FORT KENT — The general consensus at the Fort Kent International Duck Derby on Sunday was that it was nearly impossible to look at 5,000 smiling, yellow plastic ducks in the back of a potato truck and feel anything but happy. The derby was a fundraiser for two local charities spearheaded by the Greater Fort […]
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Billed as ‘toughest event on the planet,’ Tough Mudder obstacle course draws more than 13,000 to Westbrook
WESTBROOK — “The finish line is the thing I’m looking forward to the most.” Those words, uttered by first-time participant Tim Maloney of Chicago, could have been said by several thousand people gathered at Sunset Ridge Golf Links in Westbrook on Saturday morning to run in the first Tough Mudder event held in Maine. Billed […]
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19-year-old Lincoln man killed in single car crash
LINCOLN — A police officer’s memory and a mother’s telephone call led officers to a young man killed in a car crash late Saturday night on Bagley Mountain Road, officials said Sunday. Nicholas Haynes, 19, of Lincoln was found dead by Officer John Walsh about 11:20 p.m. at the end of Bagley Mountain Road farthest […]
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Home sweet houseboat: Recycled shipping containers enliven Belfast waterfront
BELFAST — A Maine man, known for the elegant yachts he builds in Brooklin, is turning heads in Belfast with a very different type of vessel — a jaunty red houseboat made out of recycled shipping containers. Steve White, the owner of Brooklin Boat Yard and a partner at Belfast’s Front Street Shipyard, said he […]
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Service to 911 in Brunswick from Verizon Wireless phones restored
BRUNSWICK — Service from Verizon Wireless phones to 911 and the police business lines was restored early Saturday. “As of 3:30 a.m. Saturday, the third party company that processes 911 calls for parts of Maine confirmed that cellular calls to 911 were again being completed successfully for wireless carriers,” Michael Murphy, spokesperson for Verizon Wireless […]
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Museum airplane damaged in Owls Head hard landing
OWLS HEAD — A 1930 airplane from the Owls Head Transportation Museum received minor damage Saturday evening when it lost power and landed just off the runway at the adjacent Knox County Regional Airport. No one was injured, but the 1930 Pitcairn single-engine plane was towed from the airport back to the museum, according to […]
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Bear hunt begins Monday
RUMFORD — Maine’s black bear hunting season starts at 5:19 a.m. on Monday for those who stalk or still-hunt and use bait. Bait season runs through Sept. 20, whereas stalking season ends on Nov. 29, the same day the regular firearms season for deer ends. Bear trapping season runs from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31 […]
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LePage says state helping GNP find partner, but his patience with nonpayment ‘is running thin’
EAST MILLINOCKET — The local paper mill won’t restart unless its owner finds a financial partner, and that likely won’t happen until at least the November election, if ever, Gov. Paul LePage told millworkers on Thursday. LePage partly chided and defended mill investor Cate Street Capital and the Great Northern Paper Co. LLC it formed […]
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Bangor man arrested after allegedly firing handgun in apartment in front of his caseworker
BANGOR — A 59-year-old man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he fired a bullet into the ceiling of his Bangor apartment in front of his caseworker, according to Bangor police. Officers arrested James Corbett, 59, of 60 Cumberland Street about 3:45 p.m., about three hours after he allegedly raised a Glock 9 mm over his […]
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Cutler campaign launches second TV ad, renews call for early debates
LEWISTON — In a television advertisement released Thursday, Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate in the Maine governor’s race, again challenges his opponents to debate the issues with him. Cutler is facing Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Maine’s 2nd District Congressman Mike Michaud, the Democrat in the race. The advertisement, the second this week launched by […]