Nicholas Sambides Jr.
Katahdin Bureau
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Lincoln’s Coffee Pot Cafe shuts its doors
LINCOLN, Maine — The Coffee Pot Cafe has closed. Neighbors of the West Broadway eatery said it shut down Saturday and that workers were inside the business emptying it of much of its contents on Tuesday. A woman who answered the telephone Wednesday at The Coffee Pot Cafe in Bangor, ...
East Millinocket selectmen oppose repairing Schenck High roof
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Voters will probably get a chance next month to decide whether to fix Schenck High School’s roof in a $1.87 million project that the school board supports and selectmen oppose. The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 on Tuesday to recommend against the project if the referendum ...
East Millinocket selectmen considering second offer on former elementary school
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Town leaders say they want to ensure that they have the best offer before they sell the former Opal Myrick Elementary School for $1. Selectmen agreed during a meeting at the town office on Monday to delay selling the building until they had entertained other offers. ...
Selectman: Mattawamkeag firefighting family used town credit card for personal gas
MATTAWAMKEAG, Maine — Credit card receipts show that suspended Fire Chief Robert Powers and his wife, Lynne, bought at least $9,000 in gasoline for personal vehicles with a town credit card intended for Fire Department use, Selectman Bion Tolman said Tuesday. The board’s chairman, Tolman and selectmen, who reviewed the ...
East Millinocket leaders delay vote on Schenck roof repair project
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday to consider the repair of Schenck High School’s roof as part of a project with a cost that might increase to $2.1 million, officials said. Selectmen met for about 40 minutes at the town office on ...
Medway leaders delay budget process until state leaders complete theirs
MEDWAY, Maine — Uncertainty about what the state Legislature will do with Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed state budget has prompted town leaders to delay their own budget work indefinitely, town Administrative Assistant Kathy Lee said Thursday. “How do you put together a budget without knowing what your revenues are going ...
![East Millinocket School Committee members Angel Danforth [left] and Chairman Dan Byron listen to Millinocket School Committee members during a meeting at Stearns High School on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.](http://bdnpull.bangorpublishing.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/10048401_H10521083-250x250.jpg)
‘We need to consolidate’: Stearns student scolds Katahdin school boards
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Tanner McLaughlin had heard enough. A Stearns High School sophomore, the student representative on the Millinocket school board, scolded his fellow board members and the East Millinocket school board during a meeting on Wednesday night for failing to aggressively pursue consolidating the towns’ two school systems. “I ...
Stearns student scolds school boards
A Stearns High School sophomore tells members of the East Millinocket and Millinocket school committees that they need to work faster to consolidate school systems.
East Millinocket mulls selling old school to developer to turn into apartments for tourists
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — A Realtor and former Department of Health and Human Services worker who lives in Augusta wants to buy the former Opal Myrick School from the town for $1 to turn it into a 15-apartment vacationers complex for tourists, she said Wednesday. Under Debbie Dawson’s proposal, she ...
Van carrying woman, two children collides with truck after driver distracted by her dogs
CHESTER, Maine — Two dogs jumping into a driver’s lap caused a collision with a tractor-trailer truck on Route 116 that sent three people to Penobscot Valley Hospital on Tuesday, state police said. The accident caused a backup of traffic from Route 116, which is also known as River Road ...
Lowell firefighters get new truck from New York
LOWELL, Maine — Town firefighters hope to have their newest truck in service in about three weeks after having traveled to upstate New York to pick it up over the weekend, Fire Chief Rick Smart said Monday. The town bought the used 1992 Beck Ottawa pumper truck for $35,000 from ...
Lowell gets new firetruck
The Lowell Fire Department received a new firetruck on Saturday and hopes to get it in operation within a few days.
Former Lincoln superintendent to get $140,000 severance package
LINCOLN, Maine — Former RSU 67 Superintendent Denise Hamlin, who resigned last month, will continue to draw her salary before receiving a $140,000 payment on June 30, according to the severance agreement signed by Hamlin and school leaders. According to documents provided to the Bangor Daily News through a Freedom ...
Plymouth superintendent to succeed Hamlin in Lincoln-area schools
LINCOLN, Maine — An educator with more than 40 years experience and who has held 15 interim superintendent positions will temporarily replace Denise Hamlin as RSU 67’s top educator. The RSU 67 board of directors voted 6-0 on Wednesday to appoint Raymond Freve of Plymouth as interim superintendent to replace ...
Lincoln fire chief resigns, denies conflict of interest
LINCOLN, Maine — Fire Chief Phil Dawson abruptly resigned on Wednesday because of what he described as concerns about his health and a dispute with a town official over a possible conflict of interest. “I am tired of the bull,” the 57-year-old Dawson said Wednesday. “This isn’t worth the battle ...
Lee Academy headmaster to retire
LEE, Maine — A pioneer in recruiting Asian students to attend Maine schools, Lee Academy Headmaster Bruce Lindberg is retiring effective June 30 because he is exhausted, he said Wednesday. In a Skype conversation from The Philippines on Wednesday, the 62-year-old said he was homesick and feeling ground up by ...
Mattawamkeag fire chief, deputy chief placed on unpaid leave for alleged misuse of funds
MATTAWAMKEAG, Maine — Town leaders are seeking the resignation of Fire Chief Robert Powers after he and his wife, Deputy Chief Lynne Powers, were suspended without pay for an alleged misuse of funds that state police are investigating, the Board of Selectmen’s chairman said Tuesday. The Board of Selectmen emerged ...
Lincoln fire chief on administrative leave pending investigation, says town manager
LINCOLN, Maine — Fire Chief Phil Dawson has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of a personnel investigation, Town Manager William Lawrence said Tuesday. Lawrence declined to comment on why Dawson was on leave or for how long the leave would continue. Dawson has an unlisted ...
Brewer man hospitalized after police pursuit from Milford to Alton
ALTON, Maine — A police pursuit that started after a witness reported a man stumbling badly just before he got into his car in Milford ended when the car crashed into trees off Route 43 early Saturday, police said Sunday. Jason Cook, 32, of Brewer, was in fair condition at ...
Frenchville man suffers internal injuries in motorcycle accident
FRENCHVILLE, Maine — A 59-year-old Frenchville man was in stable condition at a Bangor hospital on Sunday after suffering internal injuries in a motor vehicle accident on Route 1 on Saturday, state police said Sunday. Timothy Ouellette was driving his 2004 Harley-Davidson south on Route 1 behind a 2012 Ford ...
Man accused of killing Glenburn teen denied bail, has received death threats, attorney says
Family remembers Nichole “CoCo” Cable, warns of social media dangers
Kyle Dube arrest, murder charge surprising to some who know him
Glenburn woman gets 18 months for embezzling $100,000 from beagle rescue group
Man linked to Boston bombing suspect killed by FBI in Florida
Guest Post: “I’m about ready to name my daughter Revolution.”
How to humble a wing nut
Help Maine charter schools succeed before adding more
Bucksport’s Wood enjoying the professional cage in MMA bouts
Unity Raceway heading in new direction when track opens for season Sunday
Live updates: UMaine baseball vs. Stony Brook at America East Championship
Tommy Lawrence pitches UMaine baseball to victory in first America East tournament game
Messalonskee’s Dexter, South Portland’s Richards key first-year contributors for USM baseball team
Bangor veteran of World War II exemplifies the way life should be
It’s hard to keep secrets from a friend who is clairvoyant
Federal agencies eye return to restored historic Custom House in Portland