EASTPORT, Maine (AP) — Coast Guard officials say a Coast Guard station in eastern Maine is the first federal facility anywhere to use tidal power as an energy source. Coast Guard Capt. James McPherson is being joined by Gov. John Baldacci and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud on Tuesday to celebrate the launch of tidal power […]
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5 pulled from sea near Maine-Canada border
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick (AP) — Rescue officials in the United States and Canada say five people were pulled from the Atlantic Ocean after their vessel capsized off Canada’s Campobello Island. The U.S. and Canadian coast guards were both contacted Saturday evening after receiving a report that five people were in the water in Canadian […]
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Abbott named interim athletic director at Maine
ORONO — An attorney who served for 12 years as chief of staff to Sen. Susan Collins was named interim athletics director at the University of Maine. Maine President Robert Kennedy selected Steve Abbott, who’s following in the footsteps of his father. Walt Abbott was Maine’s football coach from 1967-75 and also served as athletic […]
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Lawmakers mull Maine slot money allocation
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — How the state’s share of revenues from Hollywood Slots in Bangor are divvied up is under review in the Maine State House. The Legislature’s Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday held the first of several meetings to revisit how the state’s $27 million share of casino revenues are allocated. The […]
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Crops early, plentiful: ‘It’s excellent for farmers’
Blackie Labbe of Blackie’s farm stands in Lewiston and Auburn was planning to pick pumpkins Tuesday morning. A whole month early. Wallingford’s Fruit House in Auburn opens for pick-your-own season Saturday. Two weeks early. Jill Agnew’s peaches and pears over at Willow Pond Farm in Sabattus? Eleven days early. It’s a summer of happy growers […]
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Better programs needed
School budgets take up most of a town’s budget, leaving little for anything else, yet it seems to me that there is something terribly wrong with the way special-needs students are handled in the public school system. In Maine, state and local expenditures for special-needs children (ages 3 to 21) is an eye-opener. According to […]
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Three elitists … not
Jason Levesque, Republican candidate for Congress from Maine’s 2nd District, originally had to drop out of college because of finances. He enlisted in the United States Army where he spent the next eight years, the last few of them as a drill sergeant. After leaving the Army, he used the G.I. Bill to complete college. […]
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Sheer audacity
Libby Mitchell says she knows what is wrong with this state and she knows how to fix it. For decades, she and her cohorts in Augusta have increased the size of government, increased the taxes on Maine citizens, increased the debt of this state and made the state what it is today. She knows better […]
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Drop Upper Andro a line
“The Upper Andro” is shorthand for the 26-mile section of the Androscoggin River that lies between the Maine-New Hampshire border and Rumford. For a number of years now, a group called the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance has dedicated itself to restoring and promoting this remarkable stretch of riverine water. This spring the New England Outdoor […]
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Huddle Up: Black Bears on defensive
When the University of Maine released its football schedule, its Oct. 2 home date with the University of New Hampshire might as well have already been circled in red ink. Games with UNH and UMass always get the blood boiling in Orono. But don’t be surprised to see the Black Bears play with a little […]