ISLESBORO (AP) — Islesboro residents are having a special deer hunt on their island to reduce the number of Lyme disease cases and protect the island’s woodlands. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has signed off on a controlled deer hunt to run from Dec. 10 through the end of the year. The island […]
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Women’s Basketball: Maine falls to Minnesota in tourney title tilt
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The University of Maine women’s basketball team earned its first victory of the season on Saturday, then put forth a solid effort before falling to host Minnesota in Sunday’s championship game of the Subway Classic. Coach Richard Barron’s Black Bears defeated the University of Nevada Las Vegas 74-67 on Saturday, before falling […]
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Maine can’t ignore impact of rising seas
Gov. Paul LePage should re-examine his administration’s decision to shelve climate-change planning, a decision that leaves Maine increasingly vulnerable to the sort of devastation recently visited upon New York and New Jersey. The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting explored the issue in a story last week. The climate change debate is complicated, and it […]
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Deer meat recipes are really hot stuff at Thanksgiving
Every year about Thanksgiving time, when food is on the minds of many of us, I dredge up some old standby family venison recipes. If you follow this column, they may have a familiar ring. Still, they are so good they are worthy of a recycle. Trust me on this. Besides, dusting off an old […]
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College football: Black Bears end season with win
KINGSTON, R.I. — If momentum is something a football team can sustain across an offseason, the University of Maine has plenty of reason to be optimistic entering 2013.The Black Bears rolled to their second straight blowout victory to finish off 2012 on a high note, a 55-6 thrashing of the University of Rhode Island on […]
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Lawmakers say Maine could create health exchange
LEWISTON — Maine may have closed the door on the state setting up its own health insurance exchange, but state lawmakers, especially Democrats, aren’t ruling out the possibility. Even some members of LePage’s Republican Party said Friday a bipartisan bill that sets up an exchange in Maine might be possible for the upcoming 126th session […]
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Hockey: Maine, Massachusetts settle for a draw
ORONO — The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team jumped out to an early two-goal lead and then failed to hold on to that cushion when Massachusetts scored the tying goal with 1:08 remaining in the third period as 4,231 fans watched at Alfond Arena Friday night. The game went to overtime, but after […]
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Maine author reads from acclaimed memoir to UMF students, professors
FARMINGTON — Maine author Susan Conley read from her memoir Thursday night as part of the University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writers Series. Conley is a creative writing professor from Woolwich and co-founder of a nonprofit creative writing center called The Telling Room in Portland. She read a passage from her 2010 memoir, “The […]
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Maine forest rangers back from Sandy storm recovery detail
AUGUSTA (AP) — New Yorkers hit by Superstorm Sandy wondered what Maine forest rangers — better known for fighting forest fires — were doing in their neck of the woods during the recovery effort. Kent Nelson of the Maine Forest Service had an answer Friday, a day after the nine-member detail returned to Maine: “We […]
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Hostess workers hope Biddeford plant will reopen
BIDDEFORD (AP) — Workers at a Hostess plant in Biddeford say they hope it will be reopened under new ownership following the company’s decision to cease operations. The Texas-based company told striking workers that the company would go out of business if they didn’t return to their jobs Thursday evening. Pickets remained outside the Biddeford […]