AUGUSTA – The vacuum left by six-term Rep. Tom Allen’s departure to run for Senate in Maine’s 1st Congressional District has triggered a race between two experienced politicians, Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Charlie Summers. The campaign has touched on themes ranging from Summers’ background… Read More
    WASHINGTON – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday greenlighted a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Columbia River in Oregon – the first LNG terminal on the West Coast to receive such approval. The vote was 4-1. Advocates on the commission, including Chairman Joseph… Read More
    BANGOR – Nearly 75 percent of registered voters in Maine went to the polls for the 2004 presidential election, the highest participation rate ever recorded. Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap on Thursday told a group of more than 300 clerks, registrars and other municipal… Read More
    PORTLAND – Maine has experienced a real estate “bubble,” although not as serious as the nation’s. Still, experts say the state’s market will have to wait a year or so for the nation’s problems to sort themselves out. A bubble occurs when real estate prices… Read More
    AUGUSTA – The state’s business leaders were advised that investing in early child care was one of the most important steps that can be taken to ensure strong economic growth and development. Harvard professor Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff told the more than 150 men and… Read More
    Would you feel safe with a commander in chief who thinks we could be in Iraq for 100 years, who sings “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” to a Beach Boys tune? A 72-year-old president who doesn’t remember how many houses he owns, regularly confuses Shiites and Sunnis… Read More
    Members of Congress typically try to carve out a niche or two, choosing issues on which they can focus and become experts. Second Congressional District Rep. Mike Michaud has been a consistent voice on issues that relate to military veterans, and his steady work as chairman of the… Read More
    The fundamental reason for the turmoil on Wall Street is simple: American people, companies and investment banks borrowed far more money than they could afford. Undoing this, as we’ve seen in recent days, will be difficult, painful and expensive. The financial term for what is… Read More
    As a died-in-the-wool Democrat, I must congratulate John McCain. In choosing Sarah Palin as a running mate, he has achieved what George Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove failed to do: dumbing down the election of the president of the United States to the lowest common denominator. Instead… Read More
    I have suffered from a mental illness since I was 20 years old. I have had weekly therapy sessions in New York, and now here in Bangor at Community Health and Counseling Services. Lately, I have been seeing my therapist twice a week. She has now brought to… Read More
    It’s happening, again. I moved here recently from the tiny town of Chamberlain, S.D., where we, too, had a wonderful, small community-owned hospital that had been struggling financially. We, too, unfortunately, hired Quorum, as has Down East Community Hospital in Machias. It was a fiasco. Read More
    It’s election season and some of the old stock phrases are being thrown around. We need to question the meanings of some of them. What does it mean when politicians say they are “pro-life” or support “a culture of life” while also supporting unnecessary war?… Read More
    How should one feel when losing one’s home? I guess it’s a different kind of storm. You can see it coming and you can try to protect yourself, but there just isn’t enough sand to go around. I guess Bob Seger said it best in his song, “I… Read More
    I was told while growing up that this is a nation of opportunity. Today, in Aroostook County, opportunities are fewer and further between. I’ve worked at the Irving Forest Products Pinkham sawmill in Nashville Plantation for the past 32 years. I’ve lived in the Masardis-Ashland… Read More
    Editorial page readers had some strong views about the upcoming election and the recent hurricanes. How do you choose a president – policies, personality, character, experience or judgment? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    The attorney for Red Shield Environmental LLC said Thursday the company would be up for auction at the end of October with a starting bid of $11.5 million. Attorney Bob Keach filed the motions Thursday afternoon for the company and its subsidiary, RSE Pulp and… Read More
    After just a few weeks in the Arizona-Sonora Desert, I realized I had learned the smell of water. It rains on average just 3 to 15 inches a year here; The cacti hoard the moisture, turning flowers hopefully to the sky. Hiking through the scorched canyons, I found… Read More
    BAR HARBOR – Last year’s record has yet to be broken, but if all goes according to schedule, 2008 is expected to be a banner year for cruise ship visits in Maine. For the first time, the number of cruise ship visits to Bar Harbor,… Read More
    LEE – The communities of SAD 30 will remain among the approximately 25 towns of the proposed Regional School Unit 17, school officials said Thursday. The SAD 30 board of directors unanimously agreed during a special meeting last week that its towns will not opt… Read More
    BLUE HILL – Blue Hill Memorial Hospital is completing preparations that will link it electronically with other hospitals in the Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems. The hospital is scheduled to go live with the EMHS Together Project on Oct. 1, according to Tim Garrity, president and… Read More
