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With no word from Augusta on revenue sharing, Ellsworth lurches into budget season
ELLSWORTH, Maine — An initial budget proposal for the city has remained unchanged through four City Council workshops in the past month, stuck in a holding pattern while the city awaits word on revenue sharing and school funding from Augusta. “The state hasn’t made any decisions about cuts to schools, ...
Memorial Day Weekend events
on May 23, 2013, at 6:43 p.m.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY Prayer services will be held at 12 Catholic cemeteries in Aroostook County over Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, as follows: 11:30 a.m. May 26, St. Mark’s Cemetery, Ashland; 9:30 a.m. May 27, Old Holy Rosary Cemetery, Caribou; 10 a.m. May 27, New Holy Rosary Cemetery, Caribou; noon May ...
Maine at War
There was standing room only for the heroes of Chancellorsville
By Brian Swartz, Special Sections Editor on May 22, 2013, at 9:01 a.m.
“Through smoke and fire and shot and shell, unto the very walls of hell, we did stand and we did stay, in that Virginia field so far away”: Thus does a paraphrased verse from John Tam’s “Over the Hills and Far Away” describe the fate that befell the valiant heroes ...
Bangor High School Speech and Debate students head off to championships
By Debra Bell, Of the Weekly Staff on May 21, 2013, at 4:37 p.m.
Memorial Day weekend will mark the first of two championship speech and debate weekends for Bangor High School Speech and Debate students. Ten students will head to National Catholic Forensic League championships in Philadelphia on May 25-26. In all, the students will represent Bangor High School in the classification of ...
Special to the Weekly
Caregiving elderly family member can be rewarding, challenging
By Carol Higgins-Taylor on May 21, 2013, at 4:35 p.m.
Amy Cotton loved nursing long before she entered the profession. Cotton’s grandmother, Clarice Gooch Hoyt, a nurse in Downeast Maine who made house calls on horseback, was a constant source of inspiration. Cotton calls her “a pioneer.” Before there was public health nursing in Washington County, Hoyt used to provide ...
Historical competition
By Ardeana Hamlin, Of the Weekly Staff on May 21, 2013, at 4:32 p.m.
BANGOR — Kate Adam and Sydney McDonald, eighth-graders at William Cohen Middle School in Bangor, are in fundraiser mode. They achieved second place for their “Stock Market Crash of 1929” presentation in the Maine State National History Day Competition on April 3. This entitles them to represent their school and ...
Gold Star Cleaners moves to new Bangor location
By Debra Bell, Of the Weekly Staff on May 21, 2013, at 4:27 p.m.
When Gold Star Cleaners owner Eric Pooler made the decision to move his Bangor dry cleaning and laundromat location to the Third and Union Street Plaza, he invested in the facility. In return, customers will enjoy an enhanced experience while getting the same service they’ve always experienced at Gold Star ...
Orrington’s 225th Celebration organizers seek parade participants
on May 21, 2013, at 4:14 p.m.
ORRINGTON — The Orrington Old Home Week committee is organizing the biggest parade Orrington has ever seen. In recognition of Orrington’s 225th anniversary, the town of Orrington will present a 1.5-mile parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, along Route 15. Businesses, clubs, families, schools, neighborhoods, organizations and friends are ...
Ellsworth creates independent nonprofit to support business development
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The City Council will spin off an independent, nonprofit corporation aimed at drumming up business development within city limits. Membership of the group’s initial board of directors is yet to be determined, but councilors on Monday approved a concept plan and bylaws for the Ellsworth Business Development ...
Ellsworth firm opens state’s first public fueling station for propane-powered vehicles
ELLSWORTH, Maine — A local company has opened Maine’s first public refueling station for propane-powered vehicles. R.H. Foster, located on High Street in Ellsworth, unveiled the dispenser on Monday, with plans to install two more stations, in Hampden and Machias, in the coming months. Propane is the third-most common automotive ...
Ellsworth halfway to $1.2 million fundraising goal for new city park
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The fundraising effort to build a new city park in Ellsworth has kicked into high gear, and organizers say they’ve reached the halfway point in a sprint to raise $1.2 million. The milestone was reached Sunday, when the Knowlton Community Park Campaign announced that The First Bankcorp ...
