OTISFIELD — Where were you during The Great Ice Storm of 1998? On Thursday, Nov. 7, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Otisfield Community Hall, the Otisfield Historical Society will feature memories of the storm. But first, they need some help from those who experienced it. “Fifteen years and nine months after the ice storm […]
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Not being there triggers frustration, memories
It’s a warm, rainy morning here at my new home on Branch Lake. Foggy, too. A scud layer is moving in from the nearby coast and the once-bright foliage has begun to fade. It would be a good day to still hunt deer, to sneak silently through a cedar bog, but deer season is still […]
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Former N.H. House Speaker says Maine fell behind because of taxes
SOUTH PORTLAND — Former New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien told a South Portland audience Friday afternoon Maine lost its economic edge over his state after World War II, when it added cumbersome taxes and watched as the Granite State passed it by. O’Brien’s appearance as the keynote speaker for the conservative Maine Heritage Policy […]
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LePage meets with Maine police on state’s drug crime problems
AUBURN — Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Friday he would be advancing a package of legislative proposals and other actions to help combat drug-related crime. LePage said he would work to see that infants born drug-dependent would be removed from their parents’ custody. In 2013, 835 babies were born drug-dependent, largely from the abuse of […]
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Bellows makes stop in Lewiston to start U.S. Senate campaign
LEWISTON — Androscoggin County’s Democratic faithful flocked to Forage Market on Lisbon Street on Wednesday cheering on Shenna Bellows, who made a 40-minute stump stop in the city announcing her campaign for the U.S. Senate. Bellows, of Manchester and the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, is hoping to unseat […]
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Stolen keys cause security concerns at USM
PORTLAND (AP) — The University of Southern Maine is stepping up security after someone broke into a school-owned van and stole keys that gave access to nearly 50 buildings on the Portland and Gorham campuses. University officials say the security breach placed millions of dollars of personal property as well as confidential records at risk. […]
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Police: Maine sex offender arrested for having contact with kids
FAIRFIELD (AP) — A man on the state’s sex offender registry has been charged with having prohibited contact with a minor after parents told police he was seen with children at a Fairfield athletic field. Police said 49-year-old Timothy Hayes of Prentiss Plantation was seen with boys ages 6 and 8 on his lap. The […]
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Foreign students settle in at Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — Marcus Wrangbert wasn’t sure what he wanted to pursue as a career, so he decided to become a foreign exchange student to the United States. The 17-year-old from Sweden is one of three foreign exchange students attending Mountain Valley High School for the 2013-14 school year. He is a junior. “I like the […]
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Pair suffers minor injuries when small plane crashes into Moosehead Lake
NORTHEAST CARRY TOWNSHIP (AP) — Maine State Police said a man and woman escaped serious injury when their single-engine plane crashed into Moosehead Lake while attempting a water landing. Police said 31-year-old Thomas Coleman of West Forks was piloting a pontoon-equipped Cessna 185 when it crashed into the lake and sank at about 7 p.m. […]
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Another billionaire to build on Mount Desert Island
MOUNT DESERT — As a town with one of the most expensive in Maine in terms of property values, it has long been a place where millionaires build summer estates. Billionaires, by virtue of their wealth, are a bit more rare on Mount Desert Island but not unheard of. According to paperwork at the local […]