Does anybody really believe Vice President Gore when he says that the manual recount in Florida is about the “rule of the law” and the “will of the people”? These are two things Gore cares very little about. We all know that the manual recount… Read More
BAR HARBOR – An Ellsworth woman was killed Tuesday morning when she lost control of her sport utility vehicle and careened into a rock ledge, Bar Harbor police said. Barbara Lee, 54, was driving south toward Bar Harbor on Route 3 about 7:30 a.m. when… Read More
CARIBOU – The Cary Medical Center will offer free flu vaccines 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, at the Stockholm School. A limited amount of flu vaccine is available at Cary Medical Center’s free flu shot clinics. Vaccines will be given first… Read More
The name fits Primo restaurant in Rockland, run by award-winning chef Melissa Kelly and her fiance, Price Kushner, was one of the best new restaurants in the United States in the December issue of Esquire Magazine. Food critic John Mariani writes, “Here, for the first… Read More
BAR HARBOR – Town councilors approved a plan Tuesday that will permit some active town employees to withdraw funds from their retirement accounts after they reach the age of 701/2 years. The decision will affect about half the town’s employees, those who chose the deferred… Read More
Do you remember way back when the presidential candidates were talking about Social Security instead of chads and butterfly ballots and vote counting? And do you remember those rosy campaign promises to let people take back part of their Social Security tax payments and invest… Read More
SKOWHEGAN – Two teen-agers accused of fatally shooting two horses as they grazed in a Pittsfield pasture have been ordered detained at the Northern Maine Juvenile Center in Charleston. Judge James MacMichael issued the order during a District Court hearing Monday and set an arraignment… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The Aroostook County branch of the American Red Cross is offering classes in adult, infant and child CPR, with first aid, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at the branch office, 141 State St. Participants may register for the full class or for the… Read More
BOSTON – The University of Maine women’s basketball team has been subjected to tremendous defensive pressure by opponents in recent games. Boston University implemented the same strategy Tuesday night, utilizing effective full-court pressure and half-court trapping that resulted in 27 Black Bear turnovers and paved… Read More
ELLSWORTH – The Hancock County Children’s Council is offering support to parents as they deal with the holiday season and its stress. Ronda Alley, regional parent involvement coordinator for the Maine Parent Federation Inc., will be available from 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays during the… Read More
Urban and suburban sprawl entered the political scene during the recent election in a new and potentially significant way. A favorite argument against Question 2 in the recent election charged that a vote for the referendum was a vote for sprawl. Small landowners, it was claimed, would be… Read More
BATH – Offering himself up as an example, Maine Chief Justice Daniel Wathen urged students Tuesday to avoid the “big mistakes” in life and told them that they will succeed if they keep searching for their niche. Wathen described himself as 16th out of a… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – Maine Centers for Women, Work and Community will continue in 2001 to combine its fund-raising efforts with recognizing Aroostook County women for their achievements. The Presque Isle center is accepting nominations for its 2002 “Celebrating Women of Aroostook” calendars. Aroostook residents are… Read More
Boston Red Sox All-Star Nomar Garciaparra will honor Maine area kids for their hard work this past summer when he presents $46,500 to the representatives of 10 youth groups that completed community service projects as part of the Fleet All-Stars Program. Garciaparra will present a… Read More
BLUE HILL – St. Francis By The Sea Episcopal Church will be host of a traditional procession with carols to celebrate the Advent season. The event will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at the congregation’s temporary home at the First Congregational Church. Read More
BREWER – Like many others in the region, the local school department is feeling the pinch of escalating fuel and utility prices. The potential impact of price increases for heating fuel, electricity and similar expenses on this year’s school budget was among the issues that members of the… Read More
The Santa’s Helper Fund total in just one day has risen by almost 10 percent. That means contributors have raised almost $15,000 for The Salvation Army. There’s still plenty of time to add your name to the list of donors. Consider a gift to someone… Read More
