The men from central and western Maine who played baseball for John Winkin at the University of Maine said Sunday they are mourning the loss of a great teacher and mentor with an unequaled passion and mind for the game “It’s a sad day, because he was great man,” said Bill Reynolds, who played catcher […]
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Lubec woman rescued by teens, firefighters after being pulled over dam’s spillway
EAST MACHIAS — A Lubec woman jumped off a dam into Gardner Lake, but the current pulled her down over a spillway Sunday afternoon. She suffered a broken leg in the fall, and two teenage boys came to her aid and pulled her out of the fast-moving stream below. The East Machias Fire Department was […]
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Missing Orrington man found dead in Hampden
HAMPDEN — Searchers found an Orrington man missing since Thursday dead inside his SUV near Ammo Industrial Park on Saturday. Michael Miller, 40, had not been heard from since about 8 a.m. Thursday. His wife believed he might have been within a 5-mile radius of Center Drive. Searchers from Down East Emergency Medical Institute found […]
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GOP ticket in Maine features conflicting views
LEWISTON — She’s been endorsed by labor unions, a leading environmental organization, a national gay rights group and Maine’s popular independent U.S. senator, Angus King. At first blush it would be easy to mistake Susan Collins — seeking her fourth term in the U.S. Senate — as a Democrat. But Collins is most decidedly a […]
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Maine environmental board OKs higher mercury emissions limit for Dragon Cement
PORTLAND — The Maine Board of Environmental protection will permit the Dragon Cement plant in Thomaston to operate under federal emissions standards that raise the amount of mercury the plant could release into the air by 68 percent, as production increases. Marc Cone, head of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Air Quality, said […]
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In Milo, a home is built with the Earth
MILO — An unusual home is being raised in a Milo neighborhood populated with average suburban homes. Teacher and mother of one Kara Taheny is using polypropylene earthbags to create a bio-benign, passive home that’s made with bags filled with dirt from her land. “I love the idea of finding systems that work for us […]
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Tornado touched down in St. Albans, weather service confirms
ST. ALBANS — Officials with the National Weather Service’s Gray office confirmed a tornado touched down in the Somerset County town during a storm Tuesday. John Jensenius, a morning coordination meteorologist with the Gray office, said Thursday morning the twister was on the ground for about 2¾ miles, and the width of the twister was […]
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Asylum seekers ask to join suit challenging LePage ban on aid to undocumented immigrants
PORTLAND — Two women seeking asylum from the country of Burundi have asked to join a lawsuit challenging a state policy proposed by Gov. Paul LePage that would eliminate reimbursement to communities that provide General Assistance to undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and Maine Equal Justice Partners filed […]
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Income and tax levels for candidates in Maine governor’s race vary greatly
AUGUSTA — Annual earnings and how much they pay in taxes varies greatly among the candidates for governor. One pays more in state property taxes than he would earn as governor. One pays property taxes in Florida but not in Maine. And one pays about $500 less in property taxes on his home and a […]
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Study faults Maine for poor ‘rainy day’ planning, but lots of other states fare worse
AUGUSTA — The balance in Maine’s rainy day fund has been the source of considerable State House drama in recent months, but a new study by a respected national group highlights that piling up cash reserves is not just political theater. The state’s rainy day fund is essentially state government’s savings account. How it should […]