Midcoast
Heroin on the rise in Maine as state crackdown on prescription opiates paves the way
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Now stronger, easier to score and cheaper than other drugs, heroin has made a comeback in Maine over the past year. Police and medical experts are relating this surge to new MaineCare rules that have cracked down on the availability of prescription opiates, such as OxyContin. Heroin ...
‘Get over it’: Madeleine Albright implores Bowdoin College grads not to give in to self-pity
By Kirsten Sylvain, Special to the BDN on May 24, 2013, at 8:53 p.m.
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, reflected on life during her college career, calling on Bowdoin College’s graduates of 2013 to approach the changing world with confidence despite the burdens they will inherit from the previous generation. Albright, a Bowdoin honorary degree recipient, was ...
Searsport chemical company expanding, joining forces with Mexican firm
SEARSPORT, Maine — A chemical manufacturing plant at the end of a dead-end road in Searsport and a Mexican chemical company are joining forces. Dalegip America Inc., based north of Mexico City with U.S. headquarters in Houston, will construct a total of 5,000 square feet of production space at GAC ...
Hot rod becomes hot ride when Belfast man’s motorcycle catches fire
BELFAST, Maine — A local man was singed, but not badly injured, when the motorcycle he was riding Friday on Back Searsport Road in Belfast caught fire. Lloyd Stover, Jr., of Searsport, felt his motorcycle get hot around noon, according to Chief Mike McFadden of the Belfast Police Department. “He ...
Bath man gets 21 months in prison on child porn charge
PORTLAND, Maine — A Bath man will spend the next 21 months in prison after he was sentenced on a child pornography charge. Joseph Finocchiaro, 62, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland Friday, according to U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II. Finocchiaro had pleaded guilty to the charge of ...
Residents to have say on midcoast school budgets next week
School district budget hearings are scheduled for next week across the midcoast. Regional School Unit 13’s proposed 2013-2014 budget faces its districtwide vote at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Oceanside High School East in Rockland. The meeting is open to registered voters of Rockland, Thomaston, St. George, Owls Head, South Thomaston ...
Knox County jury awards $56,000 to insurance inspector who fell in hole
ROCKLAND, Maine — A Knox County jury agreed Wednesday to award a Rockland man $56,000 for injuries he suffered when he fell in a hole while doing a home inspection. The jury awarded the damages to Joshua Callahan following a two-day trial in Knox County Superior Court. Callahan was doing ...
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 ...
Bath residents could see 5 percent property tax increase
BATH, Maine — With city, school and county costs tallied, the city could see a tax increase of nearly 5 percent next year. The fiscal 2014 municipal budget, unveiled Wednesday, will be voted on by the City Council on June 5. Also Wednesday, the council enacted a temporary moratorium on ...
‘Disgruntled’ 15-year-old charged with breaking into, vandalizing Morse High School in Bath
BATH, Maine — A 15-year-old boy who allegedly brought a pocket knife to Morse High School on May 20 returned to the school, broke in and vandalized it sometime last night, police said today. Police received a call from school officials at 6:11 a.m. today. Bath police Lt. Bob Savary ...
Run For Your Life 5K obstacle course race to recruit first responders
CAMDEN, Maine — Those who take part in this weekend’s Run For Your Life obstacle course race will have the chance to swing over a stream on ropes, jump over fire, swim through the waters of a chilly Maine pond and crawl 15 meters under barbed wire with smoke pouring ...
Fugitive serial rapist found hiding out in Maine to serve two consecutive 18- to 20-year sentences
By Jack Encarnacao, The Patriot Ledger on May 23, 2013, at 3:54 p.m.
DEDHAM, Mass. — A convicted serial rapist who hid out in Maine for 34 years was sentenced to two prison terms that could keep him behind bars for the next four decades. On Thursday, in the same Dedham, Mass., court in which he failed to appear in 1979, 52-year-old Gary ...
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Hold the beans, pass the jambalaya: When church suppers go gourmet
Sharon Smith and Margaret Elliott don’t have anything against baked bean and hot dog church suppers. They like them just fine. They just want to do something a little different when it comes to the suppers they help plan at the Monroe Community Church. Instead of macaroni and cheese, how ...
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Town struggling to find volunteer responders
Man arrested after loaded handgun found in his Belfast hotel room during bail check
BELFAST, Maine — Police arrested a man last week at a Belfast hotel after officers conducting a bail check found a loaded, cocked semi-automatic handgun under his pillow. John T. Berry, 42, has been living at the Searsport Avenue hotel for “quite some time,” according to Belfast Police Chief Mike ...
Unity woman arrested twice in one week, accused of assaulting girlfriend
UNITY, Maine — A local woman was arrested twice in the past week in connection with a reported domestic violence assault on her girlfriend. Tammy Mitchell, 28, of Unity was first arrested on Friday, May 17, when police responded to a report of a fight at a residence there. According ...
Brunswick High School’s principal resigns abruptly
The unexpected exit this week of Brunswick High School principal Art Abelmann continues to be a mystery. Parents waiting to pick up their children Thursday didn’t know the school was without a principal with three and a half weeks left in the school year. Abelmann resigned abruptly Tuesday after less ...
State drops theft charge in Spruce Head lobster co-op case
ROCKLAND, Maine — The district attorney’s office has dismissed a felony theft charge against the former manager of one of the state’s largest lobster cooperatives but the dismissal does not end the man’s legal problems. The dismissal was filed May 6 in Knox County Superior Court, two weeks after Justice ...
Camden plans Arbor Day ceremony
CAMDEN, Maine — The town’s annual Arbor Day celebration will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at Harbor Park on Atlantic Avenue. After a brief ceremony in which Select Board member Don White will read a proclamation, the new owner of The Norumbega Inn, Phillip Crispo, will speak about Camperdown elms. ...
New Maine State Prison warden named
WARREN, Maine — Rodney Bouffard, who has served as acting warden at the Maine State Prison for the past several months, was named warden Friday. The Maine Department of Corrections announced the appointment in a news release Wednesday. Bouffard was put in the acting position after the Jan. 10 firing ...
Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school
University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron
Bangor man charged with murder, escape from psychiatric hospital found not competent to stand trial
Bangor police seeking suspect in assault that left man face-down in road
After 27 years, a father continues to search for his daughter, presumed dead
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
Maine GOP disappoints on Medicaid
Meet Riley and help her get from cancer to Kilimanjaro
Lawrence, Connolly help UMaine advance to America East baseball title game
Bucksport’s Cassidy Adams strikes out 19 in single game
UMaine trails Binghamton 8-2 in suspended game at America East baseball tourney
Jonesport-Beals basketball standout Garet Beal named Parade All-American
Maine Democrats stooped to the governor’s level with TV complaint
Maine’s beer industry continues to brew double-digit growth
‘All That’ actress Amanda Bynes arrested after allegedly tossing bong out apartment window on 36th floor
KahBang organizers announce film and visual arts lineup for festival