Ashland Community High School First quarter honor roll Seniors, highest honors: Melissa Muffler, Randall Perry; high honors: Leslie Bessey, Rebecca MacDonald, Andrea Millett, Michelle Muffler, Matthew Raymond; honors: Donnie Burby, Geoffrey LeBlanc, Joshua Lewin, Melissa McCausland, Jeremy O’Clair, Melinda O’Clair, Corey Skinner, Jennifer Tibbetts. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – US Youth Soccer recently named Freeport’s Mike Healy as the 2000 Region 1 Youth Boys’ Coach of the Year. Healy, who received Soccer Maine’s Youth Boys’ Coach of the Year award last March, was chosen for the Region 1 award from a list… Read More
ELLSWORTH – The Down East Family YMCA will host an open house demonstration for QiGong. The demonstration will be held 7- 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the Ellsworth Community Center in the Mill Mall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
The Bangor Police Department is stepping up its efforts this month to curb drinking and driving, promoting a national campaign designated as “You Drink & Drive – You Lose.” From placing red ribbons on police cruisers to publicizing the names of people arrested for drunken… Read More
PEMBROKE – A Bangor ambulance service says it is willing to ride to the rescue of the nearly 30 Washington County communities that will be without ambulance service by the end of the week. Towns from Danforth to Wesley have less than 48 hours to… Read More
GRAND LAKE STREAM – The body of a 47-year-old Tuscarora, Pa., man missing since October was found Tuesday afternoon about three miles from the point where he went into the water. On Oct. 12, Patrick Dowling was in a motorboat with a fishing companion when… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Bill Busch, Mike O’Leary, and Albert Mayer each had a goal and an assist to lead the Bowdoin College Polar Bears past Colby 5-2 Tuesday night in men’s hockey action. The win in the 173rd meeting of the two teams boosts Bowdoin’s record… Read More
BAR HARBOR – An American Indian basket collection from New Mexico is headed to the new Abbe Museum. The collection owned by Dianna Baker has been donated to the museum. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
BANGOR – Gov. Angus King has been asked to appoint a new treasurer for Penobscot County. Bangor Democrat Patricia Blanchette, who has served as county treasurer since 1994 and who also has served 12 years on the Bangor City Council, was elected last month to… Read More
PALMYRA – There is a at least one four-legged fugitive, and possibly two, in the woods and fields bordering Interstate 95 in Palmyra. For more than two weeks, area police and animal control officers have made repeated trips to Mile Markers 146 and 147 northbound… Read More
Presque Isle budget approved > City tax rate not likely to be affected by $8.7 million spending plan
PRESQUE ISLE – The city’s tax rate is not expected to be affected by the City Council’s approval of an $8.7 million budget for 2001. Without much comment, councilors OK’d the spending plan Monday evening. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
FAIRFIELD – Teachers at Lawrence High School have endorsed the idea of switching to longer classes. Staff members who have studied the concept now must draft a proposal to send to Superintendent Dean Baker and the SAD 49 board early next year. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
HARRINGTON – A meeting designed to help parents and students learn more about financial aid for college is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Narraguagus High School. Guest speaker will be Stephanie Larrabee, financial aid director at the University of Maine at Machias. Read More
LUBEC – Authorities issued a statewide alert Tuesday night for a man who stabbed a Washington County sheriff’s deputy and fled in a pickup truck. Deputy Jamie Denbow, a contract officer for the town of Lubec, was struck in the leg after he stopped to… Read More
BANGOR – A man from the Kennebec County town of Winthrop was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on three counts related to possession, receipt and interstate transportation of child pornography over the Internet. Adam Dean, 39, faces a maximum possible penalty of 40… Read More
EAST MACHIAS – The past month has been a busy one for Klaus-Peter Voss as he settles into his job as superintendent of SAD 77. The veteran Maine educator was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, and taught there for 10 years before coming to… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Piscataquis County District Attorney R. Christopher Almy is firing off a letter this week to the Superior Court administrator asking that more trial time be given to Piscataquis County. Almy, like other local officials, isn’t happy that so little court trial time is… Read More
