June 2014
Auburn’s Lost Valley looks for ideas to save alpine skiing
AUBURN — Despite this past winter that seemed like it only just ended, a co-owner of Lost Valley, the only Alpine ski hill in the Twin Cities, said that without help the resort would be unable to open for another season of skiing and snowboarding. “We’re looking for ideas,” said Lincoln Hayes, a co-owner of the […]
Teens’ tweets give glimpse into circumstances before Rangeley crash
LEWISTON — The Sunday evening accident that critically injured a Massachusetts teenager was preceded by Twitter updates that could be seen as prescient. Hailey Murphy of Wakefield, Mass., tweeted at 5:08 p.m. Saturday “This car ride will be the death of me” as she and her graduating classmates from Northeast Metro Regional Vocational School in Wakefield, Mass., […]
Teens’ tweets give glimpse into circumstances before Rangeley crash
LEWISTON — The Sunday evening accident that critically injured a Massachusetts teenager was preceded by postings on Twitter. Hailey Murphy of Wakefield, Mass., tweeted at 5:08 p.m. Saturday “This car ride will be the death of me” as she and her graduating classmates from Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School in Wakefield, Mass., were headed to a rented […]
EPA proposal would cut Maine power plant emissions by 13.5 percent
PORTLAND — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants Maine power plants to reduce emissions by 13.5 percent in 16 years, as part of a national plan to reduce emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The proposed rule signed Monday by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy seeks to meet the national goal by giving states until June […]
Colby grad presumed dead after accident on Mount Rainier
WATERVILLE — Officials say one of the six climbers who likely fell thousands of feet to their deaths while attempting to scale 14,410-foot Mount Rainier was a graduate of Maine’s Colby College. Colby spokesman Steve Collins said Massachusetts native Eitan Green graduated from Colby with a major in anthropology in 2009. He was a member […]
Maine AG attributes 176 deaths to drugs in 2013
AUGUSTA — Drugs killed 176 people in Maine in 2013, marking just the third time in the past 15 years the death toll has topped 170. According to figures released by the Maine Attorney General’s office on Monday, there were 13 more drug-induced deaths in Maine last year than in 2012. Of the 176 deaths, […]
Old Town veteran recalls treating D-Day wounded
SEVEN LAKES, N.C. — Seventy years later, Ray Lambert is still haunted by waves. Listening to the waters of Lake Auman lapping against the dock behind his pine-shaded home, the 93-year-old is transported back to a beach on the northern coast of France. With a faraway look in his eyes, Lambert is suddenly a young […]
H.S. Tennis: Leavitt, McCarthy make it a Falmouth sweep; Silverman tops Hammond in semifinals
The Brunswick senior gutted out a first-set win over Falmouth’s Olivia Leavitt and went ahead two games in the second, destined to atone for last year’s loss to Leavitt in the state singles final. But Leavitt had the last laugh Monday, rallying to win six straight games to force a third set, where she battled […]
Massachusetts teen critically injured in Rangeley rollover
Teens’ tweets give a glimpse into circumstances preceding Rangeley crash: The Sunday evening accident that critically injured a Massachusetts teenager was preceded by Twitter postings. RANGELEY — A Massachusetts teenager in Maine for a graduation celebration was critically injured Sunday night when the car she was a passenger in rolled over at the bottom of Dodge […]