ORONO — “Fill the steins to dear old Maine …” That is the opening line of the University of Maine’s renowned fight song made popular decades ago by Rudy Vallee. This fall, Black Bear football fans — age 21 and older — will be allowed to do just that during home games at Alfond Stadium. […]
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Woman robs Saco Dunkin’ Donuts
SACO (AP) — Saco police are on the lookout for a woman who robbed a city Dunkin’ Donuts shop at gunpoint. Police say the woman entered the store on Portland Road just after 8 p.m. Wednesday, showed a black handgun, demanded cash and told employees that two men were waiting for her in a vehicle […]
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Auto rally aims to draw attention to missing children
FALMOUTH (AP) — Two pairs of Mainers are participating in an eight-day, cross-country car rally to draw attention to missing children. Bill and Valerie Sowles of car dealer Morong Falmouth and Maine tourism director Carolann Ouellette and Tina Scheer from TV’s “Survivor Panama” left Maine on Wednesday. They’re headed for Independence, Ohio, for the start […]
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John Bapst students grieve after classmate’s death in dump truck collision
BELFAST (AP) — The victim of a traffic crash in Prospect has been identified as a 16-year-old junior at a Bangor high school. A spokesman for the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department says a car driven by Owen Krause of Stockton Springs collided head-on with a dump truck at about 7 a.m. Wednesday. He was the […]
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Leaves a third of way to peak in northern Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — The colors are changing in Maine. State forestry officials say fall foliage in northernmost Maine is now a third of the way to peak color. The second 2012 Fall Foliage Report, which came out Wednesday, says overall leaf color is 30-50 percent toward peak, with low leaf drop in all of Aroostook […]
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Maine home sales increase in August
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine increased 15 percent in August over a year ago, with the median sales price rising 3 percent. The Maine Association of Realtors says real estate agents last month sold 1,255 homes in Maine, up from 1,090 in August 2011. The median sales price was […]
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Rangeley issues outdoor festival permits
RANGELEY — Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved outdoor festival permit applications for Moose Alley and Sonja Johnson’s Scarecrow Ball. Town Manager Tim Kane reported that Atlantic Recycling of New Hampshire had reduced the price for the transfer station’s new compactor from $33,103 to $32,903, which included removal of the old compactor. Kane said that he […]
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LePage, Democratic leader plan to fix state ethics issues
AUGUSTA — Two of the state’s top political leaders are vowing a bipartisan effort to make government ethics, accountability and transparency key issues in the upcoming legislative session. Republican Gov. Paul LePage and House Democratic leader Emily Cain are responding to a national report that gave Maine government an “F” for ethics because of its […]
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Judge hears arguments in lawsuit over Orono school’s treatment of transgender child
BANGOR — A Superior Court judge will decide whether a lawsuit filed by an Orono couple over the local school district’s handling of their transgender child’s transition from male to female will go forward. Justice William Anderson heard oral arguments on motions for summary judgments Wednesday morning at the Penobscot Judicial Center. The family, along […]
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Police: Pedestrian in Blue Hill killed by car driven by girlfriend
BLUE HILL — A Deer Isle couple had been arguing before the boyfriend was run over by his girlfriend last weekend in Blue Hill, police said Wednesday. Andrew Ray, 31, died at the local hospital after being run over by his girlfriend, Kimberly Phelan, 29, sometime around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, said Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy […]