Customers flock to downtown Bangor for Small Business Saturday
BANGOR, Maine — Between Black Friday for national retail chains and Cyber Monday for online retailers, locally owned businesses benefitted from Small Business Saturday as part of the post-Thanksgiving...
View ArticleWeekend college sports roundup, men’s hockey: Colby 6, Suffolk 1
BRUNSWICK, Maine —- Four players scored their first collegiate goals and head coach Blaise MacDonald secured his first win with the Mules after the Colby College men’s hockey team took a 6-1 win over...
View ArticleLast defendant graduates from defunct Bangor drug court
BANGOR, Maine — Todd Robertson is the last of his kind. The 30-year-old restaurant worker is not the last person to be charged with drug trafficking in Penobscot County but he is the final defendant to...
View ArticleOn the hot seat in my deer seat.
White Tales November 24, 2012 3:30 pm, thirty-three degrees, a strong wind whipping the trees all around me, and I am toasty warm, in love with my new LavaSeat. Made by Arctic Zone, the LavaSeat is a...
View ArticleNOW, It’s Cookie Time
You don’t know how hard it was to wait and give you these recipes until just the right time. Christmas cookies really do make the Holiday season, especially if you have children around. I still look...
View ArticleReaction to College Player Jack Taylor’s 138 points in a Game
Grinnel College’s sophomore Jack Taylor scored 138 points in a 179-101 win this past week. He scored 27 3 pointers out of 71 attempts and 25 for 37 for 2 pointers and 7 for 10 from the foul line. He...
View ArticleBowdoinham Guild of Artisans Christmas Show
Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans annual Christmas Show Nov. 30th 6-8 p.m. and Dec. 1st. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Includes great artists, music and food.
View ArticleInformation Session: Muskie School of Public Service – Public Policy and...
The Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine will host an information session for the master’s in public policy and management program on Wednesday, November 28, at 4:30 p.m....
View ArticleSome Holiday Shopping Deals for the kids and cook in your life
As with all Amazon deals the price is subject to change, quickly at times! These prices were current at the time of this post! Loopz Game by Mattel List Price: $39.99 Price: $12.45 Eligible for free...
View ArticleClimate skeptics target state energy laws, including Maine’s
Bill would override state laws, but energy companies’ funding raises questions of conflict of interest.
View ArticleWill delaying bond money help Maine’s economy?
Gov. Paul LePage is holding Maine in a position of limbo by failing to specify what he wants to accomplish by not selling voter-approved bonds until 2014. It’s good that he wants to rein in state...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court will decide this week whether to rule on gay marriage
WASHINGTON — After two decades in which gay rights moved from the margin to capture the support of most Americans, the Supreme Court justices will go behind closed doors this week to decide whether now...
View ArticleMinnesota town uses Biddeford as model to attract new businesses
PRINCETON, Minn. — The promotion this central Minnesota town is proposing to attract businesses to its downtown is modeled after the Main Street Challenge of Biddeford, Maine. Business organizations...
View ArticleEquipment-free workouts blast fat
No gym? No equipment? No problem! You can get an calorie-busting, results-producing workout that builds strength and blasts fat — all without picking up a single weight or even running a single step....
View ArticleMidcoast Actor’s Studio Prepares Production of Miss Julie
The new and upcoming theater group, Midcoast Actor’s Studio (MCAS), after a successful run of Hedda Gabler last fall, is putting its final touches on their sophomore production. Written by Swedish...
View ArticleInvestigators call Alton deaths homicides
ALTON, Maine — Investigators have released an account of what they think happened to cause the deaths of three people on Alton Tannery Road on Nov. 19. In a news release Sunday morning, Maine...
View ArticleSmall Maine libraries gain big recognition
Six small Maine libraries have been recognized for their success in connecting with their communities in a big way. The library industry’s leading trade magazine, Library Journal, designated six Maine...
View ArticleMonday, Nov. 26, 2012: The GOP, labor and religion
GOP angels Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster is right. As I waited to vote on Nov. 6, I saw many people I didn’t recognize. I live in a small town and notice this as I patronize local...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics Maine sending athletes to Korea
MEXICO — To say that Tanya Scott and Kala Emery are excited is an understatement. The athletes were recently chosen to represent Maine and the nation on Team USA from Jan. 29 through Feb. 5 at the...
View ArticleWhy was there war in Gaza?
Why was there an Israel-Gaza war in the first place? Resistance to the occupation, say Hamas and many in the international media. What occupation? Seven years ago, in front of the world, Israel pulled...
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