RUMFORD — Finding a crow this time of year is easier than finding a crow hunter despite being in the middle of the winter hunting season. In all but the six wildlife management districts in northern Maine, the winter season on crows runs from Jan. 23 to March 31. The northern Maine season is from […]
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FairPoint workers ratify agreement to end four-month strike
PORTLAND (AP) — FairPoint Communications workers ratified a new contract during three days of voting, ending a four-month strike by more than 1,700 workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, two unions announced Sunday. Workers for northern New England’s primary telephone company were eager to return to their jobs this week after a bitter strike […]
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Weird Wicked Weird: Bending forks and spoons. With your mind.
Gene Ang travels the globe teaching “Quantum Spoon Bending” classes. He’ll be in Maine in two weeks and in Switzerland after that. The 45-year-old from Thousand Oaks, Calif., is quick to point out that his class name is a bit of a misnomer. He prefers teaching people to bend forks. With their minds. “If kids […]
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This February in the running for coldest ever in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — There’s a good chance this February could end up being one of the coldest in the state of Maine. The National Weather Service says since observers started keeping records in Portland in 1941, it’s been the coldest February so far, with temperatures averaging 11.6 degrees below normal. But there’s still over a […]
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Corporate conferences point out loopholes in state ethics laws
AUGUSTA — The recent two-day conference that corporate giant Time Warner Cable put on for Maine legislators has revealed loopholes in the state’s ethics laws that make it difficult for voters to know whether their elected representatives took part. On Jan. 22-23, Time Warner, the leading cable telecommunications provider in the state, invited a select […]
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National Weather Service downgrades weekend storm for much of the state
FORT KENT — Most Mainers expecting to wake up to blizzard conditions Sunday morning were either disappointed or relieved, as the National Weather Service dropped the expected amount of snowfall over most of the state. Heavy snow and high winds are still expected along the coast in far eastern and Down East Maine, according to […]
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Hey, hey, hey it’s fat biking Maine-style
LEWISTON – Fat is where it’s at – and no, we are not talking about your body mass index. The boom in so-called “fat biking” has hit Maine, and riders and bike shop owners are saying if you go fat you are unlikely to go back. “Once you try it, you can’t wipe the smile […]
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A little less, but still a lot: Weather service revamps snowfall predictions
LEWISTON — Just after 8 p.m., with a local bank sign flashing 12 degrees and a stiff wind kicking up snow, Maurizio Cigarini and Massimiliano Cerri wrestled IKEA furniture from a waiting U-Haul up three flights of stairs to Cigarini’s new apartment on Lisbon Street. He had just moved from Italy to Lewiston for work. […]
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There are many factors when calculating moose harvests
Recently, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W) released a summary of last fall’s moose harvest. Of the 3,025 hunting applicants who were issued a moose tag, almost a third — 2,022 — brought home a moose. If you crunch the numbers, 65 percent of last fall’s moose hunters were successful. This is […]
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Maine’s free fishing weekend to be a snowy affair
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s free fishing weekend might be reserved for only the heartiest of souls. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is reminding residents that any person may fish for free without a license on Saturday and Sunday. Those are days when the state could see more snow and high winds as […]