Midcoast
Golf club owner dies on course Friday, May 16, 2008 BROOKS, Maine - Country View Golf Club co-owner Carl Brown died Thursday morning in what police are calling an accidental drowning. |
Brown revered as Brooks' benefactor Friday, May 16, 2008 When marking the deaths of well-known people in their communities, words such as "special, character, one-of-a-kind," and "pillars of the community" are often used, sometimes to the point of overkill. |
Proposed shipbuilders pact holds line on health care costs Friday, May 16, 2008 BATH, Maine - A proposed four-year contract that Machinists' Local S6 shipbuilders will consider on Sunday holds the line on health care contributions, increases pension contributions and provides workers with pay increases of 3.5 percent to 4 percent per year. |
No charges in Maine case of Taser used during bachelor party Friday, May 16, 2008 ROCKLAND, Maine - Prosecutors say no charges will be brought against those involved in using a Taser on a Knox County deputy during a bachelor party. |
Brooks man dies in golf course accident Thursday, May 15, 2008 BROOKS, Maine - Country View Golf Club co-owner Carl Brown died Thursday morning in what police are calling an accidental drowning. |
Schoodic ecoresort plans aired Tuesday, May 13, 2008 WINTER HARBOR, Maine - By all accounts, the proposal is unique, ambitious and, if successful, could provide an economic shot in the arm to a region of coastal Maine that sorely needs it. |
Rockport Study: Combining police may improve quality Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ROCKPORT, Maien - Combining police services in Camden and Rockport would not save any money but could improve the quality of services offered by the two departments, according to a feasibility study presented at a joint meeting of the Camden and Rockport select boards. |
Camden to award contract for Apollo cleanup Tuesday, May 13, 2008 CAMDEN, Maine - Clean Harbors Inc. is the apparent low bidder from a list of eight base bids for the former Apollo Tannery soil remediation project, and the Select Board at its regular meeting tonight is expected to award a $264,721.74 contract to the firm. |
Nursing groupfor elderlygets boost Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ROCKLAND, Maine - The Rockland District Nursing Association announced receipt of a $30,000 public service grant from the Maine Department of Economic Development's Community Development Block Grant program. |
Passenger train runs from Brunswick to Augusta Monday, May 12, 2008 ROCKLAND, Maine - It took nearly 50 years, but passengers finally got to travel again by train from Brunswick to Augusta. |
Southwest Harbor voters nix new police station Saturday, May 10, 2008 SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine - Town officials found themselves back at square one this week after voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to borrow $800,000 to build a new police station on Main Street. |
Thorndike: Class experiences Vietnam in story, song Saturday, May 10, 2008 THORNDIKE, Maine - In 1967, at age 19, Vincent Gabriel had gone from his home in New Jersey to visit a cousin in California. |
 Freedom: Installation of wind farm nears Friday, May 09, 2008 Barring any legal challenges, installation of the Beaver Ridge wind turbines could begin this summer. |
Unity College leads innovation with ‘green’ home Friday, May 09, 2008 UNITY, Maine — Hearing the term "green home" often elicits visions of a costly solar-heated house with tightly glazed windows and heavily insulated walls and roof. |
Woman faces OUI charge with children Thursday, May 08, 2008 ISLESBORO, Maine - A local woman was charged with felony drunken driving and child endangerment Tuesday after she drove onto the Islesboro Ferry with her two young children while intoxicated. |
Belfast: Police probe school knife incident Thursday, May 08, 2008 BELFAST, Maine - Police are investigating an incident at Belfast Area High School in which a female student allegedly pulled a knife on a male student and held it at his throat. |
 Rockland teens learn dangers of drunken drivingThursday, May 08, 2008 ROCKLAND, Maine - A realistic enactment of a drunken driving fatality Wednesday left students at Rockland District High School in a somber mood. |
Maine court vacates ruling on watercraft ban Thursday, May 08, 2008 PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's highest court has vacated a lower court decision that said a state law banning personal watercraft on Lake St. George was unconstitutional. |
Belfast: Drunken man arrested for assault Wednesday, May 07, 2008 BELFAST, Maine - An intoxicated city man kept police busy Monday night before they finally arrested him for assault. |
Freedom: Cell phone saves man after hunting accident Wednesday, May 07, 2008 FREEDOM, Maine - A cell phone aided in the rescue of a Washington man from woods off Smithtown Road on Monday after he fell and broke his arm while hunting. |
Rockport: Human resources event draws more than 600 Wednesday, May 07, 2008 ROCKPORT, Maine - The Maine Human Resources Convention saw its largest-ever turnout on Tuesday at the Samoset Resort, where hundreds of people gathered to discuss the latest strategies for keeping their businesses competitive and their employees happy. |
