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Snowe primary challenger unenrolls from Maine GOP after caucus
AUGUSTA, Maine — A primary challenger to U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe and a self-proclaimed tea partier has unenrolled from the Republican party in the wake of the state GOP’s recent caucuses. Andrew Ian Dodge of Harpswell announced on Tuesday that he was severing ties with his party but said he ...
Maine State Police investigating death in Patten
PATTEN, Maine — No details were released Tuesday after a dead body was reported to Maine State Police that morning, but state police Detective Mark Sperrey said he expects more information to be released Wednesday. The body was reported to police around 9:30 a.m., according to the Penobscot Regional Communications ...
Rosa Scarcelli suing stepfather for not firing her mother
PORTLAND, Maine — Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Portland businesswoman Rosa Scarcelli is suing her stepfather and his company, in part because he refused to fire Scarcelli’s mother. In her complaint, Scarcelli argues her mother — the defendant’s wife — should have been dispatched over her mismanagement of low-income housing ...
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Presque Isle police pluck pot out of pickup on Presidents Day
on Feb. 21, 2012, at 2:30 p.m.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Following up on a tip, local police stopped a pickup truck traveling through town Monday morning and charged a New Brunswick man with trafficking in marijuana and hashish. Dozer, the department’s drug-sniffing dog, indicated that there were drugs in the Canadian man’s 2005 GMC pickup truck ...
St. David man pleads guilty to marijuana smuggling, money laundering
PORTLAND, Maine — An Aroostook County man described by a federal prosecutor as “one of the most prolific drug smugglers in Maine” for nearly 40 years waived indictment and pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to drug and money laundering charges. Paul Corbin, 54, of St. David had pleaded ...
Feds recommend East Grand Lake conservation project for funding
ORIENT, Maine — The Obama administration’s budget proposal for next year includes $1.8 million in federal funding to conserve more than 7,500 acres along East Grand Lake and several tributaries located along the Maine-New Brunswick border. Known as the East Grand Lake/Orient project, the initiative is seeking $1.8 million from ...
Retired businessman to honor farmers with mural
FORT KENT, Maine — For years the former A.D. Soucy Farm Supply building on Market Street catered to the vast and varied needs of local farmers. No longer in operation, the building is about to get an agriculturally related face-lift thanks to the efforts of a local businessman. Reno Lagasse, ...
SAD 27 board supports Wallagrass Elementary School library with $25,000 recommendation
WALLAGRASS, Maine — The SAD 27 board of directors demonstrated its support of proposed library improvements at the Wallagrass Elementary School with a $25,000 appropriation toward the project. Funding is contingent on voter approval of the overall district budget and a successful Maine Community Development Block Grant, but members indicated ...
UMPI students, others shave heads to raise money for cancer research
The Associated Press on Feb. 19, 2012, at 8:33 a.m.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — People in northern Maine are getting into the fundraising spirit by having their heads shaved and then painted as planets, dwarf planets and moons. Saturday is the sixth annual Planet Head Day to raise money for a nonprofit known as C-A-N-C-E-R, or the Caring Area Neighbors ...
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County man collects chain saws of all shapes, styles and colors
ALLAGASH, Maine — Anyone who has spent any time at all in the Maine woods is familiar with the sounds of a gas-powered chain saw. The constant buzz of a saw is the soundtrack to timber operations, woodlot maintenance and firewood gathering. It’s also music to the ears of Louis ...
MDEA: Abandoned motor home used to smoke bath salts
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — Officials with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency say that an abandoned motor home found in Fort Fairfield three months ago was not being used to manufacture drugs, but agents believe that equipment and materials found in the facility were being used to smoke bath salts. Darrell ...
Littleton man still wanted in connection with meth lab
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Investigators still are searching for a Littleton man who has been wanted for close to two months in connection with a methamphetamine lab discovered last year on Main Street in Presque Isle. Ronald Lewis, 22, is wanted on charges of trafficking methamphetamine, according to Darrell Crandall, ...
KATHRYN OLMSTEAD
Aroostook ties run deep, pay big dividends
Generosity is not a trait typically associated with the nation’s wealthy in this age of anger among the “99 percent.” Yet recent and past gifts to Aroostook County provide a counterpoint to popular stereotypes of the affluent. I remember back in the 1980s when townspeople in Easton were surprised by ...
Three charged in Presque Isle meth lab case
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Three people were arrested and charged late Wednesday night in connection with the discovery on Sunday evening of a methamphetamine lab in Presque Isle. Darrell Crandall, division commander of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, said Thursday that the three have been charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, ...
Is Houlton’s moose breaking loose?
By Joseph Cyr, Houlton Pioneer Times on Feb. 16, 2012, at 6:19 p.m.
HOULTON, Maine — It has stood majestically in Riverfront Park, watching over the Meduxnekeag River and welcoming people to Houlton’s downtown for nearly three years. Countless families and individuals have stopped to take their photos with it, creating Christmas cards from the images. It is known only as “the moose.” ...
Supporters reach halfway fundraising mark to buy land for Portage senior housing project
By Kathy McCarty, Presque Isle Star-Herald on Feb. 16, 2012, at 1:41 p.m.
PORTAGE LAKE, Maine — The Portage Lake Housing Corp. has received a $2,500 donation to reach the halfway mark of its fundraising drive. The funds will be used to buy land on which to develop a senior housing facility in town. “Ask most any resident of Portage Lake why they ...
Houlton, SAD 29 compromise on bus storage agreement
HOULTON, Maine — Despite some misgivings, Town Councilors earlier this week altered a lease agreement with SAD 29 in order to give district officials more time to find new storage space for school buses. During a brief meeting on Monday evening, the council voted to amend its bus garage lease ...
Mars Hill man, Canadian woman facing federal drug charges
BANGOR, Maine — A Mars Hill man and Canadian woman are facing federal drug charges after being arrested last week at the Bridgewater Port of Entry, north of Houlton. Caleb Jewett, 20, and Patricia Smith, 24, of Perth Andover, New Brunswick, were arrested early Friday after methamphetamine was found hidden ...
Cary Medical Center receives $276,000 to promote heart health, wellness
CARIBOU, Maine — Valentine’s Day was the perfect forum for officials at Cary Medical Center to announce news of a significant grant designed to help Aroostook County residents live healthier lives. During a press conference Tuesday afternoon at the Caribou hospital, Cary officials, physicians, health educators and others announced that ...
Caribou District Court cases Dec. 1-31, 2011
on Feb. 14, 2012, at 3:54 p.m.
Cases Dec. 1-31, 2011 Lindsay M. Adams, 28, Washburn, operating vehicle without license, $150. Norman F. Akerson Jr., 53, Caribou, operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants, $700, jail six months, all but seven days suspended, probation one year, license suspended three years, registration suspended. Travis J. Akerson, 30, Caribou, ...
Rosa Scarcelli suing stepfather for not firing her mother
Man shot in Hermon home invasion arrested for second time Friday, released Tuesday
Bangor police looking for Florida firefighter
Scarborough boy, 11, rocking open mike nights at Lewiston restaurant
What’s more important — presidential or party preference?
Toilet-papering spree in Bangor neighborhoods a result of high school swimmers’ success
No. 8 Houlton stuns No. 1 Orono, will face Stearns in semifinal
Cianbro has 150 job openings
Gambling board approves Maine’s first casino: Hollywood Slots becomes Hollywood Casino Bangor
Maple syrup producers concerned about mild winter
Maine inspires chefs and foodies nationwide
Photos of Mainers who served in Vietnam War needed for national center
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