PORTLAND — Four companies Friday asked a bankruptcy judge to put the shuttered Old Town Fuel and Fiber into Chapter 7 bankruptcy to satisfy their claims the company owes them more than $1 million. Red Shield Acquisition LLC, the corporation that owns the wood pulp mill and other assets in Old Town, will have an […]
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$2 million donation enables Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor to reopen
BAR HARBOR — With hopes of improving the property’s physical condition and restoring its cultural significance, a nonprofit group purchased the historic Criterion Theatre. The Bar Harbor Jazz Festival purchased the Cottage Street art deco theater, built in 1932, from Erin Early Ward, according to Michael Boland, president of the festival’s board. Boland, who co-owned […]
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Westbrook man charged with firing gun at cab driver
WESTBROOK — Police on Monday arrested a Westbrook man who allegedly shot a gun at a cab driver Sunday night following an altercation on Carlson Street. Keith W. O’Brien, 30, is charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, aggravated reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and falsifying physical evidence, according to a release from […]
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British manufacturer makes good on Caribou expansion plans
British filter manufacturer Porvair has started on a 7,000-square-foot expansion at the site of Chand Eisenmann Metallurgical, which it acquired last year for $5.5 million with the promise of new investment. The company said in a statement that construction on the approximately $1 million expansion will be completed in December, increasing the facility’s production capacity […]
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Fatal hayride accident in Mechanic Falls draws call for oversight
LEWISTON — In the wake of a hayride accident Saturday that claimed the life of 17-year-old Cassidy Charette of Oakland, state lawmakers were hesitant to say whether Maine’s growing farm entertainment industry should be better regulated when it comes to transporting people on trailers or wagons. Another 22 passengers suffered injuries, many serious, in Saturday’s […]
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GOP’s Collins remains popular in independent Maine
CARIBOU (AP) — Susan Collins, the last moderate Republican from New England in the U.S. Senate, credits her childhood in northern Maine with shaping her values. She says she learned the importance of hard work by age 10 while plucking potatoes from cold dirt during the harvest break in Caribou for 30 cents a barrel. […]
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Urban bow hunting offers many challenges
Before I took up the bow, deer hunting was quite conventional. You layered up with long johns and wool clothing, grabbed the .30-30, some shells, a compass and then you spent a quiet — usually uneventful — day in the solitude of Maine’s woods. Now, long before November, I hunt deer in September during the […]
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College hockey: Maine drops another in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team dropped a 5-2 decision to Alaska in the Kendall Hockey Classic on Saturday night in Anchorage, Alaska. The Black Bears got goals from Blaine Byron(Manotick, Ontario) and Devin Shore (Ajax, Ontario) in the game. Maine falls to 0-2-0 on the young season, while Alaska […]
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New poll shows LePage leading governor’s race
PORTLAND — A new poll on the race for Maine governor suggests Republican Gov. Paul LePage has a significant lead over the Democratic nominee, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, while independent candidate Eliot Cutler has nearly 20 percent support. But the poll released Thursday by the Portland-based Pan Atlantic SMS, which surveyed 400 Maine residents in the […]
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State House candidates share views during Lewiston forum
LEWISTON — A forum featuring 19 candidates running for seats in the Maine Legislature touched on a wide range of issues during nearly two hours of discussion at the Franco Center on Wednesday. Hosted by the Young Professionals of the Lewiston-Auburn Area, candidates running for House and Senate seats talked about everything from hiking the […]