RANGELEY — Ron Smith of RHR Smith & Company presented the completed 2012-13 town audit at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting. Smith said that because revenue projections had come in a little higher than expected and expenses a little lower, the town is in good financial shape. The reserve accounts total about $9 million, with $1.6 million […]
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College Basketball: Knight, Wood nominated for national award
Tom Knight of Dixfield and the University of Notre Dame and Liz Wood of the University of Maine are among 201 college basketball players from across the country nominated for this year’s Allstate Good Works Team. The honor recognizes players who combine a spirit of volunteerism and community involvement with strong performance in the classroom. […]
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Collapsed culvert closes Route 119 in Paris
PARIS — A mile-and-a-half stretch of Route 119 between the two ends of Halls Pond Road was closed to traffic Wednesday as work crews fixed a collapsed culvert. Vehicles were diverted around Halls Pond Road. According to Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted Talbot, emergency road crews were called to the area late Tuesday morning […]
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Scarborough voters reject year-round leash law
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Scarborough voters have overturned an ordinance that requires dogs to be leashed year-round on town property. The law was enacted by the town council in October in response to the threat of a $12,000 federal fine after an unleashed dog killed an endangered piping plover chick on a town beach in July. […]
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Dad of son, 4, who brought loaded gun to day care pleads guilty
AUGUSTA (AP) — The father of a 4-year-old boy who brought a loaded gun to day care has pleaded guilty to reckless conduct. Adam Keene of Madison said Tuesday he’s grateful nobody was harmed when his son brought the gun to Rollins Family Child Care Center in Hallowell in April. Day care workers found the […]
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‘Curb Appeal’ co-host, Maine native, dies in San Francisco crash
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A co-host of the HGTV show “Curb Appeal” has been killed in a motorcycle accident in San Francisco. The San Francisco medical examiner identified 38-year-old Bill Beckwith as the victim of a crash near the city’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood Monday night. He was riding a motorcycle that was struck by a car. […]
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Offshore wind project would add jobs, but cost hundred of millions
AUGUSTA — An offshore wind power pilot project for the Gulf of Maine could still cost the state’s electric ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a 20-year power purchase agreement now on the table before the state’s Public Utilities Commission. The project, headed by the University of Maine, replaces a similar […]
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Organizers say Blue Angels will return to Maine in 2015
BRUNSWICK — The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels aerobatics team will return to perform in Maine on Labor Day Weekend, 2015, according to organizers of the Great State of Maine Air Show in Brunswick. The air show and affiliated Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the organization leading the conversion of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station for […]
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Scallop prices strong as season opens in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine scallop fishermen kicked off their season Monday with some of the highest per-pound prices ever seen, helping to offset harvesting restrictions put in place to better manage the fishery, a state official said. Fishermen in the scallop-rich waters of Cobscook Bay near the Canadian border were being paid $12 to $13 […]
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Maine wreath maker gears up for annual delivery to Arlington National Cemetery
HARRINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Maine-made wreaths will soon be headed to Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. Maine-based Wreaths Across America is gearing up for the annual trip. The truckloads of wreaths are due to leave Harrington, Maine, this weekend. This year, about 100,000 balsam wreaths are being shipped to Arlington, and even more are […]