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Homesales on the upswing on the midcoast
Kim Latour of Legacy Property Sotheby’s International Reality’s Brunswick office shows a house on Back Narrows Road in in Boothbay on Thursday. Latour said she has seen an upswing in home sales of late, with some selling within hours of going on the market.
Connecticut police say missing woman may be headed to Maine
By New Haven Register on May 18, 2013, at 6:15 a.m.
MILFORD, Conn. – Police are looking for a 36-year-old woman who went missing May 5, police said. Police said they received a missing person complaint indicating Jennifer Sullivan has not been seen or heard from since she left home. Sullivan is a white female standing 5 foot 2, weighs 150 ...
Woman suffers injuries in 3-vehicle Rumford crash
RUMFORD — A Rhode Island woman in town for a wedding this weekend was injured Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on Route 108 at the Congress Street intersection, police said. Cynthia Conant-Arp, 65, of Warwick, R.I., complained of a neck injury and was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford ...
Ship owner claims Maine, NH negligent in bridge crash
By Jim Haddadin, Foster's Daily Democrat on May 18, 2013, at 6:03 a.m.
PORTSMOUTH — Transportation officials in Maine and New Hampshire are declining to comment on claims that negligence by the two states played a part in the tanker crash that damaged the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. In April, the states filed a lawsuit against the owners of the Harbour Feature, a ...
Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online
By Alexandra Petri, The Washington Post on May 18, 2013, at 5:41 a.m.
As a general rule, if you are the one typing in all caps, insisting that everyone else is wrong, they are not wrong.
Hold your own umbrella, irked conservatives tell Obama
By Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post on May 18, 2013, at 5:18 a.m.
"Marines are always out getting rained on. That's sort of what we do," said Capt. Eric Flanagan, a Marines spokesman.
Nearly 50 hurt as two commuter trains collide in Connecticut
Nearly 50 people were injured on Friday when two commuter trains collided during evening rush hour near the Connecticut town of Fairfield, shutting down Amtrak service between New York and Boston indefinitely, police and transit officials said. Authorities said there were no reports of fatalities in the accident that occurred ...
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Aggressive out-of-town buyers swarm midcoast real estate market
BOOTHBAY, Maine — Kathleen Younger saw a charming house online for sale in East Boothbay. Soon after, the artist traveled from her home in lower Manhattan to see it. As she walked through the two-bedroom home with sunlight streaming in through large picture windows, Younger was pleased. “It’s lovely,” she ...
Shortage for apartments in Portland lead to housing struggles
Portland woman explain their struggle with getting an apartment in the city of Portland. Demand for rentals in the city is on the rise as average household sizes shrink and spreads the population thinner.
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
BANGOR, Maine — Dozens of children are reported missing every month in the state, but almost all are found or return on their own within a couple of days or even hours, Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Friday. Only about once a decade does a child go missing ...
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 ...
LePage: State will run out of money for DHHS bills June 10
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s health and human services commissioner said Friday her department only has enough money to pay its bills through June 10. That’s 20 days before her department’s accounts would be replenished by a new state budget. Commissioner Mary Mayhew included the news in a letter sent Friday ...
From the community
Veterans with walking sticks to receive stickers at Bangor’s Memorial Day Parade
BANGOR — For 18 years, the walking stick program at Cole Land Transportation Museum has inspired hundreds of veterans to participate in Bangor’s annual parades. What started out as a gift for World War Two-ers only has now put Maine-made maple walking sticks in the hands of more than 8,300 ...
Law enforcement searching for black pickup in missing teen case
Local law enforcement asked for assistance Friday in locating a black pickup truck that may have been in the Glenburn area around the time that 15-year-old Nichole Cable disappeared.
Downtown Rockland road work starts Sunday night
ROCKLAND, Maine — The paving of two major downtown streets is set to begin Sunday night. The Maine Department of Transportation will conduct work from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays until the end of June, said Rockland Public Works Director Greg Blackwell. Work begins on Main Street ...
Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center
HOULTON, Maine — There is little dispute among residents of Houlton or surrounding communities that the Millar Civic Center is a gem that enriches life in the area, particularly in the winter. But gems cost money, and for the past few years, the center has cost a lot more than ...
Company seeks $200,000 for retrieving lost lobster boat
PORTLAND, Maine — The owner of a New Hampshire vessel that rescued a drifting lobster boat in February is asking a federal court to award him $200,000. The company Amy Philbrick LLC of Newington, N.H., which operates the offshore lobster boat Amy Philbrick, filed a lawsuit May 8 against the ...
LePage vetoes bill calling for Internet sales tax study
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed his sixth bill of the legislative session Friday afternoon. LD 319 directed Maine Revenue Services to review Maine’s conformity with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, which is an agreement among several states and retailers, and to report back to the Legislature’s ...
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Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office and its law enforcement partners want to hear from anyone who saw a black Ford Ranger or similar-looking pickup truck in the Glenburn area around the time 15-year-old Nichole Cable went missing, Sheriff Glenn Ross said Friday in a news conference. “This ...
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 ...
Dixfield teen riding atop car roof pinned under it after rollover
Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
Waldo-Hancock Bridge nearly gone after last suspension cables plunge into Penobscot River
A better way to help people escape welfare
A letter to Michelle Obama in light of military sex assault epidemic
Five steps to remedy IRS wrongs
Military sex assault
Manchester 15-year-old off to impressive start for Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports
UMaine field house renovations on schedule for Oct. 15 completion
UMaine baseball seniors Fransoso, Bazdanes set for final home games
Bangor’s Marcus Davis hopes to counter opponent’s height, reach advantage in Lewiston MMA main event
Farmers markets embracing food stamps with the help of USDA
Arguments over gun control and abortion will never be settled
A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux