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Audit finds $600 missing from Milo town coffers, chief says
MILO, Maine — An investigation into $45,000 missing from the Kiwanis Club has been broadened to include $600 discovered missing from an account the club created with the town, Police Chief Damien Pickel said Friday. The Kiwanis Club created the account with the town to pay for renovations to the ...
Recovered B-52 ejection seat gives rise to unanswered questions
TOWNSHIP 8, RANGE 10, Maine — Presumably the last person to sit in the ejection seat Maine Forest Service rangers hauled from Elephant Mountain on Thursday was a B-52 crewman enduring the most harrowing experience of his life. But which crewman? Was it Maj. Robert Morrison, co-pilot of the doomed ...
‘It gives you a place to go’: Lincoln senior center off to good start, owners say
LINCOLN, Maine — Joanne Viosine knew plenty about gardening and line dancing and not as much about jewelry, but she’s taking classes in all three subjects at the Golden Key Senior Center. “You do it to have something to do with friends and to meet new people,” the 65-year-old Chester ...
Passadumkeag Mountain group to discuss wind farm at cookout
TOWNSHIP 3 ND, Maine — The volunteer citizens group Passadumkeag Mountain Friends will hold a cookout Sunday to tell people about a 14-turbine wind-to-energy project slated for Passadumkeag Mountain. The public is invited. The cookout will be held at Nicatous Lodge, about 15 miles southeast of Burlington, from noon to ...
Audit shows no financial problems after resignation of Milo town manager
MILO, Maine — No problems were discovered in the town’s financial records in an audit ordered in response to the resignation early last month of Town Manager Jeffrey Gahagan, Police Chief Damien Pickel said Wednesday. “There were no inconsistencies or anything that would be considered out of the ordinary,” Pickel ...
Ranger finds ejection seat to B-52 that crashed in 1963
TOWNSHIP 8, RANGE 10, Maine — An ejection seat that helped save the life of a U.S. Air Force crewman involved in the crash of a B-52 bomber in 1963 has been found, officials said Tuesday. Maine Forest Service District Ranger Bruce Reed found the piece of Maine history on ...
Riders, businesses enjoy benefits of new Katahdin region trail
MILLINOCKET, Maine – Bob and Bess Cutliffe rode their ATV on the new Katahdin Area Multi-Use Trail on Sunday for the first time this year and have advice for fellow riders. If you’re elderly, prepare for a rough ride. “The young people will love it,” 69-year-old Bess Cutliffe said Sunday. ...
DOT examining options for Route 6 maintenance
LEE, Maine — To those of you who have seen Route 6 in and around Lee and feel it needs fixing, fear not: State workers are on the way. Dale Doughty, the Maine Department of Transportation’s director of maintenance and operations, said that workers will be examining the road this ...
First Wind satisfied with electricity output in 2011, spokesman says
Maine’s four First Wind industrial wind sites generated about 27 to 37 percent of their capacity in 2011 — and thereby performed within wind industry standards for projects of their size, a company spokesman said Saturday. Releasing annual generation figures and percentages for its Maine projects for the first time ...
State budget gives big tax break to Millinocket torrefied wood plant
MILLINOCKET, Maine — New England’s first torrefied wood facility will qualify for an additional $30 million in tax credits thanks to an amendment passed within the state budget Gov. Paul LePage signed this week, officials said Friday. As proposed by Senate President and 2nd Congressional District candidate Kevin Raye, the ...
RSU 67 attorney stands behind superintendent in labor complaint
LINCOLN, Maine – The attorney representing RSU 67 in a complaint before the Maine Labor Relations Board is as dismissive of accusations that Superintendent Denise Hamlin tried to intimidate union members and otherwise violate state law as Hamlin was earlier this week. A copy of the response to the complaint ...
Medway residents to vote on keeping East Millinocket police as primary force
MEDWAY, Maine — Voters will decide at a town meeting next month whether to retain East Millinocket police as the town’s primary law enforcers, town Administrative Assistant Kathy Lee said. The Board of Selectmen considered seeking police coverage from other agencies, at one point appearing to break off contract talks ...
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Lincoln woman charged with criminal trespass
LINCOLN, Maine — A Lincoln woman was charged with criminal trespass when police found her in the closet of an Enfield Road home after they responded to a reported burglary, officials said Thursday. Kaci Munson, 26, was also charged Wednesday on a warrant for failure to pay fines, Police Chief ...
Katahdin region preps for Relay for Life with softball tournament
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Tiffany Stanley is a bookkeeper at her husband’s garage and a part-time medical administration instructor who never imagined she would be organizing a softball tournament or sleeping overnight at a high school track. That changed when her friend Angela Morrow was diagnosed with cancer five years ago, ...
Internet petition calls for FBI to handle 32-year-old Joyce McLain murder case
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — More than 1,200 people signed an Internet petition within 24 hours of its creation that calls for the FBI to take from state officials control of the investigation into the 1980 unsolved homicide of Joyce McLain. As of 9:30 a.m. Thursday, 1,362 people had “signed” the ...
Burlington motorcyclist remains in serious condition at EMMC
BURLINGTON, Maine — A 29-year-old man injured when his motorcycle veered suddenly off Long Ridge Road remained in serious condition Wednesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, a hospital spokesman said. Luke Shorey of Burlington suffered head injuries and cuts, scrapes and bruises to his legs when he was ...
LePage budget funds Dolby landfill, but doesn’t end Millinocket feud, officials say
MILLINOCKET, Maine — The revised state budget Gov. Paul LePage signed Wednesday doesn’t end his feud with town leaders over $216,000 in withheld education aid despite its funding the item that set off the fight, officials said. The budget includes $320,000 to fund operations of the state-owned Dolby landfill in ...
Lincoln superintendent accused of intimidating union members
LINCOLN, Maine — RSU 67 Superintendent Denise Hamlin denied accusations Tuesday of discriminating against some teachers union members, undermining grievance procedures and prohibiting some union functions as alleged in a complaint filed against her with state labor officials. Maine Education Association general counsel Shawn Keenan filed the complaint with the ...
Burlington woman’s first aid training helps save man injured in motorcycle accident
BURLINGTON, Maine — Tracey Sprague is no medic, but the first aid training she got as a Girl Scout leader probably helped save the life of a motorcyclist who crashed in front of her home, she said Tuesday. The 51-year-old retired cashier and deli cook was just coming through the ...
East-west highway critics mislead, bully, Cianbro chief Peter Vigue says
LINCOLN, Maine — Peter Vigue has an idea that he says can save Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC at least $2 million annually. The 65-year-old Cianbro Corp. president and CEO sees potato farmers in Aroostook County, homeowners in Milo and woodsmen on the Golden Road similarly benefiting from an increased ...
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
Reporting crime
A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
Aroostook businessman expands company out of home with hit mobile app 7 Little Words
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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