Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission has asked Plum Creek Timber Co. for more information on the resorts, affordable housing and roads proposed in the company’s subdivision plans for Moosehead Lake. LURC staff also billed Plum Creek more than $141,000 – on top of the $128,000… Read More
    BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s average gasoline price of $2.828 per gallon of regular unleaded was the lowest in the Northeast, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Vermont’s price also was below the national average of $2.962, according to the AAA. It’s been below… Read More
    BELFAST – Shop, and ye shall find. That’s the conclusion drawn by a volunteer group of shoppers who researched the availability of essential clothing and household goods in Belfast. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – When most people sit down to a dinner that includes a hot, steaming Maine baked potato, they focus on how the tuber is going to taste. Most don’t think about what type of potato they are eating, or the research conducted to… Read More
    Judy Harrison’s article (BDN, June 24-25) about the General Convention of the Episcopal Church conveyed the impression that members of our church who do not agree with the consecration of an openly homosexual, noncelibate bishop, or the blessing of “same gender” unions, are homophobic. That… Read More
    How much longer must we as citizens of the United States put up with the present regime in Washington who fosters and promotes a dictator and-or a fascist government? Daily we read in the news of our young soldiers being killed, kidnapped or mutilated in… Read More
    The article (BDN, June 30) regarding the lack of funding to care for state parks further enhances the well-known fact that the state never has cared for its properties. State parks, state historic sites, including buildings, have always been rescued by private citizens. In the… Read More
    It took 55 minutes to cross the border from St. Stephen, New Brunswick, to Calais, Maine, on Friday. I wonder how long it took to cross the border from Progresso, Mexico (for temporary guest workers) to Progresso, Texas? Ed Kokoszka googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    Michael Theriault (BDN letter, June 30) demonstrates his support of the new Plum Creek plan, saying it “will benefit this community for generations to come.” Certainly, his opinion and voice are important and should be heard. Theriault states that those who criticize the Plum Creek… Read More
    Growing up along the shores of the Penobscot River as a child and as a lifelong fisherman who was taught to fish the river’s banks, I am thrilled about the proposed Penobscot River Project and its potential to restore not only Atlantic salmon but shad, striped bass, rainbow… Read More
    Maine officials knew the state had flunked its federal education-testing standard when it switched to the SATs for 11th-graders, but they did not know how lonely flunking would be. While only 10 states got full approval for their plans, a mere two ended up in the outright failure… Read More
    There’s no better example of the national Democratic difficulty with the war in Iraq than the senatorial re-election campaign of Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. Elected with 63 percent of the vote in 2000, he is now struggling through a primary against a novice opponent, businessman and war opponent… Read More
    Three weeks before publishing its eye-catching “Grim Neurology of Teenage Drinking,” The New York Times reported on another beverage children consume, breast milk: “Breast-fed babies are at lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome and serious chronic diseases later in life, including asthma, diabetes, and leukemia. … Research… Read More
    It is clear that innovation will be the driving force for economic growth in Maine, the United States and much of the developed world during the coming years. The world economy is changing. Adopting advanced technologies through innovation is now the key to the best jobs and a… Read More
    PORTLAND – Independent gubernatorial candidate John Michael is appealing a decision by state election officials to deny him public financing for his campaign. The state Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices last month told Michael it was denying him funding under the state’s Clean… Read More
    BANGOR – Police Lt. Ron Gastia is a stickler for details. As the city’s project manager for the more than $6.5 million project to build a new police station, he has to be. In a small interview room with bare plasterboard for walls, Gastia on… Read More
    INDIAN ISLAND – A chemical reaction between liquid dish detergent and a cooking pot sent seven people to the hospital Monday and caused the evacuation of a health center. A cook at the Ruth Attean Health Center, also known as the Indian Island Health Center,… Read More
    It’s hard to imagine there could be anything objectionable about “Cars,” Disney’s G-rated computer-animated hit movie that’s now playing in theaters around the country. Unless you happen to be a train-safety advocate, that is, in which case there is one scene in the film that… Read More
    BELFAST – A hearing on the proposed $21.9 million SAD 34 budget will be held at 7 tonight at the Troy Howard Middle School. The board and district administrators will be on hand to answer questions about the 2006-07 budget proposal, which is up 6.3… Read More
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    LINCOLN – It wasn’t quite as much as town officials hoped for, but they were grateful to receive a $72,944 check from the settlement of the estate of a town woman that will be put toward the town’s prospective community recreation center, they said Monday. Read More
    LINCOLN – Town Manager Glenn Aho finds it appalling when flowerpots meant to beautify downtown are overturned – so infuriating, in fact, that on Monday he offered to personally pay a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. “Knowing… Read More
    HOWLAND – Public Works Department workers and the town recycling building will serve as a regional recycling point for televisions, computer monitors, fluorescent tubes, batteries and other hardware starting July 20, town officials said Monday. Edinburg, Enfield, Maxfield and Howland residents will be required to… Read More
    BANGOR – Five Maine Air National Guardsmen were honored Sunday for their work training Iraqi firefighters during a four-month deployment to Kirkuk. The men, who work at the base’s fire station, were honored by Liberty Mutual insurance with the Firemark Award, which recognizes the role… Read More
