John Jenkins, a former mayor of Lewiston and Auburn, is eyeing elected office in yet another Maine municipality. Jenkins, a member of the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame, said Monday he is interested in filling a vacant slot as a selectmen for the town of Owls Head on the Maine coast. Voters will decide […]
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Maine high court: State can't be sued for selling man's Owl Head home
ROCKLAND (AP) — Maine’s highest court has upheld a ruling that found the state isn’t liable for selling waterfront property below its value for a man in its care. William Dean’s attorney says the value of his client’s estate fell from $654,000 to $20,000 in less than year after the state Department of Health and […]
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State claims immunity in lawsuit over sale of Owls Head house, killing of cat
ROCKLAND — The state is asserting that it has immunity from claims that it sold the house of a Rockland man in its care for substantially less than its value, euthanized his cat and improperly sold off many of his personal belongings. The motion for summary judgment in the state’s favor was filed May 14 […]
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Alden W. Parker
1926 – 2015 LEWISTON — Alden W. Parker, 88, of Lewiston, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, surrounded by his family and after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. He was born in Lewiston on May 25, 1926, the son of the late Kenneth L. Parker and Cora (Waterman) Parker and the stepson of the late […]
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Maine lobstermen catch 2 rare albino lobsters within a week
OWLS HEAD — It’s no white lie: Two lobstermen in Maine caught a pair of rare albino lobsters within a week. The Portland Press Herald reported Bret Philbrick caught the curious crustacean off of Owls Head on Thursday and Joe Bates caught one off the Rockland breakwater days earlier. Albino lobsters are believed to be […]
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Late Mainer’s fishing buoy found on Ireland beach
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine woman has gotten back a fishing buoy from one of her late husband’s lobster traps after it was found nearly 3,000 miles away on a beach in Ireland. Barbara Fournier of Owls Head was recently told about a photo on Facebook, which showed the buoy with her husband’s lobster license […]
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Truck driver, pilot’s takeoff cited as causes of Owls Head plane crash
OWLS HEAD — The National Transportation Safety Board found fault with both the driver of a pickup truck that crossed in the path of an airplane taking off as well as the pilot’s decision to continue his takeoff in a collision that resulted in the deaths of three young men. The NTSB issued its final […]
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Aviation startup markets recording device for small airports
When it comes to flying planes, the rules are pretty cut and dried. They clearly weren’t observed when, this summer, a pilot took off from a New Mexico taxiway, the narrow strip of pavement connecting airport runways. “There are quite a few different no-nos on that,” said Robert Uecker, the airport manager for the city […]
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Half-red lobster discovered in Maine described as 1-in-50 million rarity
PORTLAND — The lobstermen of Owls Head have seen some strangely colored crustaceans in recent years, but one pulled out of the ocean earlier this month was still a first. “We’ve caught a couple of calico ones, with orange and black spots, and we’ve seen some blue ones,” said Anna Mason of Ship to Shore […]
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Attorneys say state improperly sold man’s home for half its value
ROCKLAND — The sale of a Rockland’s man waterfront home in Owls Head by the state for less than half its value was only the beginning of a nightmare that has seen an undetermined amount of valuable personal items sold for little in return, according to attorneys working on the case. “You couldn’t have dreamed this up,” […]