Saturday, August 10, 2013: Emergency care, clean elections and Mixed Martial...
Top notch care On July 27, I slipped on a trail in Baxter State Park, dislocating and fracturing my elbow. After walking almost five miles with a 35-pound pack and a painful limb, I arrived by car at...
View ArticleOrrington native transforms into cartoon, comic book characters on new SyFy...
It’s always Halloween for Becky Young. When she’s not auditioning for acting roles or working as a consultant for video game companies, Young, an Orrington native who splits her time between Maine and...
View ArticleCross Insurance Center sells 1,000th season ticket for Broadway’s Best in...
The Cross Insurance Center box office staff announced Friday that it has sold the 1,000th season ticket for the Broadway’s Best in Bangor Series. Tickets went on sale two weeks ago. “This just shows...
View ArticleMaine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) to Host Annual...
Make Plans to Join MEREDA after the Summer Break in Auburn for its Annual L/A Fall Social! Sponsored by Androscoggin Bank, Hebert Construction, Summit Environmental Consultants, a CES, Inc. Company...
View ArticleFirst Child Completes Silent Sidekicks’ Reader of The Pack Program
Dominic Pagnani-McLean became the first child in Maine to complete Silent Sidekicks’ “Reader of the Pack” Program in July. Dominic has been reading to Morgan – The Sidekick at the Lincoln Memorial...
View ArticleIs the water getting warmer or colder?
Dr. Harold W. Borns Jr. talks about his thoughts on climate change and Atlantic Salmon in the Penobscot River.
View ArticleClimate, ecosystem linkages explain salmon declines in Maine rivers
For more than 100 years, conservationists have tried to restore stocks of Atlantic salmon in Maine rivers, including the Penobscot. Many river-specific threats to salmon, including pollution and...
View ArticleCalais school committee considers cutting positions, imposing furlough days
CALAIS, Maine — The Calais School Committee has begun wrestling with tentative spending cuts following the City Council’s adoption of an $8.3 million budget for the school system. Although voters must...
View ArticleLePage, Collins court defense contractors at jet fighter cockpit simulation
NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage used a celebration of employees at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick facility Friday morning to remind the airplane manufacturers and...
View ArticleCary Medical Center CEO named to American Hospital Association’s Board of...
Kris Doody, chief executive officer of Caribou’s Cary Medical Center, has been selected to the American Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees, according to a press release Friday from U.S. Sen....
View ArticleCongresswoman Pingree’s Balks at Navy’s Decision on US Miami
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,491) “I am deeply disappointed that the Navy decided not to repair the US Miami,” said Congresswoman Chellie Pingree at a press conference on the Portland waterfront...
View ArticleOwner of MMA railway says ‘Maine is not a growth state,’ says two-man crews...
Despite being recently bailed out by Maine taxpayers, the railroad owner whose runaway train devastated a Canadian town last month said Friday that his business needs one-man crews to remain solvent...
View ArticleAfter years in the dark, data will help policymakers judge tax incentives
In 2006, the Legislature’s nonpartisan watchdog office attempted an audit of 46 Maine programs that offer millions of dollars annually in tax credits, incentives and exemptions in an attempt to spur...
View ArticleLePage in fighter jet simulator: ‘I want to find the Press Herald building...
NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage — who earlier this summer told his commissioners to stop speaking to reporters from the Portland Press Herald and its two sister papers after he objected to an...
View ArticleBaseball with the stars: World Series provides local Senior Leaguers chance...
BANGOR, Maine — Somewhere in Justin Courtney’s house is a baseball he had with him five years ago as a young fan at the 2008 Senior League World Series. On that baseball is the signature of one of the...
View ArticleEastern Maine Healthcare Systems plans $5.25 million medical office building
BANGOR, Maine — Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems needs more room for its primary care providers and has worked out a deal with the city that could lead to a $5.25 million medical office building...
View ArticleOne dead in Farmington crash
FARMINGTON, Maine — A fatal crash closed a portion of Route 27 Friday morning. The road is expected to reopen after a tractor-trailer is cleared from the scene. The truck was traveling north on Route...
View ArticleLePage, Collins try F-35 Lightning II flight simulator
Governor Paul LePage and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins try an F-35 Lightning II simulator at a Pratt & Whitney employee appreciation event in North Berwick Friday morning. The Pratt & Whitney...
View ArticleCape Breton, Nova Scotia, wins Canadian championship, to face Bangor in...
BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor All-Stars finally know the identity of their first opponent in this year’s Senior League World Series. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, emerged from a tight lead pack at the...
View ArticleLemke hopes to rebound with New England Fights mixed martial arts title...
LEWISTON, Maine — Coming off the first loss of his mixed martial arts career, Jon Lemke wasn’t sure what was next, save for the certainty that he would seek to learn from any mistakes that led to his...
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