AUGUSTA (AP) — A bus tour promoting action on climate change is coming to Maine. The “I Will Act on Climate” bus is coming to Bangor and Portland on Monday as part of its tour to more than 20 states to rally support for action that would address climate change. Environmental and business representatives, community […]
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Maine flags to be at half-staff for four-star general
AUGUSTA (AP) — Flags will fly at half-staff over Maine National Guard facilities on Tuesday to honor the late Gen. John R. Dean Jr. Dean died last month at age 94 in Bangor. He led a 40-year military career in which he retired as a four-star general in charge of the Army Material Development and […]
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Surprise over tax hike shows public’s apathy
It’s said that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. But vigilance is impossible unless people make an honest effort to stay informed. We were prepared to deliver a stern rebuke to the uninformed and apathetic this morning, but that would be pointless. That you are reading a newspaper likely shows you are an informed, […]
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Search for missing hiker highlights need for more trained volunteers
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A 10-day search for a missing Appalachian Trail hiker highlighted the state’s need for greater numbers of search-and-rescue volunteers. The search by air and foot for Geraldine Largay, 66, of Brentwood, Tenn., who was last seen July 23 on the trail north of Saddleback Mountain, yielded no physical evidence of the experienced […]
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Search for missing AT hiker scaled back
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The search for Geraldine Largay, 66, of Brentwood, Tenn., has been scaled back significantly, according to the Maine Warden Service. Warden investigators will continue to chase down leads and gather information, including more cellphone data. Some of that data takes time to get, said Doug Rafferty, a Warden Service spokesman. Largay sent […]
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A couple of Quimby zingers are real eye-openers
Hold the phone! Stop the tape! Roxanne Quimby is doing what? She — or at least the organization that represents her and her vast land holdings — is opening 40,000 acres of her Maine woodlands to hunting this fall! That’s right. According to Quimby’s son, Lucas St. Clair, who heads up Elliotsville Plantation, Inc., in […]
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Maine Media Day: Cole looking for more sack time
ORONO — Mike Cole is accustomed to doing everything with maximum effort, especially on the football field.For that reason, most of the last 10 months have been torture for the University of Maine senior.The hard-charging Cole’s patience has been tried extensively during his recovery and lengthy rehabilitation of a torn left quadriceps (thigh) tendon injury […]
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LePage and Collins try jet simulator at Maine Pratt & Whitney plant
NORTH BERWICK — Gov. Paul LePage used a celebration of employees at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick facility Friday morning to remind the airplane manufacturers and corporate executives in attendance that there are more workers available elsewhere in Maine as well. Pratt & Whitney is producing in the York County town the […]
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Verso posts $39 million loss in second quarter of 2013, says natural gas delivery costs partly to blame
Citing high natural gas delivery costs in Maine Verso Paper Corp Friday reported a net loss of $39.2 million in the second quarter of 2013. In a release the company stated its operating loss for the quarter was $8.5 million which compared to a loss of $9.5 million for the second quarter of 2012. “Last […]
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LePage to fly fighter – without leaving the ground
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is feeling the need for speed. LePage will fly a fighter jet in an F-35 cockpit simulator Friday as part of an employee appreciation at Pratt & Whitney in North Berwick. Joining him at the event are U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Maine House Speaker Mark Eves. […]