YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia (AP) — The provincial government has completed a deal with a Maine-based company to run a ferry service between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, starting in May, officials said Thursday. The deal struck with STM Quest Inc. calls for the provincial government to provide $10.5 million in startup costs and $1.5 million […]
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North Yarmouth man sentenced in shootout case
YARMOUTH (AP) — A North Yarmouth man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for firing a gun outside a rival’s home last fall. Forty-eight-year-old Michael Lovering pleaded guilty this week to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. As part of the plea deal, charges of reckless conduct and terrorizing were thrown out. Police […]
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Yarmouth man taken by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center after falling from roof
YARMOUTH — A Yarmouth man suffered injuries Thursday afternoon after falling from the roof of his two-story house on Little John Island. The man, whose name was not released, is in his 60s, Yarmouth Fire Chief Michael Robitaille said. He was taken to Maine Medical Center by LifeFlight of Maine. “He had injuries to his […]
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LePage backs Maine company competing to restart Portland-Nova Scotia ferry service
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is officially throwing his weight behind the only Maine-based company currently competing for a contract to restart ferry service between Maine and Nova Scotia. On Tuesday, LePage sent a letter to Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter to publicly back Eliot, Maine-based Quest Navigation’s proposal to restart the ferry service, which […]
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Hot weather forces Wyman Station back into service
YARMOUTH — Demand for energy recently awoke a sleeping giant. Wyman Station, the oil-fired power plant on Cousins Island, was called into service July 18 and 19 to generate electricity for the New England energy market during a period of peak demand, spokesman Steve Stengel said. The high-energy demand was the result of soaring temperatures […]
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Yarmouth neighborhood plots its way back to normal
YARMOUTH — In some ways, it was a typical summer scene. Mary Halsey sat under a shade tree Monday and sipped water while her baby granddaughter cooed in a nearby pram. An occasional breeze cut the humid air and rustled the leaves hanging over Halsey’s head. But this was no ordinary summer scene. Aside from […]
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Peter G. Corey
1947 – 2013 YARMOUTH —Peter George Corey was born May 12, 1947, in White Plains, N.Y., to Walter E. Corey Jr. and Theresa Stallone. Educated in local schools, he developed an early interest in geography, history and art, all of which he nurtured throughout the many travels of his life.Though not a college graduate, he […]