CARIBOU — Gov. Paul LePage has designated $10,000 from his contingency fund for a park in Caribou that honors veterans. The Republican governor’s office said that the funds will go to the Veterans Memorial Park Association to further build and maintain the park. Phillip McDonough, chairman of the association, says the funds will help greatly […]
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Senate president’s PAC faces campaign finance fine
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate president’s leadership political action committee may be fined due to a campaign finance violation. The Maine Democratic Party said Thursday that contributions and expenditures were inadvertently left off two quarterly reports from Senate President Justin Alfond’s “Alfond Business Community & Democracy PAC.” The penalty for such a violation is more […]
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Trashanol: Vendor pitches garbage-to-energy technology to board representing 187 Maine towns
ORONO — While the Department of Environmental Protection considers an application from the Municipal Review Committee to open an integrated solid waste and recycling facility with a landfill in Penobscot County, the MRC board heard a presentation Wednesday from technology vendor Fiberight. Craig Stuart-Paul, chief executive of Maryland-based Fiberight, described how the company’s demonstration plant […]
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Paris police to hold OUI checkpoint Saturday
PARIS — The Paris Police Department, with assistance from the Oxford Police Department and The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Route 26 in Paris on Saturday, July 26, between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. The operation is part of the ongoing initiative, “Drive Sober, Maine!” which is funded by a […]
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Man falls 30 feet after losing footing during photo op on Cadillac Mountain
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A California man has been taken by helicopter to a Bangor hospital after losing his footing Wednesday while posing for a photo near the top of Cadillac Mountain, according to park rangers. It is the fifth rescue by Acadia rangers of an injured or lost hiker in the past three days, […]
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Clinton man sentenced for stealing antiques worth $117,000
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Clinton man has been sentenced to five years in prison for a series of offenses, including the theft of more than $100,000 worth of goods from a Benton antiques dealer. Peter Corson on Tuesday was ordered to serve 18 months of his sentence with the remainder suspended, and two years of […]
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Sidney at odds with farmer over highway goats
SIDNEY (AP) — A Maine town is having problems with goats repeatedly escaping from a farm and grazing on the side of Interstate 95. The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1wW6Rbn) reported that Sidney officials said Mark Gould’s goats were seen grazing astride the highway near mile marker 122 on Sunday and Monday. State law says a domestic […]
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NTSB files preliminary report on plane crash that killed Gray pilot
LIMINGTON (AP) — A preliminary report by accident investigators into a fatal plane crash indicates the single-engine plane clipped trees shortly after taking off from Limington-Harmon Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board said the 1942 Culver two-seat airplane flown by 52-year-old Clarke Tate of Gray appeared to stall before hitting trees on the side of […]
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Three co-workers buy winning $3.1 million Megabucks ticket in Brewer
BREWER — Three men came forward to claim the $3.1 million “Megabucks” jackpot after they purchased the winning ticket at a local convenience store on Saturday, according to a Maine State Lottery official. “It was three gentlemen who worked together,” the lottery official said Monday. The men’s names were not released because winners have a […]
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South Portland City Council bans tar sands
SOUTH PORTLAND — South Portland made history Monday night when the City Council voted 6-1 to pass a land-use ordinance meant to prevent the bulk loading of tar sands oil on the city’s waterfront. It makes South Portland the first municipality in the country to ban tar sands, and sets a major regional and national […]