AUGUSTA – There will be no formal public hearing regarding the proposed West Old Town Landfill despite numerous requests from local residents. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Dawn Gallagher announced her decision not to hold a formal public hearing Wednesday afternoon, claiming the requests didn’t… Read More
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    BANGOR – Norman Ledwin said Wednesday he will step down from his position as president and chief executive officer of Eastern Maine Medical Center. Ledwin, who has held that post since 1993 and also is CEO of Eastern Maine Healthcare, the hospital’s parent corporation, made the announcement during… Read More
    A story about a talk by the Winterport town manager in some editions of the State section Monday gave the wrong venue for the gathering. It was before the Bangor Area Breakfast Rotary. Winterport’s tax rate is $19.70 per $1,000. The $15.90 tax rate quoted in the story… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Central Maine Small Woodland Owners Association will present a forum titled “What’s Going on in the Profession of Logging?” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the Moosehead Manufacturing conference room. The program is open to the public. Read More
    BOSTON – AT&T announced Wednesday that it is offering local calling plans to most residents of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Consumers can replace their current Verizon service with one of AT&T’s new plans. AT&T offers a variety of local and long-distance calling… Read More
    DAMARISCOTTA – “Being Poor in Maine” is the topic of a brown-bag lunch on Wednesday, Feb 4, at the Skidompha Library on Main Street. Lisa Pohlmann, associate director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, is the scheduled guest speaker and is expected to answer… Read More
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    President Bush devoted minimal attention to the environment in the State of the Union address. His only reference was to energy policy: “Consumers and businesses need reliable supplies of energy to make our economy run, so I urge you to pass legislation to modernize our electricity system, promote… Read More
    Is it possible state government just misses the publicity? Maine was the featured state in a 1995 Governing magazine article called “The End of the Hospital Tax Charade,” in which its $110 million tax-and-match plan was described as “an elaborate procedure designed solely to grab additional federal Medicaid… Read More
    The five lawyers protesting the use of closed military tribunals to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be dismissed as overzealous jurists looking out for the best interests of their clients. Except for the fact that they are members of the military, the same institution they now… Read More
    Local self-appointed spokesman and county commissioner of Piscataquis County, Tom Lizotte, delayed my contribution for improving communication between our local board and our community. As an elected board member, I believed I could submit for consideration an honest resolution during a recent board meeting in Dover-Foxcroft – a… Read More
    In the letter, “Simple bear questions” (BDN, Jan. 16), Daryl DeJoy asks for the names of states where bears have become a problem due to restrictions on hunting them. Maryland reinstituted bear hunting because of the excessive damage bears had done to crops. In Vernon,… Read More
    As the South Carolina airwaves are saturated with footage of John Kerry’s jungle combat escapades, and as Wesley Clark counters with assurances of his ability not just as a combat infantryman but as commander of thousands of troops, the “Vietnam factor” emerges again in this election as it… Read More
    The administration of President George W. Bush was drawn into the Middle East maelstrom by one of the most cataclysmic events in American history when on Sept. 11, 2001, airplanes hijacked by al-Qaida terrorists destroyed New York City’s twin tower complex and struck the Pentagon. Predictably, as 9-11… Read More
    BREWER – The proposed solid waste transportation route to the West Old Town Landfill, which has caused considerable concern with residents along the path, is no longer the only route. The Maine Department of Transportation has released four alternative routes, said Assistant State Traffic Engineer… Read More
    AUGUSTA – A lawyer representing patients at the state’s psychiatric hospital is asking that a proposal to ban smoking anywhere on hospital grounds be overturned. Peter Darvin, an attorney for Augusta Mental Health Institute patients, wrote a letter to Court Master Daniel Wathen challenging the… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The Senate Wednesday passed legislation that would allow new fishing restrictions to begin May 1 and would overturn a five-month delay signed into law by the president just last Thursday. The change of heart came after fishery management officials assured Sen. Susan Collins,… Read More
    BREWER – Neighboring residents and the Second Congregational Church are taking Pandora’s Boxxx and its owner to court, claiming the business is a public nuisance and that the owner deceived and misled city officials when obtaining business permits. “The lawsuit claims that the close proximity… Read More
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    GREENVILLE – Greenville High School, Foxcroft Academy and Dexter High School will host three national award-winning musical artists for their presentation of Down the Road: A Discussion of Music as a Profession on Feb. 3. The presentation is geared to instill awareness of music industry… Read More
    DEXTER – To help the local economy and promote community spirit, the town of Dexter and the Wassookeag Snowmobile Club will sponsor the annual Winter Festival Feb. 14-15 on Lake Wassookeag. Weather permitting, Saturday’s events will include a snowmobile radar run, a snow sculpture competition… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – Because Dexter and Newport were excluded from joining Penobscot County’s Pine Tree Zone application even though the towns are located in that county, the two have allied with a similar effort by Piscataquis County. “What prompted that [the exclusion], I do not know,”… Read More
    Brewer police arrested a man after finding a short sword concealed in his cane and an air pistol in his belt Monday night. Officer Tony Pinnette said that at about 9:15 p.m. he was driving on South Main Street when he saw a man walking… Read More
