WASHINGTON (AP) — A Passamaquoddy basket maker who was born in Indian Township, Maine, has been recognized along with nine others by the National Endowment for the Arts. Molly Neptune Parker and the others were honored Wednesday night as National Heritage fellows at the endowment’s awards banquet in Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, who […]
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Roxanne Quimby makes top 100 largest landowners in U.S. list
ELLSWORTH — A person whose name is familiar to many Mainers has joined the ranks of the top 100 largest private landowners in the country, according to a national publication that focuses on land uses and transactions. , who co-founded Burt’s Bees natural cosmetics firm and has purchased thousands of acres of forest land in […]
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Maine man gets 30 years for killing dad
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Maine man accused of beating his father to death has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Angelo Licata, who lived in the central Maine town of Detroit, was sentenced Wednesday in Somerset County Superior Court. He had pleaded guilty to killing 63-year-old Alfred Licata in his Cambridge home in July […]
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Second triple-murder suspect nabbed in nighttime raid
The Massachusetts State Police SWAT team, FBI and local police had their guns drawn as they ambushed and arrested triple murder suspect Nicholas J. Sexton early Thursday morning during a “no-knock” nighttime raid in Brockton, Mass. Sexton, 31, of Warwick, R.I., was arrested at a woman’s house in Brockton at about 4 a.m. on a […]
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Maine election commission seeks input tonight in Lewiston
LEWISTON (AP) — A panel that’s looking at Maine’s election process is holding a public hearing. The Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine is holding a hearing at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Lewiston High School. The five-member panel was appointed in May to study voter participation, the voter registration system and the […]
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Belfast man gets 9 years for friend’s death
BELFAST (AP) — A Belfast man found guilty in August of shooting his best friend has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The Bangor Daily News reported a judge on Wednesday sentenced 21-year-old Luke Bryant to 15 years in prison with nine years to serve, and four years’ probation. He was ordered to pay […]
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Dead Poets founder at halfway mark of grave goal
PORTLAND (AP) — The founder of the Dead Poets Society of America is halfway to his goal of visiting the gravesites of 500 bards. Walter Skold on Thursday is visiting the gravesite of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s brother Samuel at Portland’s Western Cemetery. Skold says Samuel Longfellow was a hymn writer, pastor and poet. It’ll be […]
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Rangeley selectmen OK firetruck purchase
RANGELEY — In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Board of Selectmen approved Fire Chief Tim Pellerin’s request to purchase a used firetruck in good condition to replace firetruck No. 3 stationed in Oquossoc. When the truck’s brakes failed, the department found that parts to repair them were hard to find and expensive. The truck model […]
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Sebago resident shares his passion for barns
Don Perkins, a self-described “barnologist” and resident of Sebago Lake, has written a book about his passion titled “The Barns of Maine: Our History, Our Stories.” Perkins traveled statewide to survey the people, history and craft of Maine’s barns, compiling his findings on the printed page. In “The Barns of Maine,” he examines the structures, origins […]
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80-year-old County woman dies after being struck by potato truck
BRIDGEWATER — An 80-year-old Bridgewater woman has died after she was run over by a potato truck while working at a potato house. State Police Sgt. Josh Haines said Wednesday that the accident that killed Dorothy Rusby happened at about 2 p.m. Haines said police believe Rusby had been working in the potato house at […]