PORTLAND – New cars and trucks sold in Maine will have to meet strict California-like emissions standards beginning in 2009 under new rules approved Thursday. Maine becomes the second New England state and the sixth overall to adopt standards that aim to reduce emissions linked… Read More
    A map published Thursday accompanying a Page One story on a fire at the Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden incorrectly showed where the landfill is located. It is on the east side of Emerson Mill Road. Read More
    PORTLAND – Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe has called on President Bush to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq. But both she and fellow Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine oppose a specific timetable for achieving the goal. Snowe said Wednesday that Bush needs to establish… Read More
    Office Depot, a leading provider of office products and services, will celebrate the grand opening of its first Bangor store at 2 p.m. Dec. 8, at its 482 Stillwater Ave. location. City Manager Edward A. Barrett will speak at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Bangor store is managed by… Read More
    Eight people were laid off this week from American Pride LLC, according to company officials. American Pride LLC is the company that purchased the former Pride Manufacturing Co.’s wood turnings business in Guilford this fall. Donette Maynard, the company’s human resources manager, said the layoff was in connection… Read More
    Congratulations to Robert Moscone! The article, “Building Up Steam” (BDN, Nov. 28), was well-written and well-deserved; only a mechanical genius could create boilers such as Mark I and Mark II significant of conserving, at least or more than, 30 percent on fuel oil and natural gas, not to… Read More
    Last spring, economists Philip Trostel and Kate Reilly showed how far off the national average Maine was with its school-district costs. At about the same time, state Sen. Karl Turner proposed consolidating school services with a “hub-and-spoke” system the Department of Education is currently investigating. Read More
    It may sound like good news that the Environmental Protection Agency is accepting more public comment on its seriously flawed rule to regulate mercury air emissions. It isn’t. The reconsideration process will simply delay legal challenges to the rule, giving utilities and industrial plants more time to install… Read More
    As time goes on we learn ever more about the thinking of the Bush-Cheney administration as well as of most of those in the current Republican-controlled Congress. Dick Cheney, a bright guy who well understands politics and doesn’t mince words, recently stunned me, a lifelong Republican, with his… Read More
    Don Shepley’s letter, “Mailboxes relocated” (BDN, Nov. 11), criticizes the U.S. Postal Service for asking a small number of customers to consider moving their mailboxes to a safer location on their property to help reduce injuries to letter carriers. Everyone realizes the challenges that postal… Read More
    John Buell hasn’t driven in California recently. At least that is the impression I got from his Nov. 29 column, “Tailpipe emissions affect Maine’s business climate.” He recommended that Maine’s Bureau of Environmental Protection adopt the same strict tailpipe emission standards as California and thereby improve the business… Read More
    In response to the article, “Bangor councilors listen to request for leash law” (BDN, Nov. 30), we wish it to be made clear that none of us advocates banning dogs from city parks, as was reported. In fact, in the meeting with city councilors, two… Read More
    The holidays can be an extremely dangerous time of year. Depression, stress and anxiety claim their highest tolls in the holiday season. It’s easy to lose perspective and become a statistic to these terrors of the yule time. That’s when you need to stop and… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – A Hancock County jury on Thursday found a 33-year-old Charleston woman not guilty of sexually assaulting an inmate on leave from a juvenile detention facility while she worked there as a social worker in 2003. Tiffany L. Randall was indicted last April on… Read More
    BANGOR – Her red face was covered with tears and she was nearly hysterical as she reported to police that her 6-year-old daughter, with brown hair, brown eyes and wearing a blue jacket, was missing in the downtown area. The missing child report came into… Read More
    CORINNA – Although the town-owned Spragues Mill dam was actually breached three weeks ago, it was a widening of that breach and the threat of overnight rain on Thursday that had officials racing to the site along Route 222. Brenda Hendsley, who lives down the… Read More
    For Don Winslow, it started in the summer of 2002 with just a slight tremor in his right thumb. “Usually I noticed it in the morning, and I just thought, well, maybe I’ve had too much coffee or maybe it’s stress,” he recounted this week. Read More
    PALMYRA – A television crew interviewing the victim of a vicious beating spotted the alleged attacker in a field nearby Thursday afternoon and tipped off police. Later in the day, Jason Colcord, 28, was arrested in Newport and charged with aggravated assault, domestic assault and… Read More
    PALMYRA – A regional agreement between Palmyra and Pittsfield could pave the way to an expansion of joint recycling that could include neighboring communities. Palmyra selectmen voted on Wednesday night to supply Pittsfield with a letter of intent that, beginning with the first six months… Read More
    LINCOLN – A West Broadway house that had part of its foundation cave in last week due to structural flaws and extreme rain will take on more damage unless its problems are fixed soon, Fire Chief Joshua L. Williams said Thursday. “The ground there is… Read More
    SOUTHWEST HARBOR – A shortfall of maintenance funds at privately owned Mount Height Cemetery has made “perpetual care” seem like a perpetual headache for town officials and the cemetery association, which share responsibility for the grave sites. Trust money for the approximately 250 perpetual care… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – More than 5,000 people are expected to line the streets Saturday for the annual Christmas parade. This year’s celebration will feature an estimated 50 units, including dozens of floats, three Maine Shriners groups, and marching bands from Ellsworth High School and Sumner Memorial… Read More
