Bangor City Hall needs new roof; councilors weigh future of 98-year-old building
BANGOR, Maine — City Hall needs a new roof, one that could set Bangor back to the tune of $275,000-$300,000, according to the city’s finance director. The costs of that and other potential repairs have...
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The question is asked every day. In the grocery store checkout line, on the phone, at the bank drive through. And the answer never changes. ‘How are you today?’ ‘Good!’ It doesn’t matter if we’re...
View ArticleAs Ravens prep for repeat run, John Harbaugh goes to his No. 1 source
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Most Super Bowl-winning coaches will solicit just about any piece of advice that might be helpful in dealing with the year after the championship season. Not John Harbaugh. The only...
View ArticleJohn Kerry reassigns four officials after Benghazi suspensions
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry is reassigning four officials put on leave after criticism of their conduct in connection with the deadly attack on a U.S. facility in Libya almost a year...
View ArticleInvestigator: Accused Mass. chemist linked to more than 40,000 drug cases
BOSTON — A chemist accused of falsifying drug tests in a Massachusetts state crime lab may have influenced the outcome of drug cases involving more than 40,000 people, a former prosecutor tapped by...
View ArticleProsecution rests in court-martial of Fort Hood shooting suspect
FORT HOOD, Texas — After years of delays and just two weeks of testimony, military prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the court-martial of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Hasan, 42, is charged with 13...
View ArticleFox News reporter must testify in James Holmes’ Colorado theater shooting...
NEW YORK — New York’s journalist shield law cannot stop a Fox News reporter from being forced to testify about her anonymous sources for a story on last summer’s deadly mass shooting in Colorado, a...
View ArticleBUSINESS BEAT: Charming Portland & Rochester Public House Opens
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,501) “We wanted to create a warm and inviting atmosphere. The goal was to get rid of that cold, dark place that was here before,” said Garrett Fitzgerald of his recently...
View ArticleBeyond LePage: Obama, the white vote, and racial unity
Has President Obama polarized America and made racial divisions worse? Where does he stand among white voters? My last post showed that in Maine and a number of other places, the president won more...
View ArticlePAWS Toby Keith Raffle: The Best $10 You Can Spend!!
PAWS Brave Hearts urges animal lovers to purchase raffle tickets online at www.paws-calais.com for a chance to win two center stage seats at the Labor Day Toby Keith concert on the Bangor waterfront....
View ArticleCamden board sets hearing for $2 million Snow Bowl bond
CAMDEN, Maine — The Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to hold a public hearing on Sept. 3 which will be the final step to get a $2 million bond issue before town voters to make improvements...
View ArticleBanged-up UMaine football team trying to plug holes as opener approaches
ORONO, Maine — When a football team is practicing and scrimmaging against itself, the propensity for injuries is magnified. The University of Maine is experiencing that unfortunate dynamic during its...
View ArticleMillinocket approves school budget on third try
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Voters approved by a nearly 100-vote margin a proposed $6.3 million school budget during a third validation vote Tuesday that was buoyed by an incredible turnout, officials said....
View ArticleLocal sports results for Aug. 20, 2013
Today’s games HIGH SCHOOL Girls soccer Presque Isle at Fort Kent, 5 p.m. Van Buren at Washburn, 4 p.m. Boys soccer Presque Isle at Fort Kent, 7 p.m. Van Buren at Washburn, 4 p.m. Results HIGH SCHOOL...
View ArticleHoulton native performs ‘most dangerous act yet’ on NBC reality show
Houlton native Sam Johnson elicited gasps from the “America’s Got Talent” judges and audience Tuesday night with his death-defying performance — but some of the judges weren’t convinced it was...
View ArticleBelfast council weighs plan to reconstruct Front Street
BELFAST, Maine — Long before Front Street Shipyard ever thought of doing business there, Front Street has been “a mess,” some councilors and municipal officials said at Tuesday night’s regular council...
View ArticleAshland girls edge Easton in overtime; boys team battle to 1-1 tie
EASTON — Caitlin Paradis’ unassisted goal with 1:35 left in overtime lifted the Ashland Hornets to a 3-2 victory over the Easton Bears Tuesday in high school girls soccer action. Ashland’s Marissa...
View ArticleWeapons of mass distraction or: why maybe we’re all suckers
By Robert W. Glover, University of Maine Earlier tonight, I received a call from my mother who lives in Massachusetts. Eventually, our conversation turned to recent comments allegedly made by our...
View ArticleThree Oklahoma boys charged in killing of Australian student
OKLAHOMA CITY — Three teenage boys were charged on Tuesday in the killing of an Australian university student in Oklahoma, in what police said might have been a thrill killing. Christopher Lane, 23, of...
View ArticleRed Sox lose to Giants in ninth on bases-loaded walk to Scutaro
SAN FRANCISCO — Marco Scutaro drew a bases-loaded, four-pitch walk from Brayan Villarreal with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday, completing the San Francisco Giants’ rally for a 3-2 win over the...
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