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MMA training cruise takes students to Europe
CASTINE, Maine — The Maine Maritime Academy's training cruise will take students this summer to Germany, France and England. The 500-foot State of Maine departs Castine on May 4 for a two-month … more
By The Associated Press
| 2/9/10 | 333 views
Jackson residents approve wind turbine limits
JACKSON, Maine — Residents this weekend approved a controversial wind turbine ordinance that would impose strict regulations on industrial wind power developments. more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 2/9/10 | 1282 views
Thousands attend Camden toboggan races
CAMDEN, Maine — Thousands of spectators congregated this weekend at the Camden Snow Bowl to cheer on the participants of the 20th annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships as they whizzed down … more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 2/8/10 | 2442 views
75 gather to raise funds for Unity park
UNITY, Maine — About 75 community members gathered Saturday evening to eat together and raise money to add a garden plot to Triplet Park, where produce for the local food pantry will be grown. … more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 2/8/10 | 496 views
20th National Toboggan Championships open in Camden
CAMDEN, Maine — There will be formal ceremonies, world-class athletes and blinding media glare when the Winter Olympics open in Vancouver. Across the continent in Maine, they’ve swapped the … more
By The Associated Press
| 2/6/10 | 1602 views
Candidate: Domestic violence top priority
ROCKPORT, Maine — A Bank of America employee with 25 years of law enforcement experience is running for Knox County sheriff with the priority of lowering domestic violence rates. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 572 views
Board OKs Rockland-St. George consolidation
ROCKLAND, Maine — The RSU 13 school board voted Thursday night to consolidate the St. George and Rockland high schools, a decision designed to save money through staff reductions and by elimination of overlapping services. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 2/6/10 | 343 views
Police say teenager was beaten, kidnapped
ROCKLAND, Maine — Two women accused of kidnapping and beating an 18-year-old woman are being held at Knox County Jail. Felicity Butler, 31, of Rockland was arrested Feb. 1 and charged with … more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 2/5/10 | 15709 views
Snow Bowl toboggan chute iced and ready
CAMDEN, Maine — The chute was icy, the bleachers were ready, and Hosmer Pond — where toboggan racers eventually slide to a halt — was frozen solid. All that was missing from the Camden Snow … more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 2/5/10 | 2004 views
Bid to overturn murder conviction denied
ROCKLAND, Maine — A Superior Court Justice denied a convicted murderer’s petition to overturn his conviction earlier this week. Douglas A. Dyer of Friendship was sentenced to 40 years in … more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 2/5/10 | 1289 views
Event center panel gets OK in Belfast
BELFAST, Maine — As Rockland goes, so goes Belfast? more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 2/3/10 | 605 views
Camden moves forward with TIF proposals
CAMDEN, Maine — Select Board members unanimously chose Tuesday to move forward with two tax increment financing proposals to help the town generate more money for infrastructure projects. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 2/3/10 | 329 views
Man named harness racing's 'rising star'
THORNDIKE, Maine — The practice track has disappeared into the white landscape and a sulky hangs in skeletal pieces in the winter-quiet barn. more
By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff | 2/3/10 | 3079 views
5 arrested for drug trafficking
ROCKLAND, Maine — State drug enforcement agents have arrested five people for trafficking in prescription drugs. more
By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff | 2/3/10 | 2333 views
Newcastle man sentenced to 15 months on gun charge
BANGOR, Maine - A Newcastle man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 15 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Kurt F. Martin, 54, of Newcastle also was … more
By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 2/2/10 | 802 views
Medway businessman to serve six years for fatal crash
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Medway man with dozens of traffic violations on his record was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter charges stemming from a fatal September 2008 crash in Waldo County. more
By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 2/2/10 | 9184 views
Rockland man killed in accident on Route 1 in Thomaston
THOMASTON, Maine — A 23-year-old man was killed Monday morning when he was hit by a car while walking on Route 1. more
By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 2/1/10 | 4499 views
Court News
Court news for Waldo and Knox counties. more
2/1/10 | 1023 views
Maine artist soars with eagles
For years William “B.J.” Moreau has crept closer and closer to the eagles of Unity Pond. more
By Christopher Cousins
BDN Staff | 2/1/10 | 1970 views
Farmers market forum draws crowd
BELFAST, Maine — Hundreds of farmers gathered at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center this weekend for the second annual Farmers Market Convention, sharing ideas, marketing strategies and … more
By Sharon Kiley Mack
BDN Staff | 2/1/10 | 1528 views
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