ALLAGASH — Two hundred fifty dollars and a gallon of gin. That’s the current reward for any information leading to the recovery of a prized family heirloom taken about a month ago in Allagash. Missing is a vintage 20-foot Old Town Guides Special wooden canoe that last was seen tied up at the village’s public […]
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70-pound gravestone of Houlton’s founder stolen
HOULTON — Police are seeking the public’s help to locate the grave marker of the town’s founder, which was apparently stolen from a local cemetery. Houlton Police Chief Butch Asselin said Tuesday evening that police believe the 70-pound grave marker was stolen between Sept. 4 and Sept. 6. The tombstone was taken from Evergreen Cemetery […]
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Official offers details on East-West Highway plan to chamber
JAY — “I can tell you in all honesty that I’ve never been as excited about a role as I am about this one,” said Darryl Brown, Program Manager for the East-West Highway project, at the Jay-Livermore-Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce meeting last Friday. Brown is working with Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue, who has spearheaded […]
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Spanish teens ending student exchange in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Fernando Ranz, with his cutoff jeans, Quiksilver T-shirt and boy-band haircut, looks like a typical American high school student. He and seven of his classmates from Madrid, Spain, are getting over a little culture shock as they come to the end of their three-week exchange session at Rangeley Lakes Regional School. The five […]
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GOP group to spend $600,000 on Maine U.S. Senate race
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Charlie Summers is getting another television boost — the biggest yet — from the National Republican Senatorial Committee in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, an official said Tuesday. The committee is spending $600,000 over the next two weeks on the TV campaign, said an […]
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Portland’s first female harbor pilot dies
CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — The first female harbor pilot for Portland Harbor and the first woman to join the elite Portland Marine Society has died at age 48. Captain Susan Clark piloted more than 1,000 ships into Portland Harbor through Portland Pilots Inc., where she’d worked since 2001. She died Thursday after a battle with […]
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Toll cheating costing states millions
Thousands of vehicles are repeatedly blowing through Maryland E-ZPass lanes without an E-ZPass transponder, and the state is doing little to collect the millions of dollars in unpaid tolls. One car-rental company owes the state nearly $209,000 in unpaid tolls and penalties, despite having received nearly 7,000 letters over four years, according to state figures. […]
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Developer planning 7-tower project on former Portland scrapyards
The plans, to be publicly considered for the first time by the city this week, propose seven towers between 120 feet and 160 feet in height for much as 90,000 square feet of retail space and 600 or more residential units, plus more than 1,000 parking spaces, on the 3.25-acre Bayside parcel. “Those are big […]
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Couple charged in Bangor home burglary of ex-MLB player
Andrea Bouchard pleaded guilty Monday to receiving stolen property from Stairs’ Bangor home, as well as charges connected to burglaries in Milford and Kenduskeag. Prosecutors say the 28-year-old Bouchard pawned stolen items. WABI-TV reports that her husband, 34-year-old Jamie Bouchard, is charged with burglary in the Stairs case and others. He’s being held on $30,000 […]
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OOB man gets year in prison on child porn charge
PORTLAND (AP) — An Old Orchard Beach man has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography charges. Ludger R. Binette was also sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland to 10 years of probation. The 65-year-old Binette pleaded guilty in April. Federal prosecutors say in 2009, […]