    UNITY – Helping one another stay warm this winter was the guiding principle Wednesday night at the “Neighbor Warming Neighbor” work group meeting. About 20 residents gathered for a two-part meeting in two locations. The educational part on home heating operation and safety met at… Read More
    PRESQUE ISLE – Sign-up is under way through Wednesday, Oct. 15, for $76,500 in Emergency Conservation Program funds for producers in Aroostook County. ECP gives producers additional resources to remove debris from farmland, restore fences and conservation structures, provide water for livestock in drought situations… Read More
    AROOSTOOK – The Aroostook County Tourism Committee will hold its next meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. The ACT invites local businesses to send their marketing materials to a series of three snowmobile tradeshows: Oct. 3-5 in Augusta, Oct. 10-12 in York, Pa., and… Read More
    CARIBOU — For those who live in Aroostook County, frosty windshields and stiff, frostbitten lawns are not strange experiences during early mornings in September. But officials from the National Weather Service office in Caribou said Thursday that it is going to get very cold –… Read More
    A Holden man was arrested Tuesday when the owner of the vehicle he reportedly was rifling through saw him and called police, according to the Bangor Police Department. Michael Blackwell, 26, was seen inside a Jeep Cherokee parked along Ohio Street, and when police arrived… Read More
    MEDWAY – To Dawn York, the Penobscot River is one of Medway’s most underused assets. That’s why the Medway Community Association will hold Medway Rivah Days starting today and ending Saturday night at the Roy Powers Recreational Area off Route 157. The free event will… Read More
    DEXTER – Hoping to avert a court trial, the Dexter Utility District and the Dexter Town Council met with a mediator Tuesday in an attempt to settle a dispute about the location and future use of an unauthorized boat launch on Big Lake Wassookeag. The… Read More
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    CALAIS – University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer free business workshops at Washington County Community College starting Oct. 7. The workshops include Basic Record Keeping, Part 1; Basic Record Keeping, Part 2; Understanding Financial Statements and Pricing Your Products and Services. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    BELFAST – The board of the River School, the city’s independent high school, has appointed Louisa Carl as its director. Carl served as lead teacher last year, the school’s first year, and worked on fundraising and school contacts with the community. With the departure of… Read More
    BELFAST – The Belfast Lions Club will hold its annual harvest festival Oct. 4 at the Waldo County Shrine Club. The day will kick off with a yard sale beginning at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m. the children’s activities, including face painting, pumpkin carving and… Read More
    TRENTON – While it may be politics as usual on the national scene, the local race for state Senate in District 28 took a different turn with an announcement from Democratic incumbent Dennis Damon this week that he will forgo most fundraising activity in his campaign. Read More
    UNITY – Joseph Mattos, superintendent of School Administrative District 3, called the difficulties some faculty members and students of Mount View High School in Thorndike are having with their computers “a small problem.” He cited on example of a printer and a computer using the… Read More
    BREWER – Anna Mae Mitchell and Rising Tide will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Next Generation Theatre at the Between Friends Art Center, 39 Center St. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – The Washington County committee of the Maine Community Foundation recently awarded $30,993 in grants to nonprofits, including Mano en Mano-Hand in Hand of Milbridge. The money will be used to pay for English as a Second Language classes and GED preparation for Hispanic residents. Read More
    BANGOR – Maine Inside-Out, an arts and social justice organization association based in Portland, recently received a $6,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation to support a theater workshop for incarcerated women. Founded in 2007 by three Maine women with backgrounds in social work, counseling,… Read More
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    BREWER – A steel beam that once provided structural support for the World Trade Center in New York City soon will be on permanent loan to the city and will be displayed at the new public safety building. The broken beam has a new role:… Read More
    BANGOR – With the Hogan Road extension project about to begin, the city is gearing up to take another step toward improving traffic patterns in the busy Bangor Mall area. Once completed, the Hogan Road extension will run from the intersection with Stillwater Avenue, continuing… Read More
    DEER ISLE – Problems with a water pump forced officials to cancel classes at Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School on Thursday. According to Superintendent Robert Webster, chafing on an electrical component in the submersible pump in the school’s artesian well cut off power to the pump. Read More
    PITTSFIELD – As part of Maine Central Institute’s Homecoming Weekend events, a community cookout has been planned to give SAD 53 friends, parents and residents a chance to welcome the school’s new headmaster. Christopher Hopkins and his family will be on hand from 5:30 to… Read More
