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    SKOWHEGAN – Maine’s two U.S. senators praised the Northwood University Margaret Chase Smith Library and its work Saturday on its 25th anniversary, calling it “our nation’s premier free-standing congressional library, a priceless archive and museum, and an invaluable educational center,” as they reflected on Sen. Smith’s legacy as… Read More
    Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of stories looking at how four key congressional lawmakers are dealing with the Iraq war. WASHINGTON – September was supposed to be the decisive month, when either anti-war sentiment pushed Republicans to back Democratic calls for troop… Read More
    Here is what Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, has said about the Iraq war: June 28, 2007: “In the aftermath of the election, there was a clear message conveyed by the American people. They simply oppose the direction we’ve taken in Iraq.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
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    AUGUSTA – Maine Public Utilities Commission Chairman Kurt Adams presented a $25,050 check Thursday to the Guilford-based InterfaceFABRIC Leonard G. Saulter Facility to help pay for energy-efficient lighting. By replacing 334 lighting fixtures throughout its manufacturing plant with premium-efficiency fluorescent fixtures, the company will save… Read More
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    As kids head back to school, many fear that a lack of physical activity and unhealthful school lunches will contribute to the country’s obesity epidemic. A recent study, however, found that the rate of weight gain among young children is higher in the summer than during the school… Read More
    As fewer people take to the Maine woods to hunt and fish and more to hike, canoe and photograph wildlife, Maine’s land and wildlife management agencies must coordinate their efforts to ensure the state’s open space is managed for multiple uses. The transition also highlights the need to… Read More
    I can’t help but have nothing but cynicism for the much touted Petraeus Report; but I’m somewhat curious as to what spin the administration will dish out to Congress and the American public to get them to buy into continuing their ill-conceived and mismanaged war in Iraq. Read More
    In reference to the lobstermen’s experience with “price fixing” and the government using Sherman Antitrust Act against them: Tell me why the U.S. government has not used the Sherman Antitrust Act against the price fixing exercised as a “stranglehold” by the pharmaceutical industry! The rarest… Read More
    In “Penobscot fish passage restoration gets $450,000” (BDN, Sept. 1) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher states “[W]e will be on our way to restoring self-sustaining populations of … alewife and other sea-run fish to the Penobscot and beyond.” We could have… Read More
    Regarding the Aug. 31 BDN article concerning the state of Maine takeover of county jails, and Piscataquis County Sheriff John Goggin’s response, I concur with Mr. Goggin. This is at best an ill-conceived plan with short-term thinking, not long-term strategic planning. Piscataquis County has the… Read More
    Have you noticed that the Democrats aren’t as much against the war as they are against winning the war? They went into shock and dismay when The New York Times, of all people, ran an op-ed saying “We just might win this war.” Then the Times went into… Read More
    The focus of the Sept. 1 article on BIA was the high cost of flying out of Bangor International Airport in exchange for convenience. Last month my wife, son and I had a trip booked from Bangor to Edinburgh. We paid a premium price for… Read More
    The BDN has a proud motto (“It’s what you need. To know.”), and, until recently, I’ve thought it has lived up to that motto rather well. However, I have noticed at least two letters to the editor in the BDN in the last month that have appealed to… Read More
    AUGUSTA – A major issue in the coming hearings on the merger of FairPoint Communications and the wire line facilities of Verizon in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont is the ability of the new company to provide adequate broadband Internet access to a mostly rural area. Read More
    All 290 school administrative units have filed their letters of intent with the Maine Department of Education as part of the new state law requiring school consolidation, but there’s very little time to consider the implications of the letters before planning for the new regional school units gets… Read More
    He traded in his gold shield for an anvil, his handcuffs for a hammer. When Sid Hughes was chief deputy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, his heart was always somewhere else. The man with the soft Texas drawl wanted to be a blacksmith. Read More
    NEWPORT – After an absence of nearly a decade, frog jumping in Newport is back, and judging by the fun that was had Saturday morning on the shores of Sebasticook Lake, it was well worth the wait. Nobody broke the world’s record (21 feet, 5… Read More
    ORRINGTON – Maine State Police are asking for help in solving a burglary of a motor vehicle early Sunday morning on Route 15. Cash, checks and CDs were taken between midnight and 7 a.m. from an unlocked car at 421 Main Road, Trooper Michael Johnston… Read More
    BREWER – Fire crews were unsure Sunday night what caused the main power lines to come down on Wilson Street, leaving both nearby shopping complexes and others without power. Assistant Brewer Fire Chief Chris Dore said the main lines were down on the sidewalk in… Read More
    MARIAN TOWNSHIP – A 28-year-old Calais man, who on Friday led a Maine state trooper on a high-speed chase across Route 191, has been charged with criminal speed. Christopher Guidi, who was driving a 1996 Pontiac Bonneville, also was charged with refusing to stop for… Read More
