BETHEL — A day of fun, support and gold is planned for Saturday on the Bethel Common, where the local nonprofit Team Hailey Hugs, created by the Steward family in honor of 10-year-old Hailey Steward, will host its first “Maine Goes Gold” kickoff event. The free-to-attend festival will begin at 8 a.m with a welcoming […]
August 2017
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HS Football: Back from basic, Mtn. Valley's White ready for football
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley’s football team didn’t quite feel whole until senior Nathan White returned from 11 weeks in basic training. White, who comes from a family with a proud military tradition, feels more complete, too. Football wasn’t far from White’s mind while he was grinding through boot camp at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. […]
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Curtain closes on Drapeau's
LISBON FALLS — Nobody can say for sure how many people have suited up over the years with outfits from Drapeau’s Costumes. The Halloween season alone would see hundreds of rented costumes go out the door: Pirates. Ballerinas. Chewbacas, samurai warriors, Mutant Ninja Turtles and various incarnations of Elvis Presley, to name only a few. […]
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Fire petition in hands of Paris town attorney
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen has agreed to send a citizen petition to the town attorney to restore funding to the Fire Department to determine whether it is a so-called “ping-pong petition.” The board voted 4-1 Monday to send to the town attorney Budget Committee member Richard Merz’s petition to restore the $145,629 cut from […]
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Brunswick Landing closer to becoming energy 'island'
BRUNSWICK — A goal of producing all energy on-site through renewable sources is two steps closer at Brunswick Landing. About a month ago, the business campus signed a lease and power-purchase agreement with Revision Energy to install solar panels on 5 acres, said Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority. Meanwhile, the […]
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Paris per diem firefighters to be laid off by the end of September
PARIS — On Wednesday, the 18 per diem firefighters for the town of Paris received notice they would be laid off at the end of September. In an Aug. 30 letter sent by Town Manager Vic Hodgkins to each per diem firefighter, he explained the actions at the June 17 town meeting have resulted in the […]
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Paul LePage says Donald Trump lumber tariffs threatening jobs
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor is asking President Donald Trump’s administration to ease up stiff softwood lumber tariffs he says are leading to “devastating” job losses. Gov. Paul LePage this month asked U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to exempt Canadian provinces such as New Brunswick and Quebec from the tariffs. Softwood lumber like […]
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Ride-sharing service Lyft expands to 32 states including all of Maine
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When management upheaval, allegations of corporate espionage, and revelations of sexual harassment sent Uber into a public relations sinkhole, its long overshadowed rival Lyft shifted into overdrive. The company seized the opportunity to recruit disillusioned drivers so it could be more responsive to passengers searching for a ride-hailing alternative to Uber. […]
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Jury selection, trial scheduled in Wilton murder case
FARMINGTON – A former Wilton man accused of fatally shooting a New Sharon man June 1, 2016, in Wilton is scheduled to select a jury Sept. 8 for a trial scheduled in late September, according to court documents. Timothy Danforth, 25, now of Farmington, is accused of shooting to death Michael Reis, 24, outside Danforth’s […]
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Bruce Poliquin seeks headstones for veterans' families interred in tribal cemetery
When family members of a veteran are buried in national and state veterans cemeteries, the federal government pays for headstones to mark their resting place. But the law doesn’t extend to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians’ new Tribal Veterans Cemetery in Aroostook County. That’s something that U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican whose 2nd […]