EASTPORT (AP) — Eastport is holding its annual Pirate Festival that recalls the days of yore when pirates were active off the Maine coast. The festival gets under way Friday and continues through Sunday. Festivities include a pirate ball, a pirate parade, pirate music bashes, a pirate bed race and a walk-the-plank party. There’ll also […]
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Readfield man admits to several home burglaries
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Readfield man authorities say robbed the homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses when he knew they were at church meetings has pleaded guilty to multiple burglary and theft charges. Jarrod Bilodeau admitted Thursday in Kennebec County Superior Court to stealing jewelry and other items from homes in Augusta, Farmingdale, Vassalboro, Wayne and Winthrop, […]
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Independent King airs his first TV ad in Senate race
The ad, dubbed “Think Independent,” was unveiled at King’s campaign headquarters, just days after Republican Charlie Summers launched his first TV ads. King’s ad will be airing in Portland, Bangor and Presque Isle, the campaign said. Summers’ campaign said King was going on the airwaves sooner than planned after a battering series of attack ads […]
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OUR VIEW: Cut the cost of booze? Let’s not do that
But we should speak loudly and clearly that cutting the cost of hard liquor in order to boost state revenue would be foolish and counterproductive. Gary Reid, director of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, told a state legislative committee Wednesday that reducing the price of alcoholic beverages would benefit consumers and […]
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College roundup: Mustangs blank Unity, 2-0
AUBURN — The Central Maine Community College men’s soccer squad managed a goal in each half Thursday and came away with a 2-0 victory over Unity in a collegiate matchup. George Clement and Spencer Osgood each netted a goal for the Mustangs (1-0), while Sam Hobson made 15 saves in the cage. Brendan Wallace turned […]
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College football: Black Bears hope to pull more surprises
The University of Maine defied the odds and preseason prognosticators last season when it finished 9-4 and marched all the way to the national quarterfinals. They will have to do it again this year if they want to match or exceed one of the most successful seasons in the program’s history. The Black Bears, who […]
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Maine delegates in Charlotte say message back home will be momentum
The Democratic Party’s momentum is building, according to a handful of more than 300 Maine Democrats at the party’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday night. Speaking via cellphone from the convention floor, Diane Poirier of Lewiston said she was thrilled to take part in the convention. Poirier, 56, said she was a lifelong Democrat, […]
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Beardsley confirmed for Maine education board
Senators confirmed Beardsley on Thursday after a debate in which minority Democrats claimed a cloud hangs over the appointment due to a child-sex investigation of the Rev. Robert Carlson, who had been campus chaplain at Husson University where Beardsley was president for 22 years. Republicans maintained that the case over Carlson, who committed suicide last […]
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Drug agents seize 183 marijuana plants in York County
LIMERICK (AP) — A Massachusetts man is in jail after drug agents say they found 183 marijuana plants on his property in Maine. Jay Dandreo of Lynn, Mass., was charged with aggravated marijuana cultivation after turning himself into police Wednesday. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says it seized the plants last month from Dandreo’s property […]
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Combat-wounded veterans invited to North Anson machine-gun shoot
NORTH ANSON — The Maine Wounded Warrior Program’s 2012 Machine Gun Shoot is not until mid-October, but those interested must apply soon, an organizer says. “Priority goes to combat-wounded veterans but we certainly wouldn’t turn down a [Combat Infantry Badge]-wearing grunt without a Purple Heart,” Maine Infantry Foundation member Nehemiah Nattress said recently. “Any combat […]