More than 130 show up at job fair in Dexter hoping to get back into shoe...
DEXTER, Maine — Tonitte Adkins worked for Dexter Shoe Co. in her hometown for 21 years. For two decades, from the time she graduated from high school, Adkins worked as a cutter at the firm’s flagship...
View ArticleDowneast Coastal Conservancy taps Richard Bard as executive director,...
MACHIAS, Maine — The Downeast Coastal Conservancy, poised to continue work on a major initiative and to continue plans for a second, has tapped a new executive director for the conservation...
View ArticleBangor police investigating Stillwater Avenue bank robbery Saturday afternoon
BANGOR, Maine — Bangor police Saturday afternoon were investing an apparent robbery at a Stillwater Avenue bank. The robbery of the TD Banknorth branch at 878 Stillwater Ave. was reported about 3:15...
View ArticleNo one injured after plane skids off runway at New York’s JFK airport
NEW YORK — A plane taxiing after landing skidded off a runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport and slid into snow on Sunday, federal officials said. No injuries were reported. The Bombardier...
View ArticleHoulton’s Kyle Bouchard Breaks 1000 Point Plateau
Congratulations to Houlton’s Kyle Bouchard for recently eclipsing the 1000 point plateau in his career. Bouchard broke the barrier as the Shiretowners travelled to East Machias this past Monday to...
View ArticleMaine GOP health reform a huge success while Dems rely on more of the same
One of Maine’s most overlooked news stories in 2013 was the incredible thing that happened to our health insurance market. After several quarters of steady improvement, numbers released by the state’s...
View ArticleDon’t be fooled by Maine’s warmer temperature: meteorologist predicts...
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Temperatures across the state were higher Sunday, but the ground is still frozen, and the coming rain will freeze on contact, the National Weather Service warns. “We’ll have a...
View ArticleState officials collecting damage assessments from recent storms to determine...
State emergency management officials are collecting assessments of damage wreaked by winter snow and ice storms that pummeled Maine in recent weeks. The assessments would be the basis for recommending...
View ArticleMore Medicaid, more ER use. But that’s no reason not to expand coverage
Predictably, the results of a newly released study on Medicaid expansion ’s effect on emergency room use in Oregon are becoming another flashpoint in the debate over Medicaid expansion, which about...
View ArticleLogging accident caused Saturday outage in Washington County
COLUMBIA, Maine — A logging accident was responsible for a power outage that left more than 5,000 Emera Maine customers in Washington County without electricity for a couple of hours Saturday, utility...
View ArticleStop the bailout — now
First order of business for the returning Congress: The No Bailout for Insurance Companies Act of 2014. Make it one line long: “Sections 1341 and 1342 of the Affordable Care Act are hereby repealed.”...
View ArticleMonday, Jan. 6, 2014: East-west corridor, budget deficit, ice storm, Phil...
Vote mischaracterized Charleston is a community through which Cianbro’s much vaunted east-west corridor may pass. A group of dedicated citizens understood this would be detrimental to the town...
View ArticleDon’t fear NSA programs
It’s time we all came to our senses about the National Security Agency. If it is true, as many allege, that the United States went a little nuts in its all-out pursuit of al-Qaida after the attacks on...
View ArticleBangor Opera House destroyed by fatal fire a century ago
Bangor’s ornate 19th century opera house was destroyed by fire a century ago this month, bringing to an end an entertainment era that was already a fast-fading memory. Two firemen died and five more...
View ArticleDecision on reopening Penobscot Narrows Bridge to be made Monday
VERONA ISLAND, Maine — A decision about whether to reopen the Penobscot Narrows Bridge will be made at about 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. The bridge was closed on...
View ArticleA tribute to a Knight we’ll all remember
In joining the Maine Troop Greeters night and day to welcome hundreds of thousands of troops stopping at Bangor International Airport as they left for war, or came home again, Bill Knight did a very...
View ArticleAmerican Hustle: Scorsese DNA, “classy” sex, and “responsible” storytelling
American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street are the No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood of 2013. Where Country and Blood both pushed the boundaries of employing a cinematic Western backdrop...
View ArticleHonda, GM to develop eco-car batteries, sources say
TOKYO — Honda Motor Co. and General Motors Co. are expected to jointly develop batteries for fuel-cell vehicles, with the aim of lowering the cost of fuel-cell cars by improving volume efficiency,...
View ArticleMillinocket trailer fire leaves 2 people homeless
MILLINOCKET, Maine — A wood stove left burning with no one home started a fire that destroyed a trailer and left two East Street residents homeless on Saturday, officials said Sunday. No one was...
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