Hiker breaks ankle in Acadia National Park
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine — A Canadian woman had to be carried out of the park Sunday evening after suffering a compound fracture in her right ankle while hiking on Cadillac Mountain, according to park personnel. Ranger Richard Rechholtz, who was involved in the rescue effort, said it took more ...
Authorities recover body of Holden man believed to have jumped off Penobscot Narrows Bridge
VERONA ISLAND, Maine — Police have recovered and identified the body of a Holden man believed to have committed suicide Monday by jumping off the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. A multi-agency search team was assembled early in the morning after a passing motorist reported an abandoned pickup truck on the bridge ...
Hampden firm pokes holes in traditional boat mooring, leaving room for lobsters, crabs and other sea life
MOUNT DESERT, Maine — The Maine shoreline, which stretches for thousands of miles up and down tidal rivers, around islands and along peninsulas, beaches and bays, is known for the relatively pristine habitat it provides to countless millions of sea creatures and plants. But that hasn’t stopped one businessman from ...
Former MDI superintendent gets 3-year contract
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Elected school officials on Mount Desert Island made it official Thursday: Howard Colter can remove the word “interim” from his title as superintendent of the island’s school system. Colter has been serving as interim superintendent of the island’s school system, which serves the towns on MDI ...
With legal fight far from over, embattled Blue Hill raw milk producer will file for bankruptcy
ELLSWORTH, Maine — Dan Brown, the poster child for local food rules in Maine, said he will have to file for bankruptcy if the judge who barred him from selling raw milk and other food doesn’t reverse her decision. The state took Brown to court in 2011 for selling unlabeled ...
Housekeeper charged in inn fire on MDI
BAR HARBOR, Maine — A man working as a housekeeper at a local inn has been charged with two misdemeanor crimes, but not arson, for starting a fire in a bathroom at the inn on Wednesday, according to local police. The man, Reginaldo Cerqueria, 51, of Bar Harbor, is accused ...
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Waldo-Hancock Bridge nearly gone after last suspension cables plunge into Penobscot River
VERONA ISLAND, Maine — With a thunderous, steely groan and an enormous splash, the two towers of the defunct Waldo-Hancock Bridge were separated for the first time since 1931 after demolition workers dropped the suspension cables into the Penobscot River. From a platform held aloft by a crane more than ...
Suspension cables of Waldo-Hancock bridge crash into Penobscot River as demolition nears completion
Workers from S&R Corporation, of Lowell, Mass., severed the last remaining suspension cables on the Waldo-Hancock Bridge between Verona Island and Prospect on Thursday. The cables crashed into the Penobscot River, where they were later retrieved. Demolition of the defunct bridge, replaced in 2006 by the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, is ...
Commencements at Maine colleges and universities, May 18-June 8, 2013
on May 16, 2013, at 5:49 p.m.
University of Maine at Machias MACHIAS, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias will celebrate its 102nd commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Frederic A. Reynolds Center. Jim Thompson, a retired journalist and communications specialist, will deliver the commencement address and will be given the ...
Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school
LePage tells legislative leaders he’s moving out of State House because of ‘censorship’
Maine Sports Hall of Fame member, DJ Dana Wilson convicted of child pornography possession
Community members rally in memory of Nichole Cable; events, fundraisers planned
After 27 years, a father continues to search for his daughter, presumed dead
The scramble to fill the 2nd District seat if Mike Michaud runs for governor
Rep. Diane Russell’s fool’s errand
How the omnibus energy bill will benefit Maine
Goodwin steps down as Brewer High School boys basketball coach
Bucksport’s Cassidy Adams strikes out 19 in single game
New University of Maine hockey coach expected to be named next week
UMaine trails Binghamton 8-2 in suspended game at America East baseball tourney
Live Updates: UMaine baseball vs. Stony Brook in America East tourney
‘All That’ actress Amanda Bynes arrested after allegedly tossing bong out apartment window on 36th floor
Maine School of Science and Mathematics alumni drawn to give back to magnet school
5 Things To Do This Weekend, May 24-27: Raindrops can stop falling on my head anytime they’d like, thanks.
Maine’s beer industry continues to brew double-digit growth
New York City rumble showcases Maine’s lobster roll dominance
