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Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
ROCKPORT, Maine — For those willing and able to plumb the depths of some pretty dense data and economic theory, a strategy for increasing Maine’s exports could be found in Cesar Hidalgo’s presentation Thursday. Hidalgo, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at the Maine International Trade Center’s ...
Student injured in fight at Thorndike middle school
THORNDIKE, Maine — A student at Mount View Middle School had to be taken to a hospital for treatment after an apparent fight with another student Tuesday morning. RSU 3 Superintendent Heather Perry said Wednesday she could reveal few details, citing confidentiality protection for students at the school, which serves ...
Morrill schoolchildren cheer former student in Afghanistan
MORRILL, Maine — These days, Tyler Streit is a captain in the U.S. Air Force, flying secret missions in Afghanistan. But more than 20 years ago, he was a kindergartner at the Gladys Weymouth School in this small rural town west of Belfast. This month, children at the K-2 school ...
Expert advises Camden, Thomaston how to make downtowns pedestrian-friendly
CAMDEN, Maine — There is a simple truth that Maine small towns would do well to learn and embrace, Dan Burden says. The lower the speed of vehicles passing through, the higher the retail sales at downtown shops and restaurants. Burden, a national expert in making downtowns pedestrian-friendly, was the ...
Computer service opens in Belfast, Camden
BELFAST, Maine — Some of Aaron Sarnacki’s computer service clients have been with him 10 years. Not only is such customer loyalty unusual in the rapidly changing industry, but even more remarkable is that Sarnacki is just 23. A 2006 graduate of Searsport District High School, where he was valedictorian, ...
Groups looking to start charter schools in Maine share plans with state
AUGUSTA, Maine — Nine organizations hoping to win state charters for new schools have filed letters of intent with the Maine Charter School Commission, meeting the May 16 deadline. Full applications are due with the commission by June 29. Maine law recently was amended to allow charter schools, which are ...
Searsport board readies for DCP propane tank review
SEARSPORT, Maine — The application by DCP Midstream to build a $40 million liquid propane tank at the Mack Point port facility may be the largest project the town’s planning board has ever considered. The first meeting in the review process is set for 7 p.m. on Monday, May 21, ...
Richard Russo, Andre Dubus III to appear together at Rockport Opera House
ROCKPORT, Maine — When acclaimed writers Richard Russo and Andre Dubus III take the stage at the Rockport Opera House on Saturday, May 19, to discuss their work together and with an audience, it’s a safe bet the evening will be lively, entertaining and funny. The event is a fundraiser ...
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In the Internet age, finding a job means using new approaches
ROCKLAND, Maine — For someone who last looked for work in the early 1990s, it’s more than a little disconcerting. Walk into a Home Depot or Walmart asking about employment, says David Grima, team leader for the Bureau of Employment Services at the Rockland Career Center, and you won’t be ...
Group tries to keep island community viable through affordable housing project
ISLESBORO, Maine — Rick Rogers is a recent transplant to this Penobscot Bay island community, but he understands its challenges. “We’re trying to keep these places from turning into retirement communities,” he said Tuesday. When young people leave, when a school closes, when middle- and working-class families no longer can ...
Fire destroys house in Searsmont
SEARSMONT, Maine — A fire of unknown origin destroyed a house on Route 3 on Tuesday. No one was hurt. According to Searsmont firefighter Joel Cox, the blaze was reported about 11:30 a.m., possibly by the resident, Joyce Babcock, or a passer-by. Babcock was outside the house and may have ...
Belfast woman fights city over drainage
BELFAST, Maine — A woman whose backyard is bounded by a stream she claims the city has created and increased in size remains locked in conflict with city hall. Laurie Allen of Seaview Terrace, a street that intersects Northport Avenue near Waldo County General Hospital, can be seen on some ...
New Belfast restaurant has roots in one of city’s oldest
BELFAST, Maine — The three owners of Nautilus Seafood & Grill on the city’s East Side know the restaurant business and, they believe, they know what both locals and tourists want. Rosamond Peters, 34, her husband Ronald Mitchell Jr., 45, and Jenifer Oakes, 37, worked at Darby’s Restaurant & Pub ...
Freedom college student named University of Maine trustee
FREEDOM, Maine — When Tyler Hadyniak walks into a Bangor conference room on July 9 for his first meeting as a member of the University of Maine board of trustees, he may be a little jet-lagged. Hadyniak will have been back in the U.S. barely a day from a nearly ...
From the community
Rotary Club to hold yard sale
CAMDEN, Maine — The Camden Rotary Club will hold its third annual Giant Yard Sale 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 26, and and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, May 27, at the former Rockport Elementary School East on West Street. Sale items will include sporting goods, furniture, housewares, gardening supplies, toys, ...
Searsport sea captain hero not forgotten, thanks to town historian
SEARSPORT, Maine — History is best told through people, Charlene Farris believes. And the story of one of Searsport’s legendary sea captains, one she knew when she was a child, relates a part of history in dramatic, heroic terms. Named official historian at town meeting in 2010, Farris has a ...
Camden business owners plan potluck event to get to know each other
CAMDEN, Maine — Sometimes it takes a newcomer’s eyes to see what was there all along. Flint Decker, who with his wife, Gail, has renovated a high-profile downtown storefront to house his The New England Real Estate Co. and her The Antique Garden Shoppe, has organized a potluck get-together for ...
Rights to former Searsport-to-Limestone jet fuel pipeline go on auction block
LIMESTONE, Maine — Control of the 200-mile-long pipeline that once linked jet fuel tanks in Searsport with the former Loring Air Force Base will be auctioned off next month. The company that had been leasing the right of way, pipeline and associated equipment, Loring BioEnergy, has defaulted on its lease ...
Belfast pub is growing up, owners say
BELFAST, Maine — Known among the city’s several watering holes as a place where younger revelers congregate to drink, listen to music, dance and have a good time, the former Lookout Pub is being transformed into a more family-friendly, food-based bar. Like its owners, Tina DelSanto, 32, and Katherine Loblein, ...
Belfast lawmaker gets protection order against Brunswick legislator after breakup
BELFAST, Maine — A Maine legislator whose romantic relationship with another lawmaker ended earlier this year claims her former boyfriend has stalked, harassed and threatened her. Rep. Erin Herbig, a first-term Belfast Democrat, has secured a protection from abuse order against Rep. Alexander Cornell du Houx, a two-term Democratic member ...
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
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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