BREWER (AP) — Republican Charlie Summers is holding a series of town hall-style meetings in his campaign for the U.S. Senate. The first of five of the meetings takes place on Friday at a bank in Brewer. Summers calls the meetings “conversations” with Mainers. He says he will share his views on how to cut […]
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Man charged with murder in Cushing shooting
CUSHING (AP) — Maine State Police say one man is dead and another man is facing a murder charge after a shooting in the coastal community of Cushing. Police say 48-year-old Richard Mills was shot in his home at about 8 p.m. Thursday. Responding officers took 40-year-old Andrew Kierstead of Tenants Harbor into custody shortly […]
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Third poll for September suggests King still leading in U.S. Senate race
Despite nearly $2 million of negative television advertising aimed at him, former Maine governor Angus King appears to be holding on to a double-digit lead in the race to replace retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. A poll released Thursday by Rasmussen Reports, a conservative-leaning polling agency, suggests King, an independent, is favored by about 45 […]
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Mercier convicted in cold-case murder
SKOWHEGAN — A jury has found Jay S. Mercier of Industry guilty of murder Thursday in the death of Rita St. Peter of Anson, according to the Bangor Daily News. The 32-year old cold-case murder trial was sent to the jury in the late morning. Watch the Sun Journal for more details.
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Officer: Teen driver lucky to survive collision with logging truck in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD — A Waterville teenager is lucky to be alive after the car she was driving collided with a logging truck Wednesday morning, according to police. Anna Clark, 18, was heading south on Route 201 in her Volkswagen Beetle when she drifted over the center line and struck the rear axle of a northbound truck […]
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Feds: Maine can’t make families repay food stamp benefits
Maine families on food assistance won’t have to repay benefits that were erroneously handed out by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, federal officials said this week. DHHS in late July notified about a third of the Mainers who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, that their […]
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Lottery proposed for elver-fishing licenses
PORTLAND (AP) — With baby eels becoming a lucrative catch, more people will be going after elvers in Maine rivers, but the amount of fishing nets will remain the same under proposed new regulations that establishes a lottery system for new elver fishing licenses. The Department of Marine Resources published proposed rules this week based […]
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Casablanca Cinema closes
BETHEL — The Casablanca Theater has closed. The four-screen theater shut down last Thursday. A sign on the billboard and on the Casablanca website says, “We are closed. Thank you for your patronage.” Owner Elaine Riendeau said Monday that the number of customers has been declining for several years, but that the advent of digital […]
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Mill executives say Maine paper industry viable, but challenges remain
BANGOR — Executives from three of Maine’s paper mills told 50 businesspeople that reports of the demise of Maine’s pulp and paper industry have been greatly exaggerated. “Maine is 92 percent forested,” said Keith Van Scotter, president and CEO of Lincoln Paper and Tissue. “If paper and pulp is going to be made anywhere, it’ll […]
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Loud music in Dexter leads to pot bust
DEXTER (AP) — Police investigating “extremely loud” music in Dexter instead found what they call a marijuana growing operation. Chief Kevin Wintle said he and another officer were on routine patrol on Tuesday evening when they came to an area from which music was blasting. He told the Bangor Daily News he smelled the strong […]