BUCKSPORT – The public will have a chance to participate in a straw vote Thursday designed to measure response to a proposed site for a new middle school. The Bucksport School Committee has set a public hearing for 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the… Read More
BANGOR – The proposed location of a methadone clinic planned for the city recently drew fire from its neighbors at the University of Maine at Augusta’s Bangor campus. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Special Committee on Opiate Addiction, the joint panel considered the clinic’s proposed… Read More
AUGUSTA – Gov. Angus King asked President Clinton on Tuesday to send more heating assistance money to Maine to help eligible households cope with unexpectedly high fuel prices. The state received an extra $5 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program money in September,… Read More
CALAIS – A 19-year-old man who was arrested at the international border was being held without bail Tuesday pending a Dec. 19 hearing on charges that he is a fugitive from a Maryland indictment for child sexual abuse. Assistant District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh said Michael… Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Piscataquis County is one of the luckier counties to have received a federal grant to reimburse some of the costs of incarcerating federal criminals. Piscataquis County commissioners announced at their Tuesday meeting that the sheriff’s department had received a grant of $22,514 for… Read More
LINCOLNVILLE – A new conservation easement involving 61-acre Moody Pond places 1,200 feet of shorefront and 23 forested acres in permanent protection. The easement was contributed to Coastal Mountains Land Trust by Merrymeeting Trust. Merrymeeting Trust trustees are Merritt Blake, Peter Blake, Fred Blake, Cobb… Read More
OLD TOWN – Andy Butler’s name wasn’t mentioned during Tuesday night’s discussion of a proposed skateboard park at a meeting of the city’s parks and recreation board. The Glenburn skateboarder and his death were, however, on the minds of several people who attended the meeting at Leonard Middle… Read More
After learning of Maine Public Radio’s decision to drop its Saturday afternoon opera broadcasts, I felt myself slipping into a state of dudgeon. Had they removed “A Prairie Home Companion,” let’s say, or even “Car Talk” from the public radio line-up, I might have felt… Read More
CORINNA – Selectmen have hired a landscape architecture firm that planners hope will help them work toward developing a marketing and development niche. Gates, Leighton and Associates Inc. of Boothbay Harbor is charged with defining the community’s potential and developing a plan to achieve it… Read More
ROCKLAND – A Rockland woman was injured Tuesday in a three-vehicle rear-ender on Camden Street. Nancy Stone, 51, was taken to Penobscot Bay Medical Center with injuries, Deputy Police Chief Wallace Tower said. A hospital spokeswoman said that Stone was treated then released. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
WINDSOR – A motorist was killed Tuesday night when her car struck a moose on Route 17, authorities said. Gloria Grant, 55, of Windsor was alone in the eastbound vehicle when it hit the moose in the travel lane and the animal slammed into her… Read More
A story appearing Tuesday on the Penquis page misspelled the name of the state court administrator. The correct spelling is James “Ted” Glessner. Tuesday’s Style story on tatting should have said that Elaine O’Donal had made a yarmulke for a bat mitzvah, not a bar… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Nine global positioning systems were recently donated to Sebasticook Valley Hospital by Wal-Mart of Palmyra, according to SVH Trustee Michael Gray. The hand-held systems allow ambulance personnel to find their precise location in order to quickly and accurately guide the LifeFlight air ambulance… Read More
ROCKLAND – A 13-year-old boy was injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Broadway and Pleasant Street, when another driver, whose license was under suspension, struck his mother’s car. Jesse Eustis, a passenger in his mother’s car, was taken to Penobscot Bay… Read More
Bangor Christian Schools First quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Chris Crane, Eric Curtis, Lindsay Dupere, Amanda Elliott, Kathy Fortier, Ken Fortier, Amanda Goodell, Sarah Gunning, Nick Harriman, Ted de la Haye, Hannah Layton, Renee Mick, Merideth Moores, Chris Patterson, Nicole Pelletier, Lisa Phinney, Marissa… Read More
