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Thorndike votes for strict wind ordinance
THORNDIKE — With no discussion and little fanfare, Thorndike residents voted at Saturday morning’s annual town meeting to adopt a comprehensive, strict wind energy ordinance, which would require … more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 300 views
Afghan woman reflects on war’s impact
BANGOR, Maine — Mariam Atifa Raqib remembers a beautiful green countryside and a public garden across the way from where she grew up in Afghanistan. That vivid image is just a memory now that … more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/20/10 | 127 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 | 2332 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 | 1881 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 | 1461 views
Thorndike residents to vote on rigid wind ordinance
THORNDIKE, Maine — Residents will decide at Saturday's annual town meeting whether this small Waldo County town will become the latest Maine community to clamp down on potential wind energy projects. more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 3/19/10 | 502 views
Tensions simmer as lobster season nears
ROCKLAND, Maine — On a sparkling, springlike morning, Spc. Matt Talbot of the Maine Marine Patrol helped launch his agency’s fastest boat into Rockland Harbor. more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 3/17/10 | 3701 views
Media Workshops sets $10,000 scholarships
ROCKPORT, Maine — Maine Media Workshops has launched a new scholarship fund for Maine high school students attending MMW’s Young Artists Program. Partnering with Camden National Bank, MMW has … more
By BDN Staff
BDN Staff | 3/16/10 | 526 views
Boat raffle to benefit Maine Lobster Institute
ISLESBORO, Maine — When lobsterman Josh Conover got a new boat to replace his all-wood 1977 vessel, he knew he wanted to do something interesting with the old boat. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/15/10 | 2209 views
Acquittal in shooting spurs hope, wariness
ROCKLAND, Maine — For Edwin Vance Bunker, the end of his trial means the knot in his stomach has finally come undone. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/15/10 | 4772 views
Camden Snow Bowl closes for the season
CAMDEN, Maine — The Camden Snow Bowl yielded to the promise of spring and closed for the season on March 13. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/13/10 | 1465 views
Matinicus duo found not guilty in shooting
ROCKLAND, Maine — A Matinicus lobsterman and his daughter wept Friday as a Knox County jury acquitted them of charges in connection with a shooting on the town dock last summer. more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/13/10 | 27523 views
Defendants not guilty in lobsterman shooting trial
ROCKLAND, Maine - A jury has found a Maine lobsterman and his daughter not guilty on all charges stemming from the shooting a fellow lobsterman in a feud over lobster traps off Matinicus Island. … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/12/10 | 2438 views
Jury to resume deliberations in lobsterman shooting case
ROCKLAND, Maine — Jury deliberations in the shooting trial of a Matinicus man and his daughter will resume today. more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/11/10 | 3485 views
Matinicus lobsterman testifies in own defense
ROCKLAND, Maine — The Matinicus lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow fisherman on the town dock last summer took the stand in his own defense late Wednesday to describe how rising tensions … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/11/10 | 2764 views
Sinkhole repairs begin
ROCKLAND, Maine — Maine Department of Transportation crews began repairs Wednesday on “Maine’s largest pothole,” a 65-foot-deep sinkhole that opened on Old County Road last month. DOT … more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/11/10 | 2189 views
Boy testifies about events leading up to shooting
ROCKLAND, Maine — A 13-year-old New Hampshire boy who spends summers on Matinicus testified Wednesday about events leading up to the July 20, 2009, shooting on the town wharf. Edwin Vance … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/10/10 | 2728 views
Waldo County rejects sheriff’s office options
BELFAST, Maine — Waldo County commissioners rejected several alternative options to building a new sheriff’s office and Emergency Management Agency office at a Tuesday meeting. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/10/10 | 485 views
Five Town CSD proposes to reduce 13 positions
ROCKPORT, Maine — The Five Town CSD finance committee at its Saturday meeting proposed to reduce 13 positions at Camden Hills Regional High School to cope with state funding reductions for 2010-11. … more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/10/10 | 503 views
Police seek woman in ‘scary’ incident
BELFAST, Maine — Belfast police are looking for a woman who may have tried Tuesday afternoon to entice a young girl into her car using a puppy. more
By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/10/10 | 9773 views
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