects and community awareness activities. She will administer the Aroostook Cares Best Practice Forum… Read More
    BAR HARBOR- Bar Harbor Bankshares, parent company of Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Co. and BTI Financial Group, has announced earnings of $1,215,000, or $0.37 per share of capital stock, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, and $2,687,000, or $0.81 per share of capital stock for the nine… Read More
    Almost casually, the United States is slipping into a major decision to trade freedom for security. An emergency presidential order has authorized secret, summary military trials for suspected terrorists. The attorney general is letting the FBI intercept telephone messages and mail between prisoners accused of terrorism and their… Read More
    Christmas season is officially here, though the long, warm fall has hardly made it feel like winter. Before the shopping and partying frenzy overtakes you, please remember those who cannot afford the presents that most people take for granted, who struggle to put food on the table, let… Read More
    In the Nov. 16 edition of the Bangor Daily News, Walter Griffin relates the experience of the Sullivan family who suffered massive trauma as a result of an automobile accident through no fault of their own. Passing a car where one cannot see a safe distance ahead, assuring… Read More
    This letter concerns the money allotted to the University of Maine for a five-year study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It does not make sense to spend $530,873 for a five-year study survey on why people are shopping at large supermarkets instead of mom… Read More
    I am writing in response to the story you printed on Kelly Davis, the little girl who is raising money to purchase K-9 vests. The attorney general obviously is not an animal lover; what does that tell us all? Why did it take so long… Read More
    Al Jazeera Television, the major source of television news for the Middle East, is described by credible news sources as an independent station that airs views of many sides, including Osama bin Laden and the Pentagon. Though we are unable to watch al Jazeera in the United States,… Read More
    Even the threat of further terrorism dims beside the possibility of worldwide destruction by nuclear weapons. This ultimate cataclysm could result from the “launch on warning” strategy still adhered to by both Russia and the United States despite the end of the Cold War. Much of the human… Read More
    I was shocked to learn that while our nation was reeling from the anthrax threat, and few people were paying attention, the House voted to give gigantic tax rebates to our country’s largest corporations. They voted to repeal the “Alternative Minimum Tax” on corporations, which normally requires companies… Read More
    Several recent articles and news reports have focused on Maine’s workplace safety record and the resulting Workers’ Compensation costs. By any standard of measurement, Maine’s rate of occupational injuries and illnesses is too high. Each year, statistics are collected and published on occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths in… Read More
    LEVANT – Peter Asdot has worked 12-hour night shifts the past few weeks at Northeast Industrial Services Corp. in East Millinocket. So the Brownville hunter didn’t have much chance this month to track whitetails until Thursday, two days before the regular firearm season ends. But… Read More
    Those who benefit from donations to the Santa’s Helper Fund struggle day by day to feed, clothe and provide for their families. Christmas is an especially difficult time for these families, according to the Salvation Army, because children often don’t understand their family’s financial situation. Read More
    PORTLAND – Some librarians in Maine fear that a new anti-terrorism law will make it impossible to protect the privacy of library patrons. New measures signed into law in the aftermath of Sept. 11 could force libraries to relinquish information about patrons, including the books… Read More
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For years, Harvard Square has been a place for kids to congregate with friends, to fit in when they might elsewhere be considered misfits, to sleep when they might not have a home. Io Nachtwey was drawn to this gathering spot, a… Read More
    GUILFORD – Fire damaged a Bates Street home Thursday afternoon, but the family inside managed to get out safely. The fire was contained to the basement and appeared to have started in the area of the dryer, although a state fire investigator has been asked… Read More
    ORONO – An Orono man remained at the Penobscot County Jail on Thanksgiving night, a day after he was arrested and charged with stabbing another man in the leg with a piece of broken glass. Daniel McGurn, 36, faces charges of aggravated assault, possession of… Read More
    YORK – Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers have lost another battle in their fight to avoid Maine income taxes. York County Superior Court Judge Arthur Brennan has ruled eight workers still fighting the tax must pay $150,000 in back taxes they owe the state. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Merrill Merchants Bank on Pittsfield’s Main Street will open its new drive-up facility on Monday, Nov. 26. The window, automated teller machine and customer parking area have been under construction for most of the summer and involved the removal of a historic Main… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Cianbro Corporation employees presented a whopping $100,000 donation Wednesday to the American Red Cross. Dr. Robert Clark of the Mid-Maine Chapter of the ARC accepted the donation at Cianbro’s corporate headquarters in Pittsfield. “It is wonderful that the employees of Cianbro can do… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – Dr. Joseph R. deNatale of Sebasticook Valley Surgical Associates was one of four outstanding general surgeons recently elected to the board of trustees of the American Society of General Surgeons. DeNatale will be representing surgeons practicing in rural areas of the country. He… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE – The Lincolnville Central School capital campaign committee is seeking community comment on its fund-raising for construction of a new school. Residents are asked to come to a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, to share their thoughts and expertise on such matters… Read More
    THOMASTON – The daughters of the Thomaston Toy Lady say they will carry on their mother’s tradition for a final year. Thelma Marr, who established the role of the Thomaston Toy Lady four decades ago, died July 13. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
    The following divorces have been granted in 5th District Court in Belfast on grounds of irreconcilable marital differences: Martin L. McKeen, Stockton Springs, and Joli A. McKeen, Searsport, married at Stockton Springs on Dec. 10, 1994, shared custody of two children. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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    MONTPELIER, Vt. – The discovery of a small beetle that damages pine trees has prompted a five-county quarantine in three northern New England states. The federal quarantine will restrict the distribution of pine products from Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia Counties in Vermont; Coos County in… Read More
    PORTLAND – For the last nine years, Randy Mondor has spent Thanksgiving with his family … and hundreds of others. “His parents gave up trying to get him to come home for Thanksgiving,” said Dorothy Grannell, volunteer coordinator for the United Way of Greater Portland. Read More
    WASHINGTON – The state and 8 counties together will get $290,227 in funding from the U.S. Department of Justice to provide compensation for costs associated with the incarceration of undocumented, criminal aliens, according to U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan M. Collins. “Increased security… Read More
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine has introduced legislation to make needed security enhancements in America’s seaport and maritime systems as soon as possible. “Our nation will remain strong only so long as it remains mobile, which is why we must take… Read More
    WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Susan M. Collins has introduced bipartisan legislation with Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., that would make it easier for companies to provide investment advice to those in employer-sponsored retirement plans. Under current law, employers can be held responsible when they refer their… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The Senate has approved legislation authored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins that will provide $30 million for programs to teach children the basic lifesaving skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. “The American Heart Association estimates that about 50,000 of the 220,000 Americans who die yearly… Read More
    PHOENIX – Following in the footsteps of the late Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe has been presented the Northwood University’s Distinguished Women’s Award. “For over 30 years, Northwood University [of Midland, Mich.] has honored women on the leading edge of thought… Read More
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