TRENTON – Nearly a day after a fierce fall storm first struck Maine, leaving tens of thousands of people without power, five utility poles on the only bridge connecting Mount Desert Island to the mainland snapped Sunday morning as gale-force wind gusts continued to slam into the shoreline. Read More
    BATH – A land and sea search for one of three boaters whose craft capsized in the Kennebec River was suspended Saturday as strong winds and torrential rains moved into the area. Richard Drouin Jr., 38, of Auburn last was seen when the 16-foot boat… Read More
    AUGUSTA – In trying to “cure” a house leaking heat and wasting electricity, Stephen and Tricia Carr use the same sort of holistic approach advocated by some physicians to treat sick people. The couple’s energy auditing business, Wydevue, analyzes a house’s energy use with various… Read More
    Dear Jim: My family needs additional living space. I want a sunroom, but I cannot afford to have one built. Are there any do-it-yourself kits available. Can I build one from scratch and what design is best? -Sandi T. Dear Sandi: Adding a sunroom to… Read More
    Northeast CONTACT received a letter from Page Brown, a member of our organization from Aroostook County. She wrote: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++)… Read More
    Ratewatcher, the handy little magazine from the office of the Maine public advocate, recently offered more ideas on how to reduce some telephone charges. Here are some highlights: For 411 directory service, there’s no need to pay the $1.25 fee from a cell phone or… Read More
    Peter Misluk, candidate for state representative in District 44, has a strong grasp of problems facing the state. He also has some thoughtful solutions. For example, he proposes a simple and fair plan to raise revenues that would afford property tax relief by charging a small fee on… Read More
    Ordinarily I wouldn’t get involved with TABOR. The recent revelation that a million dollars from out of state is being pumped in to oppose this citizen’s initiative has raised a red flag. Who, out of state, could possibly benefit from its failure to pass? The… Read More
    The Bangor Water District, a nonprofit, publicly owned utility, works within its citizen-approved charter to protect public health by providing high quality water for domestic use and fire protection while emphasizing customer service, innovation, and cost control. We, the trustees of the Bangor Water District, find that TABOR… Read More
    When we lay claim to the motto, posted at our southern border, “Maine: The Way Life Should Be,” we’re bound to fall a bit short. The evidence confronts us every day in the mothers and fathers who scrape to stay one paycheck ahead of real bad news, or… Read More
    I have been a longtime supporter of Sen. Olympia Snowe and very glad to be so. In my estimation she is the present-day Margaret Chase Smith, unbeatable, and can have her job as the senior senator from Maine as long as she would like it. Read More
    I’m a dirt poor clam digger. I own a rundown old building on two acres of alder swamp with no road frontage or shore frontage. My taxes have risen more than 450 percent since last year. My alder swamp was valued at $34,200 an acre. Read More
    When it became evident Maine wasn’t going to roll over, Cabela’s Inc. withdrew its demand for a tax exemption and is apparently moving ahead with plans for a store in Scarborough. Although state tax officials were ready to make the right decision, Congress should re-examine the sales-tax exemptions… Read More
    Opponents of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights must have thought Halloween came early this year. They’ve begun rolling out the scare tactics – some truly frightening pictures of what “would” happen should Maine taxpayers place reasonable controls to government spending on Nov. 7. While they… Read More
    The Bangor Daily News has endorsed Olympia Snowe because of her supposed willingness to take “principled stances” at odds with her party, and because of her “ability to develop bipartisan compromises on important issues.” (BDN, Oct. 23) Unfortunately, the facts do not support the conclusions… Read More
    PORTLAND – Two towns in York County will be the first in Maine to vote on proposed ordinances to limit where registered sex offenders may live. If approved, the Nov. 7 ballot questions in Waterboro and Lyman would set minimum distance limits between offenders’ residences… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The fact that the partisan makeup of the Legislature has already been close in recent years and the lack of competition in the campaigns for Maine’s seats in Congress are two factors that help account for the relative quiet in Maine’s battle between Democrats and Republicans… Read More
    The smell of food from around the world wafted Saturday through the University of Maine field house, where international students from more than 20 countries gathered to share their culture and traditions during UM’s Culturefest. The annual event gives foreign students the chance to show… Read More
    CARIBOU – A father and son narrowly missed being shot Saturday morning when a bullet smashed through two rear side windows in their pickup truck. Neither were injured by the shot fired by a hunter who had spotted a deer along the Albair Road. Caribou… Read More
    BANGOR – A man was stabbed Friday night inside Carolina Sports and Spirits during a bar fight, according to Bangor police Sgt. Jim Owens. A 31-year-old male with a last known address of Eddington suffered a non-life-threatening stab wound to the abdomen and was taken… Read More
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    PRESQUE ISLE – A small but motivated group of college students Saturday launched plans for a statewide referendum aimed at reducing the number of educated young people leaving Maine. Opportunity Maine, which seeks to collect 60,000 signatures for a referendum vote next year, is proposing… Read More
    CARIBOU – City police are investigating a reported burglary Sunday in which several thousand dollars was taken and more than $3,000 in damage caused at a Chinese restaurant. Investigating Officer Douglas Bell said the burglary and theft at Jade’s Palace, located in the Skyway Plaza… Read More
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    CHERRYFIELD – At 78, Bill Conway isn’t slowing and showing any wear in his decades-long pursuit of peace. Rather, he is starting to pick up speed. You can find him along the bridge across the Narraguagus River four hours a day, when drivers are heading… Read More
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    For 17 years, the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill has been able to give anonymous gifts to those in need at Christmas. So Laurie Stowe reports Christmas Angels 2006 is under way again, and its sponsors are asking “individuals, clubs, organizations, churches and businesses”… Read More
    Mental health advocates have honored seven Mainers for their work on behalf of people with mental illness. The “Heroes in the Fight” award recipients were recognized at a dinner on Oct. 23 at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
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    AUBURN – A Superior Court judge has ruled that a dead woman’s lawyers will be permitted to testify at the upcoming murder trial of the ex-boyfriend accused of shooting her to death at his home in Sabattus. Justice Joyce Wheeler’s written ruling said Melissa Mendoza’s… Read More
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    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Marie-Andree Canuel and Kim Stephenson scored on penalty kicks after neither team scored through two overtimes to lift No. 3 University of Maine over No. 2 Boston University 1-0 in the America East soccer semifinals Sunday. Maine will play No. 1… Read More
    This is important. It happens to be from the world of sports, but the ramifications are far more pervasive. Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams are the authors of “Game of Shadows,” the book that linked Barry Bonds, and others, with steroid use. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    More soccer and football games were postponed Saturday as strong wind and rain swept through Maine this weekend. Both Eastern Maine Class B soccer championship games scheduled for Saturday will be played today, as will several EM Class B football playoff games and a Class… Read More
    Mary Ellen Chase’s novel “Mary Peters” begins with the 9-year-old Mary Peters looking out on the gleaming white port of Cadiz, Spain. But the real subject of this reissued 1934 novel (Islandport Press, $15.95, 2005) lies on the other side of the Atlantic, in the changes experienced along… Read More
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    PHILADELPHIA – The Husson College Eagles spotted La Salle a first quarter touchdown, then came up with three interceptions and shut out the Explorers for the final 54 minutes to earn a 17-7 football victory over a Division I-AA nonscholarship program Saturday. Freshman tailback Bryan… Read More
    In his book on the Leonid meteor showers, “The Heavens on Fire,” Mark Littmann writes that the Leonid meteor storm of 1833 was so intense, estimated from records to be in excess of 72,000 an hour, that terrified viewers thought the world was coming to an end. Some… Read More