    SKOWHEGAN – The Somerset and Kennebec County Soil and Water Conservation districts are teaming up for a fundraising bulb sale this summer and early fall. The deadline for bulb orders is Wednesday, Aug. 23. Bulbs will be available after Friday, Oct. 13. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    LINCOLNVILLE – A cell phone and a siren helped police find the victim of a single-vehicle rollover crash early Monday. Michael Schroeder, 45, of Lincolnville was traveling on Route 1 when his vehicle left the road and crashed about 3:30 a.m. Conscious but suffering from… Read More
    PERRY – If you don’t like a municipal leader, wait until their term is up and vote them out of office. That’s how most communities handle a public official they no longer trust. But that may no longer be the case in this Down East… Read More
    Traffic lights should be restored today at the intersection of Route 1A and Western Avenue after they were torn down by a truck on Saturday. The truck was operated by a driver for contractor Vaughn Thibodeau and Sons of Winterport. The vehicle was hauling a backhoe that got… Read More
    MILO – Police are stepping up drug enforcement in Milo, and late last week they seized more than 120 marijuana plants from a home in the third drug-related incident in as many weeks. The 127 plants were found Friday in a wooded area a few… Read More
    HERMON – The school committee hired a middle school principal at Monday night’s meeting, a position that will be particularly demanding during the next couple of years. The new Hermon Middle School principal, James Russell Jr. of Bangor, said he was prepared to take on… Read More
    HOLDEN – The Town Council approved a mill rate of $11.22 for the town at its regular meeting Monday night. The mill rate represents the amount of property tax for each $1,000 of assessed value. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    BREWER – The Brewer School Committee is considering a new policy that would screen all nonresident students applying for admission to Brewer High School. Superintendent Daniel Lee has combined the policies covering tuition students and nonresident students, adopted 22 years ago, forming one new policy… Read More
    BANGOR – Police arrested a Brewer man early Monday morning and charged him in connection with a brutal assault Sunday night in Bangor. Bangor police were called Sunday evening to Sanford Street, where they found a 25-year-old Bangor man slumped over on the sidewalk. The… Read More
    OLD TOWN – Councilors approved several expenditures Monday to further economic development efforts throughout the city. Included in the three major projects approved was an expenditure not to exceed $100,000 that will allow Oest Associates of South Portland to create a design for the proposed… Read More
    BANGOR – More than three months after a train derailment deposited several rolls of tissue paper along the banks of the Penobscot River, a Maine Central Railroad work crew showed up early Monday morning to begin cleaning up what a city councilor last month dubbed “Spitball Mountain.”… Read More
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    HOULTON – Despite several hours of discussion over the past few months, the debate among town councilors about how to notify residents when a convicted sex offender moves into their neighborhood has raged on. Some members feel the current policy of publicly posting information about… Read More
    GRAND ISLE – The U.S. Postal Service announced Jean Cayer will be installed as the new postmaster for Grand Isle at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, at the post office. Cayer has been in the field for 16 years. She will be responsible for three… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – The Aroostook County branch of the American Red Cross will be offering a course in first aid and CPR from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 22, at the branch office located at 141 State St. Preregistration is required. For information,… Read More
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    HOULTON – Although next year will bring the “big push” to complete the project, officials said Monday they are steaming ahead with their effort to make the town a little greener by its 200th birthday. The blueprint of Houlton’s 200 Trees for 200 Years project… Read More
    Members of Hillcrest Golf Club in Millinocket still are working hard to pay off the mortgage for the land on which the club sits. The club’s Vice President Kevin Gregory reports that since pledges have fallen “short of the total due,” the club is hosting… Read More
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Hugh Stubbins Jr., an architect who often used his cocktail napkins to sketch designs for buildings such as Manhattan’s Citicorp Center, Boston’s Federal Reserve Bank or Congress Hall in Berlin, has died. He was 94. Stubbins, who died Wednesday of pneumonia at… Read More
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    In the literature that accompanies the “land” portion of his latest show, “Land and Sea,” Michael Vermette shares the Wabanaki fable of Wagulson, the wind bird that lives atop Mount Katahdin. Though the bird can’t be seen, the wind that rises when he flaps his wings clears the… Read More
    Talk about a can’t-miss proposition. Daniel Adair must have had to pinch himself back in January 2005 when he was asked to make a choice he couldn’t even dream about. The Toronto native, who had been working with 3 Doors Down, was approached by members… Read More
    As rocks go, ours is neither majestic nor monstrous. It doesn’t strike fear into those who clamber up it, and has rarely reduced its visitors to trembling wrecks as they perch on the edge, one hop away from the cool waters below. No, our rock… Read More
    Ricky Jones of Thomaston will be trying to regain his title and Jesse Speirs of Bangor will be in search of his first as the 87th Maine Amateur Golf Championship kicks off today at Portland Country Club in Falmouth. The tournament, which was first held… Read More
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    With the professional baseball season reaching its middle innings, it’s a good time to touch base on Maine hardball prospects in the minors. Former Monmouth High School star Thomas “Tip” Fairchild is enjoying a stellar first professional season in the Houston Astros organization. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BANGOR – Jordan Clarke allowed just one base runner in the final five innings while striking out 10 to lead Bangor to a 6-3 District 3 Senior League baseball playoff win over Orono-Veazie on Monday at Mansfield Stadium. Because of three rain delays totaling five… Read More
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