MACHIAS — The father tried earlier this month in Washington County Superior Court in connection with the death of his 12-year-old diabetic son was found not guilty of manslaughter on Monday. In addition, Superior Court Justice Robert Murray found Edward Smith, 44, formerly of Lubec, guilty of one count of aggravated furnishing of a scheduled […]
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Convicted rapist allegedly assaulted sleeping woman in Belmont
BELMONT — A convicted rapist from Montville was charged over the weekend after a woman told police he had assaulted her at her Belmont residence. Edwin Furbush, 44, had been visiting the home on Saturday evening and had drunk alcohol when he was there, according to a news release issued Monday by the Waldo County […]
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Holiday weather boon for some, bust for others
“With over 30 inches of snow on the ground, a few hours of warm weather is not a concern,” said Chris Farmer, the general manager of Saddleback Ski Area near Rangeley. Maine’s notorious, if not fickle, winter weather this year has given plenty of snow to some parts of the state dependent on winter tourism […]
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Man charged in Wilton slaying is the son of a convicted killer
LEWISTON — Dana Craney Jr., a man charged in the death of his grandmother in Wilton, is also the son of a man who was convicted of murder in 1993. In 1990, the gunshot-riddled body of Leon Michaud, a 73-year-old used furniture dealer and auctioneer, was found in a culvert off a rural Auburn road by […]
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Without the three ‘Ps’, good luck bagging a deer
The more I hunt deer the more I understand one thing: Most of the time in the deer woods, a hunter who practices the three “Ps” will, over the years, bag the most deer. Patience, perseverance and persistence, these makeup the deer hunter’s critical triad. Without these, any successes that you have will be mostly […]
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Maine sees ‘dramatic spike’ in FairPoint complaints, but public advocate says state lacks ‘any real leverage’
AUGUSTA — On Nov. 1, an ice storm broke a telephone pole and took down two FairPoint Communications telephone lines on Monhegan Island, laying them across the community’s main drag, Blackhead Road. FairPoint workers rigged a temporary fix that restored phone service, but they couldn’t immediately replace two broken telephone poles. Sheets of plywood were […]
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Baxter State Park officials seek $10,000 from hiker to pay for search
MILLINOCKET — In a rare move, the Baxter State Park will request that a hiker pay the $10,000 it cost to search for him earlier this month. Two men from Ontario, Canada, spent several days camping in Baxter State Park in early December but did not register, as is required. On Dec. 8, one of […]
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13,000 T-Mobile cellphone customers in Maine eligible for part of $90 million national settlement
AUGUSTA — Some 13,000 Mainers who are former and current customers of cellphone carrier T-Mobile USA Inc. might be eligible for part of a $90 million settlement against the company for engaging in a practice known as “mobile cramming.” Mobile cramming, according to a news release from Maine Attorney General Janet Mills, is when a […]
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Speaker of Maine House and Gov. LePage disagree on state’s employment picture
AUGUSTA — Mark Eves, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, said Friday the state is still lagging behind the rest of New England when it comes to job creation. Eves, D-North Berwick, was reacting to the last round of employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows employment levels for the […]
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King, Pingree urge federal government to buy more Maine blueberries
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Angus King and Maine’s 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree are urging the federal government to purchase more of their state’s blueberry crop. The lawmakers have written to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking the department to buy 18 million pounds of frozen Maine wild blueberries to use in school lunch and […]