    MACHIAS – Forest rangers working throughout Washington County say they are writing the typical number of summonses this season for theft of evergreen boughs – or, for tippers gathering wreath material from land they don’t have written permission to be on. Jan. 4 is the… Read More
    THOMASTON – A Massachusetts-based developer has filed plans for more development of the U.S. Route 1 corridor between Rockland and Thomaston. The Richmond Co. of Peabody, Mass., filed a plan this week for a 10,000-square-foot convenience store, coffee shop and fast-food restaurant wedged between a… Read More
    BREWER – The regular City Council meeting for December is being held a week early and at a different location. The meeting date was moved to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, to accommodate scheduling needs of two council members. The meeting will be held in… Read More
    NEWPORT – The Nokomis Regional High School Guidance Department is hosting a workshop, “Getting to and Paying for College,” and a meal. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the school. Jon Henry of the University of Maine will conduct a… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A two-car crash Wednesday at the intersection of Union Street and Talbot Avenue sent three people to the hospital. The brakes on one of the vehicles apparently failed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A Spruce Head woman driving her car in Harbor Plaza on Wednesday lost control of the vehicle when one of her three dogs leaped into her lap. Donna Hurley, 48, did not require medical transport after the crash into a parking lot light… Read More
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    ROCKLAND – Longtime Farnsworth Art Museum director Chris Crosman has been hired as chief curator of a museum planned in the Arkansas hometown of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its late founder, Sam Walton. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is expected to open in… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – Three local men were arrested early Thursday morning after the seizure of 2 grams of cocaine and 12 grams of heroin with a street value of more than $4,000 from an in-town home. “Twelve grams of heroin is a significant amount of… Read More
    DOVER-FOXCROFT – A local man charged with cruelty to animals had his bail revoked Thursday and was placed under house arrest. Mark Hagelin, 45, who now reportedly suffers from a back problem and walks with a cane, cannot leave the home he shares with his… Read More
    BANGOR – She knew something was wrong when she left work on Tuesday night and discovered that two tires on the driver’s side of her car were flat. The 40-year-old woman realized her life again was in danger when she walked around the car and… Read More
    BREWER – The Penobscot County Local Emergency Planning Committee will hold a workshop 8:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, Dec. 8, at Jeff’s Catering, 5 Coffin Ave., to help local businesses better understand the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Registration begins at 8 a.m. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Marines and veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, and their family members and friends will return to the battlefield of Iwo Jima on March 3-10, 2006. The return is sponsored by the Combat Veterans of Iwo Jima Inc. and is coordinated by Military… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Education Commissioner Susan A. Gendron and State Board of Education Chairman James W. Carignan will recognize the 50 top performing high school students on the Maine Educational Assessment for the 2005 school year. The MEA Top 50 Achievement Celebration is scheduled from 10… Read More
    BANGOR – A North Carolina man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to five years in prison for his part in a drug ring that sold cocaine out of two Bangor residences and local motels. Clifton Davis, 24, of Potecasi, N.C., was sentenced to… Read More
    FREEPORT – The South Berwick Water District walked away Thursday with bragging rights for Maine’s best-tasting water. After being judged the best of 23 entrants in the disinfected water division of the Maine Rural Water Association’s 19th annual Drinking Water Taste Test, South Berwick defeated… Read More
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    AUGUSTA – A proposal to use monies generated in the unorganized territory to fund regional infrastructure needs was pitched on Tuesday to a legislative study committee evaluating land ownership changes and development taking place throughout the area. Greenville Town Manager John Simko laid out his… Read More
    FAIRFIELD – A 55-year-old Fairfield man was killed when struck by a car as he walked across the street Wednesday during heavy rain. Michael Meader was hit when a motorist swerved to pass a stopped sport utility vehicle on Main Street near the Fairfield-Waterville line,… Read More
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    AUBURN – A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the manslaughter case against a 20-year-old man accused of acting recklessly or with negligence when he shot a man in the head during an early morning gathering of friends last year in a Lewiston apartment. The… Read More
    FALMOUTH – Maine’s largest wildlife conservation organization on Thursday called on Plum Creek Timber Co. to scale back its plans for development of nearly 1,000 house lots in the Moosehead Lake area. In its first public statement on Plum Creek’s proposal, Maine Audubon said development… Read More
    The challenge is formidable – replace a basketball coach with more than 550 wins, nine state championships and 13 Eastern Maine titles. Vinnie MacLean doesn’t expect to match the legacy carved out by his predecessor at Jonesport-Beals High School, Ordman Alley, who retired in September… Read More
    BANGOR – Four small Maine college basketball teams will seek the title in the Paul Bunyan Tournament at Husson College’s Newman Gym over the weekend. The tourney opens Friday at 5:30 p.m. when the University of Maine-Fort Kent plays Bates College of Lewiston while host… Read More
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    Bangor has more than its share of architectural gems – homes so grand that you’d just love to take a little peek inside. Well, this weekend you can visit four during “Home for the Holidays: A Christmas Tour of Four Historic Area Homes,” sponsored by… Read More
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