BANGOR – Most Mainers expect to be spending as much on holiday gifts this year as they did last year, when retailers experienced growth of about 6 percent. The majority of Mainers also expect consumer prices to go up within the next six months, according to a survey… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Dwayne Black, the former operator of Shorey’s Funeral Chapel in Pittsfield, recently relocated to Connecticut, leaving the local facility to be operated by Dana McGinnis, former Clinton police chief. According to McGinnis, Black and his family moved out of state last month, a… Read More
ROCKLAND – A group eager to call attention to the condition of the Rockland Recreation Center plans a public meeting Thursday. The session will be at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the center on Limerock Street. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island – Angered by a continuing U.S. ban on Prince Edward Island potatoes, Premier Pat Binns urged the federal government Tuesday to close Canada’s border to American spuds. The U.S. border has been closed since Oct. 20, when potato wart was found… Read More
BANGOR – Maine’s decades-old law prohibiting those under guardianship for mental illness from voting also should apply to those incapacitated for other reasons, such as mental retardation and Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Attorney General’s Office. State attorneys, in a motion filed this week in… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Concerned about a string of break-ins at local businesses, Pittsfield police are asking residents for help. Within the last month, there have been burglaries or attempted burglaries at four area businesses, the latest occurring overnight at Pittsfield Rental Center on South Main Street. Read More
After reading the article about Insurance Commissioner Al Iuppa’s plans to remove some of the mandates for health insurance, I must say that this would be a profound mistake. Whether they like it or not, insurance companies do not really control how much illness there is, nor how… Read More
BANGOR – The driver who nearly killed author Stephen King more than a year ago died in September of an accidental overdose of the painkiller Fentanyl, according to the state Medical Examiner’s Office. Bryan E. Smith, 43, of Fryeburg was found dead in his mobile… Read More
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick – NB Power and two private companies are negotiating with the province to build an 800-megawatt natural gas-fired generator that would sell most of its output to New England. The development follows the collapse of a similar deal between the provincial… Read More
PITTSFIELD – A brief town council meeting was held Tuesday night with the major order of business taking less than 45 minutes and consisting of scheduling future public hearings. A 45-minute executive session, during which the councilors evaluated Town Manager D. Dwight Dogherty, was held… Read More
On Nov. 9 the BDN printed a letter by Mary Lou Colbath of Orono in which she justifiably lamented program changes on Maine Public Radio. At the time I thought that there had to be some mistake. Would they really eliminate the Metropolitan Opera and weekday afternoon classical… Read More
CARIBOU – Nearly 60 high school students from across Aroostook County are taking a class without seeing a teacher or a classmate. But they’ll have regular contact with both through their computer and the World Wide Web. This winter, ECO 2000, composed of 13 County… Read More
Presque Isle District Court Lori L. Saunders, 33, Caribou, operating motor vehicle after suspension of driver’s license, $500, jail seven days, license suspended one year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
NORTHEAST HARBOR – Mount Desert selectmen voted Monday to schedule a public hearing on an ordinance change that would make Main Street’s one-way status permanent. In recent years, the street, which runs north to south, has permitted two-way traffic during slower winter months, but only… Read More
At his inauguration last week as president of Mexico, Vicente Fox promised his country the end of corruption, better education, more attention to human rights, environmental protection and economic progress. His ability to accomplish the impossible is enhanced by his already strong record regarding the improbable. Read More
DOVER-FOXCROFT – Buckshot, the stray bobtail cat that survived multiple pellet wounds to its head, has adjusted just fine to his new Orono home. Anne and George Smith, animal rehabilitators, adopted the 2-year-old cat after reading about his rescue at the hands of Douglas Villone,… Read More
LIMESTONE – Reuse officials at the Loring Commerce Centre have a chance to attract a major aircraft maintenance company that could create up to 350 jobs. However, the commerce center also needs $3 million to get a 145,000-square-foot building – referred to as the arch… Read More
