As preposterous as it sounds, it appears once again that the U.S Fish and Wildife Service (USFWS) is toying with the idea of introducing wolves into the Northeast, Maine included. Just what Maine’s moose and troubled deer populations need, right? Another major predator. The whole scheme is complicated and woven into a web of wolf […]
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College roundup: Maine bounces Albany
ALBANY, N.Y. — The University of Maine took down Albany 31-15 in a football game Saturday night. Maine was led by Pushaun Brown who had 125 yards rushing and a score. Maine got on the board first as Brown ran 33 yards for touchdown that completed a four-play, 87-yard drive with 12:24 left in the […]
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College football: Maine has revenge in mind for Albany
Going from the Big East to the Northeast Conference on the schedule and from 65,000-seat Heinz Field to 10,000-seat University Field in Albany, the University of Maine might initially seem poised for a letdown when it meets the University of Albany (6 p.m., Saturday). Maine coach Jack Cosgrove can remember similar letdowns in his team’s […]
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Voting campaign promises army of volunteer
AUGUSTA — The campaign to repeal Maine’s newly adopted voter registration law says more than 1,000 volunteers will begin knocking on doors and calling voters as early as next week to persuade voters to keep the state’s same-day registration policy. The Protect Maine Votes coalition is holding a news conference Thursday to announce its campaign […]
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Former trooper guilty of sexual assault
ALFRED — A Maine jury has convicted a former Massachusetts state trooper on rape charges. A York County Superior Court jury on Thursday found Joseph Silva guilty of gross sexual assault and aggravated assault. A judge ordered that Silva be held without bail until his Oct. 14 sentencing. According to WMTW-TV, police said Silva lured […]
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Tree giveaway commences
MORRILL — Maine will be getting a bit shadier in the future. More than 1,000 trees, representing 75 different species, are being given to Maine municipalities, schools and other non-profit organizations. The Maine Forest Service says the community tree program is called Project Canopy. Free distribution begins Thursday from Dutton’s Greenhouse and Nursery in Morrill. […]
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Maine lawmaker resigns over gun incident
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine lawmaker barred from the State House after he was charged with pulling a loaded gun on a stranger in a Waterville parking has resigned. The lawyer for Republican Rep. Frederick Wintle of Garland disclosed the resignation Tuesday at a hearing in Kennebec County Superior Court. Just last month, Wintle’s […]
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Think before you drink the water
Years ago, as a young hunter, I often quenched my thirst in a mountain stream or a shady spring hole. It always tasted good, cool and wet. I never got sick from this habit. I guess I was lucky. Not so many years ago, after discovering a classic woods spring near my trapper’s shack in […]
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College football: Maine puts scare into Pitt
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Maine watched enough tape of Pitt’s win over Buffalo a week ago to believe quarterback Warren Smith could throw on the Panthers if he was given time. After a rocky start, Smith got it in bunches and gave Pitt a scare, throwing for 334 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-29 loss […]
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Trucking firm sued in Maine rail crash seeks time
NORTH BERWICK, Maine (AP) — The Massachusetts company that owned a trash hauling truck that collided with a moving Amtrak train in Maine is asking for more time to answer a civil lawsuit by Amtrak, which is seeking to recover its costs from the crash. Attorneys for Triumverate Environmental Inc., of Somerville, Mass., filed papers […]