BOSTON (AP) — A sailor making a Maine-to-Florida solo trip who was reported missing by his sister when he had not been heard from in several days has been found safe. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman says 61-year-old Stephen Crane was spotted by an aircraft on Friday morning about 70 miles off Long Island, N.Y. […]
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Dover-Foxcroft man faces meth charges
CHARLESTON, Maine (AP) — A Dover-Foxcroft man has been arrested on drug charges after police found what they say were chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine in the pickup truck he was driving. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says 33-year-old Joel Frigon had been under investigation for several weeks after police were told he […]
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MMA: Lemke to face Ortolani for NEF Maine State lightweight title
LEWISTON — New England Fights (NEF) announced Thursday that Jon Lemke (3-1) will face John Ortolani (7-7) for the vacant Maine State MMA Lightweight Championship in the 10th anniversary event on Sept. 21 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. “Lemke-Ortolani was an obvious choice contest for our lightweight championship that was left vacant after Dez ‘Predator’ […]
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In the wake of bankruptcy, keeping Maine’s rail network intact ‘strategically critical’
Speculation is growing over what the long-term economic impacts will be to the bankruptcy of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Experts interviewed by the Bangor Daily News, however, say businesses served by the railroad shouldn’t experience any immediate impacts as a result of the company’s bankruptcy. The railway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, […]
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Groups join in effort for new Maine bear hunting referendum
BANGOR — For the second time in a decade, animal rights groups are seeking a public vote to ban three bear hunting practices. The groups have also asked providers of food products used as bear bait to stop supplying leftover food waste to bear hunters. The Coastal Humane Society, Animal Refuge League and Animal Wildlife […]
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Changes to Maine’s property tax relief programs catch many off guard
LEWISTON — Changes to a state rent and property tax relief program aimed at helping low- and middle-income individuals and families are catching many who benefited from the program off guard. Many are no longer eligible for the programs and others are learning that their rebates have been steeply cut. About 75,000 Maine households will […]
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Sen. Angus King talks about how to get things done in D.C.
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, sat down for a conversation with the editors and owners of the Sun Journal Thursday. King spoke on a range of topics from gridlock in Washington to the successful passage of federal legislation to fixing the interest rates on student loans to how he works as a member […]
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Schools face new debt for MaineCare payments
AUBURN — Nearly 20 public school systems in Maine are being asked to repay often sizable MaineCare funding from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Robert Nadeau, a lawyer representing 12 of the school systems, including the Auburn School Department, said he’s aware of more than $2 million the department is trying to […]
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Maine conservative Senate candidate dances in Speedo
AUBURN — A state Senate candidate seeking election in 2014 said he’s proud of a video clip that includes footage of him dancing in a Brazilian Speedo. Eric Brakey of New Gloucester said Tuesday that the footage of him dancing in front of a mirror is part of a national ad campaign he worked on […]
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Wardens focus search for missing AT hiker Geraldine Largay on about 4.2 square miles
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee was intensified and concentrated Sunday, but no new clues were found, according to the Maine Warden Service. The service also said the search effort, which has gone on for more than 10 days, would be “extensively scaled back.” As many as 115 wardens and […]