Rockland: Knox County nursing homes to close Wednesday, May 07, 2008 ROCKLAND, Maine - Residents having to leave the two nursing homes being closed in Knox County will not be homeless, according to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. |
Knox County sheriff hires veteran officer Monday, May 05, 2008 ROCKLAND, Maine — Joseph F. Kieras, formerly of Spring Hill, Fla., has been offered the position of patrol administrator in the Knox County Sheriff’s Department, according to the Knox County Commission. |
Land trust purchases 18 acres on mountain Monday, May 05, 2008 CAMDEN, Maine — Coastal Mountains Land Trust recently purchased an 18-acre forested property on Ragged Mountain from Bob and Judy Oxton. |
Annual auction raises funds to help Watershed school Monday, May 05, 2008 CAMDEN, Maine — Friends of the Watershed Community School donated 64 items, ranging from a one-week cottage stay on Matinicus Island to private lessons in French, Latin or writing, for the annual spring auction. |
Ex-Gov. King to keynote Samoset forum Monday, May 05, 2008 ROCKPORT, Maine — Former Gov. Angus King will be among the keynote speakers at the 13th annual Maine Human Resources Convention May 6-9 at the Samoset Resort. |
Car plows into Maine bank after driver blacks out Monday, May 05, 2008 WATERBORO, Maine (AP) — Investigators say a medical problem may explain why a motorist blacked out on Route 202 in Waterboro, causing her car to plow into the front of a Gorham Savings Bank branch. |
 Rockport: Funds sought to save farmSaturday, May 03, 2008 ROCKPORT, Maine - John Piotti, executive director of Maine Farmland Trust in Belfast and a state legislator from Unity, believes farming has a great future in Maine. |
Stonington: Oil firm faces fines Saturday, May 03, 2008 STONINGTON, Maine - A local oil company is facing fines of more than $150,000 for allegedly failing to take required precautions against possible oil spills, according to a federal agency. |
 Prospect: Observatory's second season officially startsFriday, May 02, 2008 PROSPECT, Maine - Last year, more than 72,000 people took the 50-second elevator ride to the observatory atop the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which offers unmatched panoramic views of eastern Maine. |
Southwest Harbor to vote on new police station Friday, May 02, 2008 SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine - A proposal to build a new police station next to the year-old fire station on Main Street will be on the ballot when local voters hold their annual town meeting next week. |
Belfast: Dispatchers start fund to help county citizens Thursday, May 01, 2008 The dispatchers at the Waldo County Communications Center have formed a nonprofit organization to obtain items that will be donated to the community. |
Camden: Petition rejection fuels ire Thursday, May 01, 2008 Placing a recommended $5.8 million budget on the annual town meeting warrant might normally have been the highlight at a Select Board meeting, but the rejection of residents’ attempts to place three petitioned warrant articles before voters took the spotlight Tuesday evening. |
Winterport man guilty of sex charges Thursday, May 01, 2008 BELFAST, Maine — A Waldo County Superior Court jury deliberated for a little less than two hours Wednesday before finding Sydney Smith, 36, of Winterport guilty of three counts of unlawful sexual contact against two girls. |
Rockland bookshop to close next week Thursday, May 01, 2008 ROCKLAND, Maine — Visitors entering the bookstore and cafe Wednesday morning at the Breakwater Marketplace on Camden Street found a message written in chalk on a blackboard announcing the store’s closing. |
 Thomaston Lowe's home center opens Thursday Wednesday, April 30, 2008 THOMASTON, Maine - Home improvement retailer Lowe’s is opening its newest store Thursday, ending months of anticipation over the large construction project south of the Thomaston-Rockland line on U.S. Route 1. |
Schools continue struggle with law Wednesday, April 30, 2008 BELFAST, Maine - Some school districts are finding that recent changes to state law to remove financial barriers to consolidation aren’t making the process any easier. |
Searsmont: Three hurt in collision of VW, truck on Route 3 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 SEARSMONT, Maine - Three people were injured and a 10-month-old baby boy escaped without a scratch when a pickup truck smashed broadside into a Volkswagen Beetle on Route 3 on Tuesday morning. |
Organizers scuttle plan for replica of 1607 ship Wednesday, April 30, 2008 BATH, Maine - A nonprofit group in Maine has suspended its campaign to raise $2.2 million to build a full-scale replica of a ship built in 1607 by English colonists in Phippsburg. |
 Hope: Mainer with glaucoma to bicycle U.S. to raise funds, awareness of eye diseaseTuesday, April 29, 2008 HOPE, Maine - Ron Smith has traveled to Antarctica in a Russian icebreaker, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and clambered up peaks in Nepal. But the 4,500-mile, cross-country bicycle trip he has set for himself will be his biggest challenge ever, he says. |