BANGOR, Maine (AP) – A Maine carpenter who admitted to police that he shot his best friend in the back of the head has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Fifty-year-old Joseph Dumas could have faced up to life in prison for killing 70-year-old Mario “Sony” Litterio near a camp where Dumas was working. […]

CUSHING, Maine (AP) – The Maine Marine Patrol’s stepped up surveillance following lobster turf wars that erupted in a shooting on Matinicus Island has led to an arrest. Maj. John Fetterman says a lobsterman from Cushing was given a summons Tuesday after he was observed cutting 22 traps lines belonging to a competitor. Fetterman says […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A new study shows family health care premiums have grown more than four times faster than income this decade in Maine. Families USA said Wednesday health insurance premiums rose by 101 percent, while median earnings rose by only 22 percent from 2000 to 2009. Ron Pollack, executive director, says health care […]

ATLANTA (AP) – A civil rights icon who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott is headed to Washington to receive the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. The Rev. Joseph Lowery, 87, delivered the benediction at Obama’s inauguration in January and now joins 15 others […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Twitter has suffered from another attack following one that left the site down for several hours last week. Tuesday’s outage was brief. The online messaging site said in its status blog Tuesday afternoon that it is analyzing its traffic data to determine the nature of the latest attack. No other details […]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut man accused of kidnapping two women at gunpoint and making them put on prom dresses before fondling them has pleaded not guilty. Joshua Gonzalez appeared Tuesday in Bridgeport Superior Court. He’s charged with kidnapping, sexual assault and other crimes. Police say the 27-year-old Gonzalez kidnapped two 22-year-old Fairfield women […]

AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME: SPORTS LEGENDS OF MAINE By Rich Livingston Freelance Writer The assistant coach of the ice hockey team at John Bapst high school is Canadian native and Bangor resident Matt Stairs. Matt Stairs also happens to play first base and the outfield for the Philadelphia Phillies, has a career major […]

The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles lists of most frequently challenged books. They do not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges as research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported. How is the list of most challenged books tabulated? The Office for Intellectual […]

Libraries Bethel Library 5 Broad Street Bethel, ME 04217 Phone: 207 824-2520 www.bethel.lib.me.us Carrabassett Valley Library 1234 Carrabassett Drive Carrabassett, ME 04947 Phone: 207 235-2211 www.carrabassett.lib.me.us Farmington Public Library 117 Academy Street Farmington, ME 04938 Phone: 207 778-4312 www.farmington.lib.me.us Freeland Holmes Library 109 Pleasant Street Oxford, ME 04270 Phone: 207 539-4016 www.freeland-holmes.lib.me.us Hamlin Memorial Library […]

Rangeley Logging Museum hosts annual Knit and Crafts Sale Each year, the women of the Rangeley region show their knit, crochet, and craft talents for the Knit and Crafts Show and Sale at the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum on Route 16, one mile east of Rangeley. Admission is free. Celebrating the creativity of Maine […]