CANONSBURG, Pa. – Garth Snow turned down more money to return to the Vancouver Canucks because he was convinced he would play more in Pittsburgh. Not even Snow, who helped lead the University of Maine’s hockey team to the 1993 NCAA national championship, guessed he… Read More
Even though his Black Bears received three more power play opportunities than Northeastern in Sunday’s 3-3 overtime tie at Portland’s Cumberland County Civic Center, including a five-minute major, Maine coach Shawn Walsh thought referee John Gravallese’s slashing call on Cliff Loya with 2:28 left that set the stage… Read More
MAINE vs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY Time, site: Tuesday, 7 p.m.; Case Gym, “The Roof,” Boston, Mass. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice())… Read More
AUGUSTA – When those attending the Sportsman’s Congress turned their attention to the subject of wildlife, optimism rang through the Elks Lodge in Augusta… until Maine biologist Gerry Lavigne presented the problem at hand. Then good words turned into grumbling. With the final deer harvest… Read More
BANGOR – NASCAR driver Ricky Craven will be signing autographs on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Wal-Mart in Bangor. The autograph session will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. Read More
The tradition of deer hunting in Maine is rich. Allowing a bonus deer to firearm hunters would break with hunting regulations that have existed for at least 75 years. Consider: . In 1873, the first bag limit was set at three deer per hunter per… Read More
As shock and outrage continue to resonate over the recent senseless shootings of two horses in Pittsfield by two 16-year-old boys, it might be a good time to evaluate your community and search for a Bobby Boutaugh. Bobby lives in Millinocket, where I grew up… Read More
COLLEGE Leslie Weed Leslie Weed, of Husson College, has been named the Hammond Lumber player of the week. Weed had 41 points in a conference win over UM-Machias and added 18 in a win over Rochester Institute. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
‘Tis the season to don the warmest gear, brave the wintry elements and head out into the woods in search of greenery for holiday decorating. Decking the house with boughs of fir, pine, cedar or anything green can be an excellent way to overcome the doldrums that can… Read More
PORT CLYDE – A Spruce Head man has been accused of driving to endanger and other charges after fleeing a Saturday night accident, authorities said. Michael Myers, 22, was charged with driving to endanger, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and failure to… Read More
We are writing in response to the article titled, “Hygienist brushes up on microscopy,” by Ruth-Ellen Cohen (BDN, Nov. 3). First, we heartily endorse the message reportedly being delivered to the public by Mary Lynne Murray-Ryder; namely, that gum disease appears to be a risk… Read More
The raffle is continuing as the Bangor Area Children’s Choir works to raise funds for its spring appearance in Washington, D.C. The choir has been invited to represent Maine in the Festival of States Celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which… Read More
MACHIAS – A Pembroke man who barricaded himself inside his house last year after an argument with his wife and son-in-law was sentenced in Washington County Superior Court on Monday. William Billy Rice, 59, who was charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and… Read More
TASHA TUDOR’S HEIRLOOM CRAFTS, by Tovah Martin, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 2000, 160 pages, $25. For anyone who ever has dreamed of a simpler, more basic life – of chucking everything and moving into the woods – “Tasha Tudor’s Heirloom Crafts” is as much about… Read More
WARREN – The central office for SAD 40 has moved to the Educational Service Center (formerly the Warren Primary School). The new mailing and shipping address is: SAD 40 Central Office, Educational Service Center, 44 School St., Warren 04864. The new phone number is 273-4070 and the fax… Read More
BANGOR – The Maine Department of Transportation has announced that traffic will be slowed and diverted through crossovers beginning at 10 p.m. tonight through 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the interchange of Interstate 95 and Stillwater Avenue while concrete “T” beams for the new bridge are installed. Read More
AUGUSTA – A quarter-century of State House institutional memory walked out the door Monday night with Mal Leary, 50, bureau chief of Maine Public Radio. Leary has covered State House politics since 1975, when he was hired as a part-time reporter for United Press International. “I had no… Read More
