MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont’s Democratic Party is trying to paint Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Brock as a hard-right conservative by criticizing his choice of political headliners for his upcoming fundraisers: the GOP governors of Maine and Virginia. Brock is calling the tactic nasty, negative campaigning, and says appearances by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maine […]
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Airplane with smoke in cockpit diverted to Maine
BANGOR — A Scandinavian Airlines Airbus 330 has been diverted to Bangor International Airport because its cockpit filled with smoke. It landed safely. The airplane, which had 230 passengers and 12 crew members on board, was enroute from Newark, N.J, to Copenhagen, Denmark, when it was diverted to Bangor on Wednesday. It landed shortly before […]
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Waterfront development in high gear with Concerts stage repositioning, park work
BANGOR — A decades-long effort to redevelop Bangor’s waterfront is gaining momentum, and will be at full speed this fall with construction and site work done for both a repositioned Waterfront Pavilion concert venue and a new Waterfront Park. Construction on both projects could begin as early as September. The reorientation of the Waterfront Concerts […]
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Drugs driving crime rates up in Maine
Crime in Maine is up. So is the cost of fighting crime as Maine grapples with technology-savvy crooks and increased investigative costs, according to Public Safety Commissioner John Morris. The Department of Public Safety released 2011 crime statistics on Tuesday, reporting a 5.4 percent increase in crime compared to 2010. That’s the biggest single-year jump […]
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Tolls too much: Auburn Hall crowd gives Turnpike Authority an earful
AUBURN — For Lewiston’s April Girouard, a proposed toll hike doesn’t have anything to do with regional equity, transportation promises or economic development. It means it’s going to cost more to get to her job in Scarborough. “I’m just a Joe Blow. I’m not a senator or a lawyer; I’m just trying to survive,” Girouard […]
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First major poll on Maine’s U.S. Senate race indicates King leads
AUGUSTA— Former Gov. Angus King has a wide lead over his Democratic and Republican rivals in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, and supporters of same-sex marriage have an edge in their November contest, according to a new poll released Monday. King, an independent who was Maine’s governor from 1995 to 2003, had 50 percent support in […]
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Maine’s Franco-American task force set to meet Tuesday
AUGUSTA — A state legislative task force on Franco-Americans will hold its first public meeting Tuesday. The task force, established by the 125th Maine Legislature, is charged with gathering basic data about Franco-Americans and finding ways to promote and preserve the Franco-American heritage that is shared by many Maine residents. Among other things the task force […]
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New Auburn Manager learning the territory
AUBURN — GPS devices are great, but they don’t help you get really familiar with a new city, Clinton Deschene, Auburn’s new city manager said Monday. “I have to learn quite a bit,” Deschene said before his first City Council meeting. “They’re going to take me on some tours of projects facing public works, and […]
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Marriage trends don’t bode well for children
The Sun Journal recently reported on the increasing number of unwed mothers in Maine. Forty percent of the children born here are now born to single mothers. For women under 30, the youngest group, 51 percent of babies are now born to unmarried mothers, which signals the trend will continue. But on this Father’s Day, […]
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Bonds that bind at Crater Laker
Sportsmen, especially those of us who still have traits of boyhood lingering beneath the surface, like to form clubs or groups that foster fellowship and camaraderie. Two such groups stand out for me. One is a hunt group and the other is a fishing group. The hunt group, the Skulkers of Seboeis, is still around […]