OAKLAND (AP) — The first solar-powered Habitat for Humanity home in New England is being opened to the public. The beige ranch house in Oakland will open on Sunday after 15 months of construction. Mike Grant, a member of the Waterville area organization’s chapter’s board of directors, tells the Morning Sentinel that the opening ceremony […]
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Maine solicits bids for state’s wholesale liquor contract
AUGUSTA — The state’s wholesale liquor business is up for grabs to the lowest bidder. The contract to administer and provide trade marketing for the state’s hard liquor business could be worth more than half a billion dollars over the 10-year contract. The state is looking for a company that will share more of the […]
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Dead Poets founder, a Freeport resident, visits his 300th grave
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man who’s devoted himself to honoring the memory of poets from the past has now visited 300 grave sites of poets ahead of this weekend’s fourth annual Dead Poets Remembrance Day. Walter Skold of Freeport reached the milestone Monday when he visited the burial sites of Anne Whitney, William Reed […]
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Hartford man leads police on 100 mph chase
MARS HILL (AP) — A Hartford man who led police on a high speed chase that reached speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour is facing a variety of charges. Maine State Police said officers attempted to stop a vehicle shortly after midnight Friday morning for speeding, but the driver failed to stop. Officers chased the […]
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Retired judge to probe Bath building sale
BATH (AP) — A former Maine Superior Court judge has been hired to investigate the disputed sale of city-owned property in Bath. The city sold the former Bath Memorial Hospital building in May for $799,000. The council on April 17 unanimously approved the deal. The building is assessed at $6.5 million. Critics said the city […]
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UMaine stadium to get high-def video scoreboard
ORONO (AP) — The University of Maine’s sports stadium is getting a new high-definition scoreboard next year. The university announced Thursday that UMaine benefactors Phillip and Susan Morse have donated $800,000 to fund the scoreboard as well as support the baseball program. The new scoreboard for UMaine’s football and track and field programs will be […]
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With turkeys gone wild, Maine expands hunting
PORTLAND (AP) — Once nearly wiped out of existence, turkeys are running wild. Buoyed by what’s been called the most successful wildlife restoration project ever, wild turkeys are eating crops, ruining gardens, crashing into cars and motorcycles and even smashing through suburban windows. Nonexistent in Maine 26 years ago, the turkey population has increased to […]
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Scarborough council approves tough new leash law
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — The Scarborough Town Council has approved an ordinance that requires dogs to be leashed year-round on all town property just months after an unleashed dog killed a protected piping plover chick on a beach. The decision made Wednesday means that a $12,000 fine proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will […]
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Passamaquoddy finance director fired
PLEASANT POINT (AP) — The finance director of the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s Pleasant Point Reservation in Maine has been fired after tribal leaders discovered that he pleaded guilty to embezzling $2.66 million from a South Dakota tribal college. Passamaquoddy leaders said the man they hired in the spring to oversee an $11 million budget gave his […]
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Fall colors nearing peak throughout Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s fall foliage colors are gradually approaching their peak conditions throughout the state. State conservation officials said in their weekly fall foliage report on Wednesday that Aroostook County and the western part of the state are now reporting peak conditions. The eastern part of the state from Calais to Bar Harbor is […]