NORRIDGEWOCK — A man who was hit by a car while crossing U.S. Route 2 near his home in Norridgewock on Tuesday night died at the hospital. Stanley Worthley, 70, was struck by a Toyota Highlander heading west at about 5 p.m., the Kennebec Journal reported Wednesday. Worthley had been visiting a neighbor across the […]
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Maine college grads missing out on overlooked student loan tax credit program
AUGUSTA — It’s been more than five years since Maine created tax credits for college graduates who remain in the state to work, but only a fraction of graduates take advantage of the program because of the state’s failure to effectively market it, lawmakers and advocates say. Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as […]
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Amato’s to close in Houlton, Presque Isle
HOULTON — Fifteen employees in Houlton and Presque Isle will enter the new year knowing that they lost their jobs now that two Amato’s Restaurants in Aroostook County are closing. The franchises in Houlton and Presque Isle, owned by Micah Desmond and his wife, Jessica, will close Saturday, Desmond announced Wednesday. At the same time, […]
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Maine’s political gaffes fetch mea culpas in 2013
AUGUSTA — They put on clown noses in committee, lambasted each other with crude insults on television and spent time thinking with or about their “man brains.” Maine politicians, both Democratic and Republican, were anything but boring in the things they did or said in 2013. And it wasn’t even an election year for most […]
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Searsport teen accused of pushing tin soldier in shopping cart
BELFAST — A teen pushing a life-size model soldier in a shopping cart around downtown at 3 a.m. Friday, Dec. 27, raised some eyebrows, leading to a police investigation of the strange scene. Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden said Tuesday that officers who responded to the report of suspicious activity found tracks in the slushy […]
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Red Claws make Gaines ringing in the New Year
PORTLAND — If the arrival of Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo is indeed on their horizon, the Maine Red Claws aren’t talking about it. Rest assured that if and when Rondo does indeed undertake a much-discussed rehab stint with the Red Claws, he won’t be taking Frank Gaines’ place in the starting lineup. Gaines poured […]
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About a foot of snow falls on parts of Maine; more coming this week
PORTLAND — Another snowstorm has knocked out power for more Maine homes and businesses as a stormy December featuring more than 2 feet of snow and a prolonged ice storm draws to a close. The National Weather Service says the latest snowstorm Sunday night brought the snow total to 26.2 inches in Portland. That’s more […]
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Portland restaurant space becoming rare, expensive
PORTLAND (AP) — Insiders in Portland’s burgeoning restaurant industry are running into a new problem — a lack of affordable space for new eateries. The city’s food reputation was built on the backs of young chefs opening their own places. But as space shrinks and rents rise, some worry that soon the only people able […]
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Sanford home heavily damaged by kitchen fire
SANFORD (AP) — A fire in Sanford has destroyed a home and killed two dogs. Officials say the blaze broke out in the kitchen of the single-family Putnam Street home just before 1 p.m. Sunday. The resident was not home, but a neighbor called the fire department after spotting smoke. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and […]
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Backtracking and taking a hard look back at 2013
The New Year is almost always a welcome event, even if we are all a year older. The slate is clean. As we look ahead it’s a lot like a field of virgin snow. As we move on, the tracks we leave will take us to unseen ground. This is especially sweet for outdoor people […]