CASCO — Four Navy SEALs will swim the 13-mile length of Sebago Lake this summer to help military families go to camp next year. The SEALs hope to raise $80,000, or enough money for 40 military families to attend Camp Sunshine, a Casco camp for children with life-threatening illnesses. Two of the SEALs planning to […]
June 2014
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Man charged in connection with Thursday night stabbing
BANGOR — Police on Friday afternoon arrested a local man in connection with a stabbing Thursday night on Warren Street in Bangor. Anthony Bowie, 24, of Bangor is charged with elevated aggravated assault, according to a news release issued by Bangor Police. The 25-year-old male victim was stabbed at the junction of Warren and Sanford […]
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Cardboard boxes located too close to dryer vent caused laundry fire
THOMASTON — A fire Friday morning heavily damaged a building residents of an apartment complex use to do laundry. There were no injuries, but the town department called in the state fire marshal’s office to investigate this fire, which was the second one in town within a week. Officials determined the fire was caused by […]
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Girls’ lacrosse: Yarmouth holds off Cape Elizabeth for Class B crown
Grace O’Donnell netted six goals — including three in the first seven minutes — and keeper Mary Kate Gunville stopped a pair of key shots as time ran from the clock in the second half to help the Clippers to a 13-10 win over Cape Elizabeth at Fitzpatrick Stadium. The title is Yarmouth’s fourth in […]
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Celebration of lupine underway
DEER ISLE — The Deer Isle-Stonington Lupine Festival is underway in Hancock County. The three-day celebration of summer and lupine flowers began on Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s events include a trip through the archipelago to Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, a nesting site for pelagic birds. Sunday’s schedule includes a Lupine & […]
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Marine from New Hampshire killed in Afghanistan
CONCORD, N.H. — Federal and state officials say a Marine from New Hampshire has been killed in Afghanistan. Gov. Maggie Hassan says Lance Cpl. Brandon Garabrant was dedicated to service to his country and his death was a tragedy. She offered her condolences to his family, as did U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte. […]
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Michaud leading Portland Pride Parade
PORTLAND — The Democrat who would become the first openly gay candidate in the country to become governor if he unseats Gov. Paul LePage in November is leading the pride parade in Maine’s largest city. Mike Michaud is serving as one of the grand marshals of the Portland Pride Parade today. The six-term congressman is […]
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Parents, teachers work to educate rising number of Maine kids diagnosed with autism
BANGOR — Jacob Lewis did not enjoy the fourth grade. He said he regularly felt cornered and frustrated in class. He got into trouble often, but he did not know why. He could understand instructions from teachers, but he didn’t get why they were given, so he didn’t follow them, prompting teachers to scold him. […]
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Class B baseball: Greely sidesteps Caribou
BANGOR — Reid Howland was merely looking to hit a fly ball as he stepped to the plate in the top of the seventh inning Saturday. What came off his bat was even better — an RBI single through a drawn-in infield that produced the only run of the game as Greely High School of […]
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H.S. softball: Madison tops Calais for Class C crown
Madison’s freshman second baseman thought she had produced a measly two-out single Saturday, but as she legged it around the bases, her hit to right became something far greater. “When I hit it, I didn’t think it was going to go that far,” Wood said. “I thought I was just going to get a base […]