Midcoast
Camden Police Department gets national honor for supporting military members
CAMDEN, Maine — Police Sgt. Patrick Polky has served two tours in Afghanistan as part of the Maine Army National Guard. The support he received from his chief and department, however, helped ease his mind while he was overseas and again upon his return to work in Camden. That support ...
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 ...
Ellsworth hospital recognized for response to quadruple shooting
ELLSWORTH, Maine — As one of the state’s rural hospitals, Maine Coast Memorial in Ellsworth doesn’t typically see many patients with gunshot wounds come through the emergency room doors. In fact, a year can pass without hospital staff seeing any. So when four men with gunshot wounds came into the ...
ERIN DONOVAN
Mom has ‘The Book of Questions,’ but my husband won’t answer them
By Erin Donovan on May 23, 2012, at 3:10 p.m.
To know my mother is to have had her ask you the question, “Would you stop bathing for an entire year for a million dollars?” The way you might envision wrinkled Italian nonas clutching a Bible and a fistful of oregano as they scurry through a roadside market, my mother ...
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2,200-mile canoe trek leads Minnesota couple to Belfast for good
BELFAST, Maine — When Aaron Bauman was courting Sarah Mattox, he asked her if she’d like to paddle across the country with him in a canoe. Though some might be intimidated by this kind of invitation, Sarah wasn’t. “I was smitten,” she recalled this week. A few years later, the ...
No arrest yet in violent Stockton Springs sex assault
STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine — A man believed to have violently sexually assaulted a 61-year-old Stockton Springs woman in her home on May 8 is still at large. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the attack and are actively tracking down all leads, Lt. Jason Trundy said Tuesday ...
Waldoboro man arrested after breaking into ex-girlfriend’s house, assaulting man in bed with her, police say
ROCKLAND, Maine — An 18-year-old Waldoboro man is behind bars after police said he walked, with two other men, into the bedroom of his ex-girlfriend and beat a man in bed with her. Zacariah I. Sawyer, 18, of Waldoboro was arrested Tuesday on charges of burglary, aggravated criminal trespass, criminal ...
State police investigating death of 6-week-old baby in Bath
By BETH BROGAN, Times Record on May 23, 2012, at 11:45 a.m.
BATH, Maine — Maine State Police detectives are investigating the death this morning of a 6-week-old female in a home in Bath’s South End. Bath Police Chief Mike Field said this morning that nothing about the death appears suspicious, but that procedure requires Maine State Police to investigate the death ...
New online mapping tool keeps Brunswick residents updated on where crimes have occurred
By Beth Brogan, Times Record on May 22, 2012, at 10:39 p.m.
BRUNSWICK, Maine — The Brunswick Police Department recently joined five other Maine communities in offering the public a new way to learn about crime trends in town. A crime mapping tool accessible through the Brunswick Police Department website allows users to see what types of arrests have occurred in different ...
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Bowdoin College graduate from inner city leaving Maine with a new love of nature
BRUNSWICK, Maine — The first time Teona Williams went camping with Bowdoin College’s Outing Club, she just didn’t get it. It was cold. The shelter was primitive. There were no bathrooms. “I was just like, ‘What is this?’” said Williams, a Washington, D.C., native who on Saturday will graduate from ...
Lengthy legal battle of Rockland jewelers continues
ROCKLAND, Maine — A 2-year-old legal battle between two competing downtown jewelry stores over what was once a business partnership continued Tuesday in Rockland District Court. A disclosure hearing was scheduled Tuesday in which there would be testimony on how George Holmes could collect a judgment ordered to be paid ...
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 ...
RSU 13 budget goes to Rockland-area residents next week
ROCKLAND, Maine — A $26.5 million budget that eliminates or reduces 19 positions while adding five new posts will go before residents of Regional School Unit 13 next week. The budget adopted May 3 by the RSU 13 board also will require an additional $817,416 in property taxes from 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, ...
Maine Yankee wins $81.69M lawsuit against federal government
WISCASSET, Maine — The U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed an earlier court decision requiring the federal government to pay $81.69 million in damages to the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co. for the U.S. Department of Energy’s failure to remove high-level radioactive waste from the decommissioned nuclear reactor site ...
Company threatens to sue Rockland in dispute over payment for sewer project
ROCKLAND, Maine — The construction company performing a $2.5 million downtown sewer upgrade project has informed Rockland that it will sue the city, claiming the firm has not been paid for additional work that was needed. The lawsuit on behalf of Harold Warren Construction of Chelsea was served on the ...
Midcoast school boards to decide on proposal for revamping high school, postsecondary education in region
WARREN, Maine — The ball now rests in the courts of school boards from Waldoboro to Islesboro on a proposal to revamp the high school and postsecondary education of the region. “This could be a tremendous economic engine for the Midcoast,” said Five-Town Community School District Superintendent William Shuttleworth during ...
Camden’s downtown plan includes community wish list
CAMDEN, Maine — There’s a lot of talk among business owners in town these days over a new plan. Camden’s Select Board unanimously approved a 298-page downtown master plan last Tuesday. In doing so, the town agreed that it needs to be the catalyst for change. “There’s a lot of ...
Rockland man accused of punching man found in ex-girlfriend’s bed
ROCKLAND, Maine — A 43-year-old Rockland man can be freed once he raises $500 cash for bail after being arrested over the weekend for an assault against a man who was in bed with the accused’s former girlfriend. David H. Atwood was arrested on charges of burglary, aggravated criminal trespass ...
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
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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