ROCKLAND — A Maine man has been charged in what authorities say is a scheme to trade guns stolen in Maine for drugs from Massachusetts. Maine Drug Enforcement Agency supervisor James Pease says 32-year-old Charles Dodge of Rockland is facing charges of conspiracy to traffic in guns and conspiracy to violate drug laws. He is […]
Maine
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Man robs bank in Island Falls
ISLAND FALLS — Maine State Police are investigating a bank robbery in the Aroostook County town of Island Falls. Troopers are looking for a man who robbed the Katahdin Trust Company shortly before noon on Tuesday. Authorities say he did not show a weapon and was wearing all black when he demanded cash from a […]
advertisement
Posted inOp-Eds
The ice man from Maine and why New York City’s mayor took refuge in Bath
It’s a time of year when ice is a reigning inconvenience. You can’t walk down the sidewalk without slipping on it or drive down the street without skidding on it. For much of our history, however, ice was no nuisance. It was a necessity. For before the advent of electric refrigeration, ice was a cornerstone […]
Posted inOp-Eds
Retrospect shows Snowe’s leaving not a surprise
When Sen. Olympia Snowe announced her retirement, it recalled a day almost exactly 18 years earlier, when Sen. George Mitchell made a similarly late announcement in a re-election race everyone expected him to make. After all, Mitchell was a much-admired Senate majority leader, the only Mainer to lead either house of Congress since James G. […]
Posted inLocal Sports
A hole in one for snappers
For small boat anglers here in the Florida Keys, especially in February and March, wind is always a factor. This is especially so if you are planning to fish the Big Reef on the oceanside. For days we had been kept ashore by a stiff northeast wind that exceeded 20 knots. With a hankering for […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Church to focus on teaching on gay marriage issue
PORTLAND — Maine’s Catholic church will not actively campaign against this fall’s expected statewide referendum seeking to legalize same-sex marriage, but rather will focus on teaching parishioners about the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman, the head of the Catholic diocese said. Bishop Richard Malone on Friday unveiled a 24-page “pastoral letter” […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Suspect owed slain firefighter $3,000
NEWBURGH — A Maine man owed $3,000 to the Florida firefighter he is suspected of killing and told police the firefighter threatened him and his family during a game of pool, according to an arrest warrant. Jerry Perdomo, a Seminole County firefighter and married father of two, disappeared in Maine on Feb. 16. A police […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Acadia National Park visitors spent $186M in 2010
BAR HARROR — A new study from the National Park Service shows visitors to eastern Maine’s Acadia National Park spent nearly $200 million in the park and surrounding towns in 2010. The new report examined the economic benefits that the nation’s 395 national parks brought to their communities during the year. For Acadia National Park, […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Winter storm to hit Maine
GRAY — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for much of Maine for Wednesday through Thursday night with a forecast calling for up to 12 inches of snow in some places. The warning states snow will overspread the region later today and into the evening. The storm is expected to produce […]
Posted inOur View
Balancing celebration with safety
And so it begins. On Thursday, a retail fireworks shop will open in Manchester, the first to be licensed under a recently passed law to permit the use and sale of fireworks in Maine. We’re still about four months from the Fourth of July, the date most typically associated with fireworks, but it’s not too […]