PORTLAND – A Norway man who challenged the constitutionality of a child pornography law before being convicted of having illegal images on his computer is going to prison for 40 months. David Hilton was convicted by a federal judge last June after his indictment was… Read More
Even when she’s sitting in an airport, people are prone to looking over her shoulder as she manipulates her loom – also known as her hand. Splaying her fingers wound with thread so fine, she uses the other hand to pop the 3-inch piece of plastic back and… Read More
THORNDIKE – People for People, the Waldo County Christmas charity working on its 14th annual project, is making a last-minute appeal for donations. Paul Garelli, chairman of People for People’s board, said donations have been coming in more slowly this year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
VEAZIE – A 40-year-old Veazie man was arrested without incident Monday for a domestic incident that took place during the early hours of Sunday morning, according to Officer Andrew Whitehouse of the Veazie Police Department. After midnight Saturday, Veazie Police were called to a residence… Read More
SACO – A man with a suspended license led Saco police on a high-speed chase before crashing into a carwash over the weekend. Police charged Jean-Louis Beaulieu, 29, of Old Orchard Beach with driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, attempting to elude… Read More
CARIBOU – The Caribou Public Library, Caribou High School library and Caribou Middle School library are announcing the availability of electronic databases that provide library patrons with access to thousands of periodical articles from a wide variety of online databases. Remote users (from home or… Read More
Dear Jim: My old dishwasher leaves food on the dishes and I cannot even hear my husband talking five feet away. What are the newest, quietest designs available? Will they save much energy and are they attractive? – Tamara R. Dear Tamara: Actually, many wives… Read More
ROCKPORT – The University of Maine Symphonic Band will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School. Curvin Farnham, director of bands at UM, will share the podium with Shianne Wheeler, director of bands… Read More
GLENBURN – U.S. Rep. John Baldacci will participate in a spaghetti supper to benefit the Andy Butler Memorial Skate Park. Butler, 15, was killed in June when he was struck by a pickup truck while in-line skating on the AA Landing Road. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
A Superior Court judge has approved a settlement between Attorney General Andrew Ketterer and the state’s largest student-loan agency that keeps the two from quarreling in court over the agency’s conversion to a charitable educational foundation. Justice John Atwood OK’d a deal late Friday that… Read More
WOODLAND – Work has begun on improvements to Eddy Bridge, carrying Route 228 over Caribou Stream, according to an official with the Maine Department of Transportation. The bridge will be widened by 2 feet on each side and new railings will be installed. Traffic will… Read More
A veteran Colby College team and a youthful Bowdoin College squad renew acquaintances for the 173rd time Tuesday evening when Bowdoin’s Polar Bears entertain the Mules at Dayton Arena beginning at 7. Bowdoin holds an 88-78-6 advantage including a 23-16-1 edge at Dayton Arena including… Read More
CAMDEN – The Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce’s “Business Before Hours” breakfast program on Friday will feature a speaker from Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield. Leroy Crockett will discuss the Chamber Alliance Health Insurance Program, which is available for small employers through the Maine State Chamber of… Read More
BREWER – Local educators and their supporters continued Monday night to press for a resolution to their contract dispute with the school committee. Although many other issues were addressed during the school committee’s annual organizational meeting, discussion about the contract impasse, now entering its fourth… Read More
BANGOR – Drivers here and in nine other selected Maine cities now have a choice of waiting in line – or getting online – to renew their car registrations. Maine Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky announced the pilot program during a Monday news conference at… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The Aroostook County branch of the American Red Cross is offering classes in adult, infant and child CPR, along with first aid at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at the branch office at 141 State St. Participants may register for the full… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Maine Central Institute and SAD 53 have been named in a civil suit filed by the Maine Civil Liberties Union alleging that they violated the rights of a 16-year-old student earlier this year. Filed last week in federal court in Bangor by the… Read More