Penobscot
LePage budget funds Dolby landfill, but doesn’t end Millinocket feud, officials say
MILLINOCKET, Maine — The revised state budget Gov. Paul LePage signed Wednesday doesn’t end his feud with town leaders over $216,000 in withheld education aid despite its funding the item that set off the fight, officials said. The budget includes $320,000 to fund operations of the state-owned Dolby landfill in ...
Lincoln superintendent accused of intimidating union members
LINCOLN, Maine — RSU 67 Superintendent Denise Hamlin denied accusations Tuesday of discriminating against some teachers union members, undermining grievance procedures and prohibiting some union functions as alleged in a complaint filed against her with state labor officials. Maine Education Association general counsel Shawn Keenan filed the complaint with the ...
Penobscot Valley High School names honor parts
on May 15, 2012, at 8:18 p.m.
HOWLAND, Maine — Principal Carol Marcinkus has announced honors parts for the Class of 2012 at Penobscot Valley High School. Class night exercises will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7, and commencement exercises will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 10, in the George Sereyko Memorial Gymnasium. ...
Burlington woman’s first aid training helps save man injured in motorcycle accident
BURLINGTON, Maine — Tracey Sprague is no medic, but the first aid training she got as a Girl Scout leader probably helped save the life of a motorcyclist who crashed in front of her home, she said Tuesday. The 51-year-old retired cashier and deli cook was just coming through the ...
East-west highway critics mislead, bully, Cianbro chief Peter Vigue says
LINCOLN, Maine — Peter Vigue has an idea that he says can save Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC at least $2 million annually. The 65-year-old Cianbro Corp. president and CEO sees potato farmers in Aroostook County, homeowners in Milo and woodsmen on the Golden Road similarly benefiting from an increased ...
Millinocket opens Katahdin region’s first networked ATV trail
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Years in the making, the Katahdin region’s first networked ATV trail is open for its first full season of riding and is already, despite getting almost no publicity, attracting encouraging numbers of users, officials said Friday. “It’s been busy,” ATV Trail Manager and Town Councilor John Raymond ...
Millinocket rejects settling $216,000 dispute with LePage
MILLINOCKET, Maine — More than an hour of torturous debate ended when the Town Council voted Thursday not to settle a dispute with Gov. Paul LePage over $216,000 in withheld state funds. With the vote, the council decided to not yet accept $504,000 in Sudden and Severe Impact funds, which ...
Millinocket gets glimpse of ‘game-changing technology’ that will create jobs at former mill site
MILLINOCKET, Maine — The $35 million torrefied wood machine slated for Katahdin Avenue would be at least as quiet and odor-free as the paper mill it would go next to, a representative of its New Hampshire-based developer said Thursday. Cate Street Capital project manager Dammon M. Frecker spoke publicly for ...
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Head of Penobscot dispatch receives award for support of part-time soldiers
BANGOR, Maine — Tom Richmond’s boss understands how tough it is to balance military and civilian life. That’s why Richmond, a helicopter pilot with the Army National Guard and a dispatcher at the Penobscot Regional Communications Center, nominated his boss for an award. Jim Ryan, director of the Penobscot Regional ...
Lincoln hospital adds full-time orthopedic services, urology clinic
LINCOLN, Maine — Penobscot Valley Hospital has begun offering a twice-monthly urology clinic as the latest in a series of additions that includes full-time orthopedic surgical services for the first time in its history, hospital officials said Tuesday. Urologist Dr. Jeffrey Graham, formerly of a Bangor practice, began running the ...
Peter Vigue to promote east-west highway to Lincoln Chamber
LINCOLN, Maine — Cianbro Chairman and CEO Peter Vigue will tell Lincoln Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce members Friday why he thinks a privately funded east-west highway connecting two Canadian provinces through Maine should be built. Vigue will be the Chamber’s special guest speaker during its annual awards dinner Friday ...
POLICE BEAT
Gunfire strikes car, house in Millinocket, police say
MILLINOCKET, Maine — As many as six gunshots were fired into a car parked at a Heritage Street house early Monday that investigators say were targeting an out-of-town visitor, Police Chief Donald Bolduc said Wednesday. The police investigation continues and might be further along if not for the reticence of ...
Millinocket leaders to consider suing state over withheld funds
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Town leaders will decide Thursday whether to sue the state over $216,000 in disputed state funds and also hear a New Hampshire investor’s presentation of plans to build a torrefied wood factory on Katahdin Avenue. Town Manager Eugene Conlogue seeks “final approval” from the Town Council to ...
Howland awaits word on tannery grants, final contract signing
HOWLAND, Maine — Town leaders hope to sign a contract by Friday paying a Brewer company about $259,000 to raze the former Howland tannery building, Town Manager Jane Jones said Monday. As part of the tentative deal, J.L. Butler LLC of Brewer would demolish all of the structures on the ...
Howland considering large tax increase
HOWLAND, Maine — An anticipated funding shortfall of close to $150,000 might force town leaders to increase property taxes by $300 on properties worth $100,000 come July 1, Town Manager Jane Jones said Monday. The Board of Selectmen is considering a proposal that would increase the municipal budget from the ...
Births, Mayo Regional Hospital and Penobscot Valley Hospital
on May 07, 2012, at 4:22 p.m.
Mayo Regional Hospital, Dover-Foxcroft To Kristi and Matthew Blockler of Willimantic, a son, Emmett Royce, April 28, 2012. To Nicole and Christopher Hutchinson of Dover-Foxcroft, a daughter, Alice Marie, April 30, 2012. To Meredith and Eric Young of Guilford, a daughter, Abigail Sarah, May 1, 2012. Penobscot Valley Hospital, Lincoln ...
Baxter State Park opens some roads, fishing spots
BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine — A moderate winter has allowed Baxter State Park officials to gratify fishermen and fiddlehead gatherers by opening several park roads this week, Director Jensen Bissell said Friday. Most roads in the north end of the park and above the treelines leading to Mount Katahdin are ...
Court orders Pa. newspaper to pay E. Millinocket mill $212,152
BANGOR, Maine — A Penobscot County Superior Court judge has issued a default judgment against a Pennsylvania newspaper, finding it owes the former owners of a East Millinocket paper mill $212,152. The money is for 840 metric tons of newsprint paper ordered a year ago and worth $254,170, according to ...
Medway snowmobile club to hold grass races in August
MEDWAY, Maine — East Branch Sno-Rovers Club members hope to create a carnival atmosphere for their first venture into grass snowmobile races in August, a race organizer said Friday. The Katahdin Area Snowmobile Racing Affilliates, or KASRA, will host the three-day event Aug. 24-26 to turn their winter foray into ...
Lincoln District Court, cases March 24-April 19, 2012
on May 04, 2012, at 3:29 p.m.
Cases March 24-April 19, 2012 Daniel Adams, 33, Dexter, fishing violation of number, amount, weight or size, $120. Russell P. Arpino, 32, Newton, Mass., failing to operate snowmobile at prudent speed, $100. David Bates, 50, Exeter, R.I., operating unregistered snowmobile, $200. Jonathan Beecher, 41, Plaistow, N.H., operating unregistered snowmobile, $200. ...
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LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
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Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
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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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