Clifton L. Moors
OLD TOWN – Clifton L. Moors, 98, died peacefully May 22, 2013, at a local nursing facility. He was born Aug. 6, 1914, in Old Town, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Slager) Moors. Clifton worked for more...
View ArticleVirginia ‘Ginny’ Elaine Tillinghast
BANGOR and WINTERPORT – Virginia “Ginny” Elaine Tillinghast, 83, passed away unexpectedly May 22, 2013, at her home in Bangor. She was born Feb. 5, 1930, in Ellsworth, daughter of Walter and Evelyn...
View ArticleNY attorney general says there is more proof banks violated mortgage pact
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo and Co. and other banks violated the terms of a settlement designed to end...
View ArticleBahner Farm organic farmstand open for the season
Bahner Farm announces the seasonal opening of its farmstand on route 3 in Belmont. The stand, which opens Memorial Day weekend, is currently selling certified organic vegetables and seedlings grown on...
View ArticleNurture Your Family’s Inner Musicians: Midcoast Music Together Announces...
Jessica Day and Midcoast Music Together announce a summer-full of opportunities to make music with your family! Three Music Together™ mixed age family music classes, designed for newborns to 5 years of...
View ArticleBelfast Garden Club Announces 8th Annual Open Garden Series
For 8 consecutive years, Belfast Garden Club has presented Open Garden Days, a Friday garden tour series, which will feature 11 gardens in the Belfast area this year. From backyard experimental...
View Article‘Historic’ energy bill clears Maine legislative committee, 12-1
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill aimed at lowering the costs of energy while dramatically changing the way Mainers consume it vaulted out of a key legislative committee on a near unanimous, 12-1 vote Friday....
View Article‘Get over it’: Madeleine Albright implores Bowdoin College grads not to give...
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, reflected on life during her college career, calling on Bowdoin College’s graduates of 2013 to approach the changing...
View ArticleWilliam Kayatta is sworn in
William Kayatta is sworn in as Maine’s judge on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals at USM in Portland Friday afternoon.
View ArticleLocal sports results for May 24, 2013
Results HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Thursday’s Results Belfast 5, Medomak Valley 3 Bucksport 13, Dexter 2 Cheverus 5, Scarborough 0 DI-Stonington 12, Searsport 1 Fort Fairfield 19, Van Buren 9 Foxcroft 20,...
View ArticleFire department restructuring focus of Veazie workshop
VEAZIE, Maine — Town councilors on Tuesday will discuss what fire protection here will look like in the future, given a 27 percent budget cut that could affect one or both of the Veazie Fire...
View ArticleLackey, Carp spark Sox in the rain
BOSTON — His poor 2011 season, the boos of the home crowd and Tommy John surgery behind him, John Lackey appears to be settling in as the No. 3 man in the Boston Red Sox starting rotation. “I feel like...
View ArticleHeroin on the rise in Maine as state crackdown on prescription opiates paves...
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Now stronger, easier to score and cheaper than other drugs, heroin has made a comeback in Maine over the past year. Police and medical experts are relating this surge to new...
View ArticleHave a drink, kiss a fish: Just another Saturday night, Newfoundland-style
There’s a fish in Daphne Izer’s freezer waiting to be kissed. It will be the star of an event next weekend, along with rum, bologna, an authentic Canadian rock and knee-high rubber boots. They’re all...
View ArticleLewiston to demolish 12 more downtown tenements this year in wake of...
LEWISTON, Maine — As work continues to lock up and block vacant downtown tenements and the City Council looks to demolish 12 more buildings this year, city officials say the effort is making a...
View ArticleMaine official: State funding for a new Edward Little High School ‘isn’t...
AUGUSTA, Maine — When it comes to building a new Edward Little High School, patience could pay off. For the past year, Auburn officials have said state funding for a new high school wasn’t a...
View ArticlePolice say Minot man involved in December armed standoff burned down his home...
MINOT, Maine — Authorities said a local man who held police at bay in a December armed standoff at his Verrill Road home burned down his house on Friday as well as the mobile home belonging to his...
View ArticleJapanese government says it’s unaware of ghosts at prime minister’s residence
TOKYO — A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the...
View ArticleArizona jury foreman says he believes Jodi Arias was abused
PHOENIX — The foreman of an Arizona jury that deadlocked over whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for murdering her ex-boyfriend believes she was mentally abused, but said on Friday that had not...
View ArticleLerner had good reason to take Fifth at IRS hearing
Reading the commentary on the IRS hearings, it’s clear that the overriding rule in Washington opinion circles is that the moment someone says they have done nothing wrong is when the presumption of...
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