PERU — An unattended scented candle in a Yankee Candle Co. glass jar atop a hot wood stove caught fire, attracting about a dozen firefighters from Peru and Dixfield late Wednesday morning when the homeowner called 911 to report a structure fire, fire officials said. However, Peru fire Assistant Chief Dean Milligan said the fire […]
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Roxbury bans smoking, chewing tobacco at Town Office, Fire Station
ROXBURY — It’s no longer legal to smoke or chew and spit tobacco at the town office or fire department building, or in vehicles while working for the town. At their Sept. 28 meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 to approve a tobacco policy effective immediately. “It not only bans smoking, it also includes […]
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Mount Abram Ski Resort hosts Fall Fest 2010 this weekend
GREENWOOD — As its precursor to winter, the Mount Abram Family Ski Resort will host its annual Fall Fest 2010 on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9 and 10. “This is a great weekend to celebrate autumn in western Maine as the leaf peeping will be at its peak color,” Kevin Rosenberg, marketing director, stated in […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Moose lottery will always be game of chance
During my college years, there was one particularly rigorous course that was almost universally dreaded: statistics. Whenever possible, students avoided this course. Thankfully, though, there were high-achiever individuals who embraced the challenge, who gravitated to numbers and were especially fascinated by statistics. These individuals often graduated and became statisticians. There is one such person working […]
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College Football: Harvey kicks Black Bears to OT victory over Wildcats
ORONO — University of Maine kicker Brian Harvey knows he doesn’t get many third chances in football. He got one Saturday night that may give his team a second chance at its season. Harvey’s 37-yard field goal in overtime lifted Maine to a dramatic 16-13 victory over rival UNH before a delighted crowd of 6,531 […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Hauntingly good Maine reads, in time for fall
Sure, it’s not as famous as the legend of the bloody hook swinging from a door handle, but just try beating the story about the Maine witch who forever cursed Manhattan clam chowder. (Fair warning: It’s a killer of men and libidos.) Try beating the story about Catherine, Down East’s vindictive, hitchhiking ghost. Or, the […]
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College Football: Black Bears hope they have UNH’s number
The Brice-Cowell Musket, the prize of the Maine-New Hampshire football rivalry, will be on the line when the Black Bears and Wildcats have their 100th meeting Saturday night (6 p.m., Alfond Stadium CW Network). More importantly, though, Maine’s season may be on the line, more from a mental standpoint than where its conference record may […]
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Ballot requests should be kept between voters and clerks
The ability for Maine voters to cast their ballot by mail via the state’s absentee ballot laws is a good thing. Ensuring access to the polls for Maine citizens abroad, like those serving our country in Afghanistan and Iraq, or for those unable to get to their polling places on election day is vital for […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
2nd Congressional District: Levesque gains ground
The latest poll shows Republican political newcomer Jason Levesque of Auburn behind U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, but Levesque has made progress. The Critical Insights poll for MaineToday Media released Wednesday shows Michaud with 44 percent; Levesque with 32 percent; and undecided, 24 percent. For Levesque, that’s an improvement from a Sept. 9 poll that […]
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Fryeburg Fair opens Sunday for eight days
FRYEBURG — When the Fryeburg Fair opens its gates Sunday for the 160th time, visitors will be greeted by more than 4,000 animals, dozens of craft and farming demonstrations, displays of vintage horse-drawn wagons and the largest midway in the Northeast. New this year is a Garden Center in the farm museum complex, a redesigned […]