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Black Bears advance to league final
BOSTON — The University of Maine’s freshmen and sophomores have been pivotal in Maine’s turnaround this season but it was a pair of seniors who sent them into tonight’s Hockey East championship game against Boston College. more
By Larry Mahoney
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 4096 views
Butt in mulch starts a fire at BIA hotel
BANGOR, Maine — A carelessly discarded cigarette butt was cited as the cause of a small fire Friday afternoon at the Four Points by Sheraton Bangor Airport Hotel that prompted a brief evacuation of part of the hotel. more
By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 939 views
Teenager arrested in hammer assault
BANGOR, Maine — A Glenburn teenager who was riding around in a car with a couple of other teens late Wednesday, reportedly pulled out a hammer and hit another teenager in the head, Bangor police Sgt. Chip Hodges said Friday. more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 3654 views
Newburgh town clerk named interim manager
NEWBURGH, Maine — Longtime Town Clerk Lois Libby was hired at a special meeting Friday to serve as interim town manager, while an investigation into the current manager and the deputy treasurer continues, Selectman Leonard “Bud” Belcher said. more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 456 views
Memorial dance for slain Lee native tonight
LEE, Maine — Memorializing the death of a young man is usually a somber, if not heart-rending affair, but Michael Leslie Severance was a purposeful, patriotic man who also knew how to have fun, his father said. more
By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 409 views
Bradley selectmen, board member elected
BRADLEY, Maine — Residents filled three elective positions during annual elections Friday. more
By BDN Staff
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 212 views
New owner holding Stable Inn yard sale
BREWER, Maine — Twin City Rodeways Inc. took ownership of the New Stable Inn on Wilson Street in mid-February when the owner failed to pay his mortgage and is holding a yard sale Saturday to empty the building. more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 1779 views
Baileyville man arrested for assaulting woman
BAILEYVILLE, Maine — A local man was arrested Friday afternoon after he allegedly assaulted a woman twice in the same day and then fled when police were called. more
By Sharon Kiley Mack
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 1002 views
Petitioners place HoltraChem cleanup on Orrington ballot
ORRINGTON, Maine — After selectmen voted unanimously to support a quicker rather than an extensive cleanup of the former HoltraChem site — leaving tons of contaminated sludge at the riverfront site — residents organized and collected enough signatures to hold a referendum to reverse their decision. more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 169 views
CEO: Calais hospital moves forward
CALAIS, Maine — In a time when some Maine hospitals have been forced to lay off staff, Calais Regional Hospital has been able to hold its own. more
By Sharon Kiley Mack
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 291 views
Candidates line up for Damon, Pingree seats
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The departure of two veteran legislators because of term limits this year has opened their seats for candidates in the coming elections. more
By Rich Hewitt
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 529 views
Bonds, budget still ahead for lawmakers
Earlier this year, legislative leaders sharply limited the number of new bills allowed into the hopper and set an ambitious goal of wrapping up the 2010 session early in order to save the state money. more
By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 329 views
Lubec to address school problems
LUBEC, Maine — A public meeting has been set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at Lubec High School to discuss two school-related issues. more
By Sharon Kiley Mack
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 502 views
Fort Kent voters to address annual appropriations at town meeting
FORT KENT, Maine — With revenues down from last year, voters in Fort Kent are looking at a $400,000 tax commitment increase over the coming fiscal year, representing a 1.5 mill increase. more
By Julia Bayly
Special to the NEWS | 3/20/10 | 233 views
Fort Kent to vote on wind ordinance
FORT KENT, Maine — Voters at Monday night's annual town meeting will decide the fate of a proposed municipal commercial wind energy facility ordinance. more
By Julia Bayly
Special to the NEWS | 3/20/10 | 697 views
Dogs rescued from home in Enfield now recovering
LINCOLN, Maine — What a difference a few days of rest, a warm bath, gallons of water and a few heaping bowls of dog food have made for the seven dogs rescued from an Enfield home earlier this week. more
By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 1842 views
Marijuana patient calls law's limits impractical
MADISON, Maine — Friday was harvest day for Donald Christen, but unlike a potato or banana or wheat harvest, he left most of the goods on the plants. more
By Christopher Cousins
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 3507 views
Police thwart raffle aimed at helping nonprofit
ISLESBORO, Maine — Josh Conover thought he was being generous by auctioning off his old lobster boat and giving some of the proceeds to the Maine Lobster Institute for research, but Maine State Police notified the institute this week that his actions were against the law. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 2412 views
Teenager helps put out fire in Winterport
WINTERPORT, Maine — Quick thinking by a local teenager prevented a garage fire from turning into an inferno Friday morning after her brother and some of his friends ignited a puddle of gasoline. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 1914 views
2 embezzlement lawsuits are filed against ex-banker
ROCKLAND, Maine — Two civil lawsuits have been filed against a Warren woman accusing her of embezzling more than $800,000 from Camden National Corp. and Maine Contractors and Builders Alliance Inc. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 1478 views
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