The gut-wrenching cost of prescription drug abuse was apparent last week in Franklin County Superior Court. Valerie Webb, 49, sobbed her way through a sentencing hearing for furnishing methadone to her daughter last year. That daughter, Alysha Webb, took her mother’s methadone and returned to her nearby mobile home. And that’s where Valerie Webb found […]
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Credit unions see more business after Bank of America fee flap
LEWISTON — Maine Family Federal Credit Union opens 90 to 100 new accounts in an average month. In October, that hit 137. “We received a lot of phone calls after Bank of America made their announcement (of a proposed $5 monthly debit card fee),” said President and CEO Rachel Caron, who has 18,000 members between […]
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Accomplished musician Troy MacGillivray to appear at Skye, Unity
CARTHAGE — Troy MacGillivray will bring his energetic, roots-centered fiddling and piano playing to Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center and Unity College for the Performing Arts on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 16 and 17, presented by New England Celtic Arts. MacGillivray’s musical prowess can be attributed to an especially rare combination of commitment and bloodline. […]
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Maine needs a strong bonds package in 2012
With borrowing costs at historic lows, it makes little sense to delay new investments. On Oct. 19, the Maine Better Transportation Association announced that Carol Kelley had won the organization’s 2011 “Worst Road in Maine” competition for her submission of Route 141 near Swanville and Belfast. Her son Michael’s shouts of pain from a rod […]
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Winter ticks affecting Maine moose population
With the imminent release of the latest “Twilight” vampire flick, “Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” comes another bloodsucking saga, this one in the Maine woods. Winter tick “cluster bombs” in the tens of thousands have ambushed moose this month and last. The arachnids are taking their first blood meal and settling in for the winter. […]
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College Football: Towson runs down Black Bears, 40-30
ORONO — The University of Maine stood alone atop the Colonial Athletic Conference for one full week. Now the Black Bears find themselves in a three-way, two-week battle for the conference. Towson rejoined the Black Bears in first place after its 40-30 win Saturday at Alfond Stadium. The Tigers rushed for 334 yards and forced […]
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Closing in on coyotes
In 2003, then-commissioner of Maine Fish and Wildlife, Roland Martin, suspended Maine’s snaring program on coyotes. We were told that the suspension was a response to a threatened lawsuit from an animal rights group. The suspension was to be temporary. For the following eight years, however, coyotes pretty much had a blank check when it […]
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Farm program information available online
BANGOR — USDA Maine Farm Service Agency Executive Director SED Don Todd has announced that state farmers and ranchers have a more efficient, timely option for receiving FSA program eligibility requirements, deadlines and related information. “FSA is now offering free online communications through our GovDelivery electronic news service,” said Todd. “News will now be sent […]
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College Football: Maine and Towson battle for first place Saturday
Last Nov. 13, when a 4-6 University of Maine team defeated a 1-9 Towson University team, Jack Cosgrove didn’t have any grand illusions about the next time his Black Bears would see the Tigers. In fact, Cosgrove still finds it a little hard to believe that Maine and Towson are the top two teams in […]