    EASTPORT – The Salmon Festival is one of Maine’s top late-summer festivals because of the number of people who attend and the high quality of food, events and vendors, including artisans, crafters and food sellers from all over the state. Also at Sunday’s festival, Cooke’s… Read More
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    CARIBOU – A Sangerville man was hurt Friday evening when the pickup he was driving struck a moose on U.S. Route 1. Maine State Police Sgt. David McPherson said Scott Richardson, 43, of Sangerville was headed to Limestone at approximately 9 p.m. when he came… Read More
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    HOLDEN – As a safety precaution, the playground at Holden Elementary School was moved this summer to the back of the school, which is located on Main Road. Jake Morgan, transportation and operations director for SAD 63, said the project could not have been done… Read More
    ROCKLAND – A record number of golfers took part Saturday in the 14th annual Paul Devine Greater Gator Open at the Rockland Country Club to benefit the Bob Gagnon Cancer Fund. Nearly all of the 31 foursomes, playing in hot, humid weather to the rumble… Read More
    PITTSFIELD – On the heels of a sold-out concert earlier this summer, the newly formed Sebasticook Valley Opry will hold a second event this month, this time featuring a well-known Maine blues group. “Well, it is getting closer and closer to the next ‘Night at… Read More
    EASTPORT – It looked like the trees were full of smoke, Officer Frank Gardner of the Eastport Police Department said Sunday after several swarms of bees flew into the city a day earlier. Around 10 a.m. Saturday, an unidentified caller notified the Washington County Regional… Read More
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    Spectators will be able to watch artists, including a blacksmith, at work during the first international art adventure featuring more than 60 artists from the coastal border region of eastern Maine and southern New Brunswick. The two-day event will be held 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday… Read More
    I received information from Paula Gendron recently of Houlton that I am pleased to share with you. “Since 2004,” she wrote, “The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,” which she describes as “the only national, not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research… Read More
    LEWISTON – Three Lewiston police officers who shot a Norway man nearly four years ago have appealed a federal judge’s ruling that a civil lawsuit brought by the wounded man should be allowed to go to trial. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit… Read More
    MAPLETON – A Mapleton man who was badly injured in a motorcycle accident on Hughes Road in Mapleton on Saturday died Sunday morning at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Maine State Police Sgt. David McPherson said Bryan Cyr, 53, died from the injuries he… Read More
    NEWPORT – Pittsfield and Newport police were kept busy Sunday afternoon when a woman either fell or jumped into the East Branch of the Sebasticook River at Newport, near the Main Street Bridge on Route 2. Rescue units and police responded and were told the… Read More
    VANCEBORO – A 40-year-old Vanceboro man, who had been living in Pennsylvania for the past few years, was arrested Sunday on a woods road in the area. Jeffrey Monk had been wanted on several outstanding felony warrants dating to 1997-98. “He has been dodging law… Read More
    MANSFIELD, Mass. – A single-engine plane registered in Maine crashed shortly after takeoff from Mansfield Airport, killing two people and leaving two others in critical condition, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said Saturday. The dead include pilot Lawrence Mann and passenger Cabot Squire, both from… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Tucker has finally made it back home. Gone for nearly a month, the Shetland sheepdog was returned to its owners in Wilton after being spotted by an Oakland couple Monday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
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    PORTLAND – A New Hampshire grand jury will take up the case of a Maine nursing student whose body was found buried on property owned by her former fiance’s family, a private investigator said. Robert Carlson, a private investigator in New Hampshire, said he has… Read More
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    BANGOR – The Bangor High School girls soccer team had scored just one goal in its first two games and found itself staring at an 0-2 record entering Saturday afternoon’s game against visiting archrival Brewer. But coach Larry Smith switched his team from a 4-4-2… Read More
    EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – The University of Maine football team has proved itself a formidable opponent for Bowl Division opponents in recent years. Saturday night, the Black Bears were no match for Big East member Connecticut. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
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    OAKLAND – A reproduction of Fenway Park has taken shape in here, thanks to a local philanthropist and community leader who owns a minority share of the Boston Red Sox. The Harold Alfond Fenway Park, with an expected seating capacity of 500, will be used… Read More
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    PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine-Fort Kent men’s soccer team picked up two wins in the UM-Presque Isle Kick-Off Classic over the weekend. UMFK beat Maine Maritime Academy of Castine 4-0 on Saturday and the Bengals beat Nova Scotia Agricultural 9-1 on Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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    Editor’s Note: Maine Bound is a column featuring new books written by Maine authors or set in the Pine Tree State. FRESH DISASTERS, by Stuart Woods, Putnam, New York, 2007, hardcover, 277 pages, $25.95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
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