    BANGOR – Bangor City Councilor David S. Nealley is exploring a potential run for the 2nd District congressional seat now held by freshman U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud. Nealley is the third Republican to express interest in unseating the Democratic incumbent. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    ALTON – Residents got a chance to find out just where the town stands in relation to the proposed West Old Town Landfill at a special meeting Wednesday night. Concern rose after a heated meeting in Old Town last week failed to provide answers to… Read More
    BREWER – The former Brewer Public Works garage is coming down. The facility served the city for more than half a century at its Hardy Street location, but in recent years the building has fallen into disrepair. “That building has been an eyesore and a… Read More
    CALAIS – The city has plenty of historic buildings that need lots of tender loving care, but there’s not enough money in private or city coffers to do it all. So, along those lines, City Manager Linda Pagels said authorities are working to apply for… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – Firefighters fought near-zero temperatures late Tuesday when fire destroyed a two-story house. The house on U.S. Route 1 near the Perry-Robbinston line was owned by Blaine Pottle, and Pottle’s brother, Brian Pottle, lived there. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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    ROCKLAND – The bright lights may shine once again on the 80-year-old Strand Theatre’s marquee if a tentative purchase deal closes in coming weeks. Matthew R. Simmons, a Texas businessman with ties to Rockport, said Wednesday he has signed a purchase and sales agreement to… Read More
    DEXTER – A mobile home on Route 7 was demolished by fire Wednesday afternoon. The mobile home owner, Phil Chabot, had been trying to thaw a pipe underneath the building with a space heater when materials caught fire, according to Dexter Fire Chief Melvin Wyman. Read More
    BANGOR – Unable to discover a buyer for a former farm in Kingman Township, a remote section of Penobscot County, federal housing authorities found the county commissioners more willing. It didn’t hurt that the price the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was asking… Read More
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    DEER ISLE – Residents wanted some assurance that the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge was safe, and they got that Wednesday night. The bridge, which links Deer Isle with the mainland over Eggemoggin Reach, is in fair condition overall, according to an initial engineering report on the… Read More
    One town and more than a half-dozen economic development organizations in northern and central Penobscot County are trying to raise $200,000 in private and federal grants to pay for a specialist who would help grow new businesses from Lincoln to Sherman to Brownville. Funded through… Read More
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    LITTLETON – A constituent services representative for U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud will be available Friday, Jan. 30, for the towns of Littleton and Oakfield. Barbara Hayslett will be available 9-10 a.m. at the Littleton town office and 11 a.m.-noon at the Oakfield town office. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    MADAWASKA – Women, Work and Community, in collaboration with Madawaska Adult Education, will offer a series of free workshops during the month of February. . “Time Management” will be held 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 3. The program will help identify stress and imbalances and teach… Read More
    FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent will present a statewide program, “College Goal Sunday” 2-4 p.m. Feb. 8 in Nadeau Hall teleconference room. The program will assist college-bound and college-age students with the FAFSA form. For information, contact Ellen Cost at… Read More
    CHARLESTON – John, 18, figures he would have been shot and killed had it not been for the intervention of police and his stay at Mountain View Youth Development Center. Before his arrest, the young man’s ambition was to steal anything he could get his… Read More
    Some of the top award winners in the Maine Country Music Association are taking to the highway this weekend, at their own expense, to help a couple who recently lost their home to fire. East Orland-based WERU-FM country radio host Tommy Dean “and my WERU… Read More
    Army 2nd Lt. Caleb G. Landry has graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga., with authorization to wear the distinctive Ranger Tab. Landry is a 1998 graduate of Carrabec High School in North Anson and earned his bachelor’s degree from Xavier… Read More
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    MACES BAY, New Brunswick – Rescuers have given up their search for a fishing boat and its crew of four missing since last week, leaving their fate a mystery shrouded in the mists of the icy Bay of Fundy. Lt. Cmdr. Denise LaViolette, spokeswoman for… Read More
    PARIS – Three Paris teens are accused of forging U.S. currency after four false $20 bills turned up at their school and at local businesses – and police suspect there are more forged bills out there. Police have charged two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old, all… Read More
    A Mainer who was arrested in Alaska after being accused of selling school computers on eBay will be in prison until this spring under a sentence imposed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage. Timothy Diehl, 50, of Sitka, Alaska, was sentenced Jan. 15 to six… Read More
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    AUGUSTA – Dana E. Prescott of Saco is the newly elected president of the 3,153-member Maine State Bar Association. He will formally take his post in leading the association’s annual meeting in Rockport on Jan. 29-30. Prescott is a partner at Prescott Lemoine Jamieson &… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Two days after Gov. John Baldacci renewed his call for a constitutional amendment to restrict tobacco-settlement money to health-related programs, lawmakers from both parties led a State House rally to trumpet a similar message. House Speaker Pat Colwell, D-Gardiner, and Sen. Edward Youngblood,… Read More
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    Until December, artist Barbara Prey’s best known works were watercolors of scenes in rural Maine – rowboats, farmhouses and ocean views. Then President Bush sent out a Christmas card featuring one of her paintings that was seen by more than a million people worldwide. Next… Read More
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    BOSTON – There is a finite amount of space available in the offensive half of a basketball floor, but the University of Maine women utilized every inch of hardwood Wednesday night at Solomon Court. The Black Bears burst onto the floor with tremendous defensive intensity… Read More
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