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BROWNVILLE, Maine — After nearly two years of hard work, snowmobile enthusiasts were celebrating in Brownville on Saturday. The New Brunswick Southern Railway/Eastern Maine Railway and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway gave their permission for snowmobile crossings on the Wildwoods Trail. A brief ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Saturday on the ...
Jan. 29, 2011
• By Diana Bowley • In Destination: Maine, News, Outdoors, Piscataquis
PORTLAND, Maine — A Canadian company with a rail line in Maine has been chosen as the new operator for 233 miles of state-owned lines in northern Maine formerly owned by the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the Maine Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. A five-member selection committee unanimously ...
April 05, 2011
• By Clarke Canfield,The Associated Press • In Business
MATTAWAMKEAG – Maine Forest Service helicopters dumped water on a 20-acre forest fire located about one mile east of the Nadeauville Road Wednesday. The fire was reported around 3 p.m. and quickly spread from an area near the Eastern Maine Railway tracks to surrounding woods. The fire is under investigation. ...
May 03, 2001
• • In Uncategorized
Eastern Maine Railway, a subsidiary of J.D. Irving Ltd., has purchased a 28-mile stretch of railroad tracks in Aroostook County from the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway. The stretch of track is between Madawaska and Van Buren and includes the international bridge that crosses from Van Buren into St. Leonard, ...
June 11, 2013
• By Whit Richardson • In Aroostook, Business, News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Manufacturers on 233 miles of state-owned railroad tracks in northern Maine deemed vital to the state’s economy can expect good and steady service from the tracks’ new freight carrier, a state official says. Fourteen of the 22 major manufacturers along those tracks, most of which run from ...
April 07, 2011
• By Nick Sambides Jr. • In Aroostook, Augusta, Business, News
BROWNVILLE JUNCTION – David R. Leathers, 44, died unexpectedly Aug. 13, 2005. He was born in Fort Kent, Dec. 27, 1960, the son of John and Eleanor (Drummond) Leathers of Brownville Junction. David graduated from Penquis Valley High School in Milo, in 1979. He was employed by Eastern Maine Railway, ...
Sept. 25, 2008
• • In Obituaries
In an effort to avoid a collision with a moving commercial train, a fully loaded logging truck rolled over into a ditch and spilled its cargo onto the train, tying up traffic on U.S. Route 1 in Danforth on Monday afternoon, police said. No one was injured in the accident, ...
July 10, 2007
• By ANNE RAVANA, BDN Staff • In Uncategorized
GUEST COLUMN
In 1905, an historic connection was established when the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (B&A) fulfilled the vision of connecting Aroostook County with the deep-water commercial docks at Searsport. This corridor forms the backbone of rail service through the heartland of Maine, and for more than 100 years it has carried ...
June 07, 2011
• By David Gelinas • In Contributors, Opinion
Contractors have finished only about a quarter of the $10.5 million in repairs planned for 233 miles of state-owned railroad tracks between Millinocket and Madawaska, but freight customers should already be seeing some marked improvements, state officials said this week. About half of the 7,500 feet of rail replacement has ...
Dec. 22, 2011
• By Nick Sambides Jr. • In Aroostook, Business, News, Penobscot, State
BROWNVILLE – Could it be that Brownville will become home to a 550-room, four-star hotel, 45,000-square-foot convention center, spa facility, 25,000-square-foot conference center, golf course, golf school and clubhouse, three restaurants and 400 time-share units? That’s the concept plan that a California developer has for a 3,500-acre parcel near Norton ...
Aug. 03, 2005
• By DIANA BOWLEY, BDN Staff • In Uncategorized
Calais District Court Cases April 18-May 8 Jacinta A. Altvater, 36, Perry, domestic violence assault, dismissed. Jennifer Brodie, 20, Lubec, minor transporting liquor, $100, license suspended 30 days. Edward John Cadett Jr., 28, Alexander, operating vehicle while license suspended or revoked, $250. Irving J. Dana, 48, Calais, violating condition of ...
May 15, 2008
• • In Uncategorized
PORTLAND – A Texas businessman is offering luxury rail tours in northern Maine this summer, hoping to attract the same sort of well-heeled vacationers who like to sail on cruise ships. Randy Parten, who owns the nation’s largest fleet of private rail cars, is spending about $3.5 million on the ...
Feb. 09, 2002
• By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • In Business
HERMON, Maine — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway announced a tentative deal Tuesday to sell 25 miles of railroad tracks and effectively end a long-running dispute by allowing another shipper access to a Madawaska paper mill. If the Federal Rail Administration and Maine Department of Transportation approve, J.D. Irving subsidiary ...
Dec. 06, 2011
• By Nick Sambides Jr. • In Bangor, Business, News, Penobscot
TRANSPORTATION IN MAINE
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — There’s no telling what kind of place Fort Fairfield would be today if not for the railroad lines that for more than a century have connected the small northern Maine town to the rest of the world. Even today, in spite of the fact that the ...
March 20, 2011
• By Christopher Cousins • In Aroostook, Business, News, State
Dover-Foxcroft District Court Cases Dec. 31, 2007-Feb. 14, 2008 Patricia A. Woodward, 19, Dover-Foxcroft, trafficking tobacco in adult correctional facility, dismissed. Joseph A. Wright, 26, Milo, operating unregistered snowmobile, $100. Terrie L. Zelkan, 43, Milo, negotiating worthless instrument, dismissed. Lincoln District Court Raymond A. Auletta, 44, Belchertown, Mass., operating vehicle ...
March 21, 2008
• • In Uncategorized
GREENVILLE – A luxury passenger train service using refurbished Victorian-era railroad cars will make its inaugural trip to Maine’s interior June 9, helping to boost the state’s sagging economy. John “Randy” Parten of Houston, Texas, president of Acadia Railway Trains LP, said Tuesday all is in place to begin rail ...
March 28, 2002
• By DIANA BOWLEY, BDN Staff • In Uncategorized
Voters will have the final say, but state and federal officials are working now to save about 240 miles of northern Maine rail lines slated for abandonment but deemed crucial to the state’s …
April 14, 2010
• By Nick Sambides Jr. • In News, Politics, State
Dover-Foxcroft District Court Cases Feb. 15-March 26 Justin A. Baird, 27, Bangor, two counts negotiating worthless instrument, $200. Lisa R. Brayall, 41, LaGrange, negotiating worthless instrument, $100. Matthew D. Briggs, 21, Friendship, operating unregistered snowmobile, $100. Nicole B. Briggs, 18, Sebec, operating vehicle without license, $150; minor possessing liquor, $200. ...
March 31, 2008
• • In Uncategorized
The state has purchased 233 miles of northern Maine freight rail tracks deemed vital to Maine’s economy from owner Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway for $20.1 million, officials said Tuesday.
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Oct. 19, 2010
• By Nick Sambides Jr. and Jen Lynds • In Aroostook, News, Penobscot
Rockland District Court Cases Oct. 27-Nov. 3 Nathaniel L. Alexander, 20, Washington, violating condition of release, jail 48 hours. Addison W. Ames Sr., 74, Vinalhaven, possessing lobster beyond minimum or maximum, $75. David G. Ames, 40, Matinicus, speeding 30-plus mph more than posted speed, $500. Tony Bartlett, 18, Washington, sale, ...
Nov. 04, 2008
• • In Uncategorized