    CALAIS – The number of doctors needed to meet the needs of patients in Maine hospitals is shrinking and Calais Regional Hospital, like other hospitals, faces a doctor shortage. Supply and demand is the problem. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    TRESCOTT – Friends of the Cobscook Community Learning Center are invited to join other volunteers, the staff, and board for a day of trail clearing, painting, and shingling on the CCLC campus from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3. A crew will be… Read More
    TRESCOTT – An all-day musical celebration will be held at the Cobscook Community Learning Center on Saturday, Oct. 11, to dedicate the new bandstand. There will be a full day of music and food. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    AUBURN – A jury has convicted a Maine man of raping and murdering his pregnant co-worker before burying her body in a shallow grave last year. Jurors in Androscoggin County Superior Court deliberated just two hours Thursday before returning guilty verdicts against 45-year-old Richard Dwyer… Read More
    BANGOR – The Maine Democratic and Republican parties are making concerted efforts to involve young people in the 2008 general election campaign. The value of engaging the youth demographic was illustrated when the Maine Democratic Party’s Victory 2008 Coordinated Campaign said it hit the 1… Read More
    BANGOR – A New Hampshire gas company president who oversaw installation of a heating system that caused carbon monoxide poisonings at a Brewer apartment complex last month was not in court Thursday to address misdemeanor charges. Instead, Portland attorney Jay McCloskey entered a plea of… Read More
    BETHEL – Bethel schools were locked down for about an hour while police searched for a woman who robbed a bank manager Thursday on the town’s Main Street. Stephen McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety said the woman displayed a gun to the… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – An Ellsworth man died Thursday afternoon in a motorcycle accident on Route 1A. According to a report from the Ellsworth Police Department, Kristopher Jordan, 34, was traveling south on Route 1A near O’Halloran’s trucking company at about 3:35 p.m. when the accident occurred. Read More
    LIMERICK – Biologists say a fish whose species poses serious environmental risks has been pulled from a southern Maine lake. A koi fish was pulled from Pickerel Pond in Limerick. Wildlife officials say it’s illegal to bring the invasive, carplike fish into Maine. Koi aren’t… Read More
    WASHINGTON – Maine agencies this week received federal grants that are designed to help prevent drunken driving, improve highway safety and reduce the number of DNA samples awaiting analysis at the state police crime laboratory. In addition, the Penobscot Nation will receive a $37,000 grant… Read More
    GLENBURN – Two men with criminal records and a female accomplice were caught red handed Wednesday leaving an abandoned Hudson Road house with a load of stolen copper, according to police. A neighbor saw a truck pull in behind the deserted building at around 5:45… Read More
    PORTLAND – The defense has begun calling witnesses in the trial of a Massachusetts boater accused of causing two deaths on a Maine lake. Prosecutors called their last witness to the stand Thursday morning before resting their case in the trial of Robert LaPointe of… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Maine’s fall foliage has started to turn – but not much. The Department of Conservation’s second foliage report of the season reports very low color change and very low leaf drop across the entire state. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – A decision by President Bush to lift a moratorium on oil drilling off the U.S. coast will have implications for Nova Scotia. There has been a lot of interest in the Georges Bank area in the Gulf of Maine, a lucrative… Read More
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    ORONO – University of Maine women’s ice hockey head coach Dan Lichterman announced that Karine Senecal was hired as an assistant coach. Senecal was the team’s graduate assistant coach for the 2007-08 season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
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    HERMON – A ceremony will be held before tonight’s Hermon High School boys soccer game to dedicate and recognize the completion of phase two of the Greater Hermon Community Athletic Complex. The public is welcome to attend the ceremony which will begin at approximately 6:15… Read More
    STANDISH – Saint Joseph’s College scored four first-half goals en route to a 4-1 field hockey victory over Fitchburg State Thursday. Kayla Nowell had two goals for 3-1 Saint Joseph’s. Julia Ostrowski had a goal and an assist and Amanda Sebastiao scored her first college… Read More
    OLD TOWN – The Presque Isle girls soccer team controlled play from start to finish Thursday as the Wildcats shut out Old Town 3-0, handing the Coyotes their first loss. Sarah Porter gave 4-1 Presque Isle a 1-0 halftime lead with an assist from Chelsea… Read More
    BANGOR – Sara Bradshaw, Katherine Cotter and Tianna Faunce each scored two goals to pace the Searsport Vikings to a 7-3 girls soccer victory over Bangor Christian on Thursday. Kali Berenyi had a goal and an assist for the 4-1-1 Vikings. Paige Bradshaw made five… Read More
    WATERVILLE – Mack Susi scored from 12 yards out on a pass from Phil Frost with about a minute left in the game to give Bangor a 2-1 boys soccer victory over Waterville on Thursday. Frost scored Bangor’s first goal 14 minutes into the game… Read More
    BANGOR – Every time Bangor Community Theater appears to be down for the count, it rises like a phoenix from its own ashes, according to a longtime member. This month, BCT will present an original musical revue, “Labours of Love,” at Peakes Auditorium at Bangor… Read More
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