MILBRIDGE, Maine — Heads up! There are only 200 shopping days left until Christmas. While that insight may not having you rushing to the mall, it’s a big-deal reality for three Washington County businesses that rely on the buying frenzy that surrounds Christmas each year to… Read More
CHARLOTTE, Maine — Five-year-old Trent James was killed Sunday when he was struck at his Ayers Junction Road home by a vehicle being backed up by his father, Calvin James. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Ryan Allen responded to a call from the… Read More
HOULTON, Maine — An abandoned osprey nest was blown onto a Bangor Hydro Electric Co. transmission line Sunday, leaving an estimated 2,200 customers without power briefly in communities south of Houlton. Electrical service was interrupted just before noon to 2,897 homes and businesses in the towns… Read More
HOULTON, Maine — An estimated 2,200 Bangor Hydro Electric customers were without power at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in communities south of Houlton, but power was restored within hours. Problems with a transmission line knocked out service just before noon to 2,897 homes and businesses in the… Read More
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Eight Connors Emerson Elementary School students recently returned to Bar Harbor from a three-day competition in California at which they were crowned the best of 74 teams from throughout North America after competing in a robotics competition sponsored by Lego. The Denmark-based… Read More
DEBLOIS, Maine — The continuing stretch of cold and wet weather has left billions of honeybees trucked into Down East Maine to pollinate the wild blueberry crop hunkered down in their hives for warmth instead of jump-starting the growing season. Some 14,000 bee hives were recently… Read More
EASTPORT, Maine — Erica and Tashina Ackley are twins who not only share a birthday, but, as of Friday, share the birth days of their first babies. The two sisters, who will be 22 this week, delivered only hours apart Friday morning at Down East Community… Read More
GOULDSBORO, Maine — Enough. It’s been 42 years since Dave Seward bought a hardware store sight-unseen on a handshake, using money begged and borrowed from family and friends. On the last day of August, Seward will lock the door and walk away from Anderson… Read More
EASTPORT, Maine — A first-generation, Maine-built tidal energy turbine is a cover girl, adorning the front of Popular Science magazine’s June 2013 issue, which hit newsstands this week. For years, Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been engineering, fabricating and testing underwater tidal generation technology in… Read More
Between black flies, mosquitoes and ticks, spring and summer in Maine can be the season of the itch. While black flies are a May-July seasonal nuisance in Maine, black flies don’t spread disease. Mosquitoes and ticks can, and do, including West Nile virus spread by ’skeeters… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — There hasn’t been an active mining operation in Maine for 40 years, but the prospect of new mining activity in Aroostook County is fueling a State House debate over the environmental effects of open-pit mining. During an afternoon work session Wednesday, the Legislature’s… Read More
Despite alewives being the focus of sometimes contentious efforts to improve their access to Down East Maine freshwater spawning habitats, these migratory fish remain something of a mystery to many, while at the same time remaining a favorite food for wide variety of Maine wildlife. Alewives… Read More
The next time the Red Sox are on TV from Boston, think about this: Half of the men and a third of the women packed into Fenway Park to watch the game will receive a diagnosis of cancer during their lifetimes. The bleak reality is that… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — The State House debate over requiring labeling of food products that have been genetically modified is one of many similar debates now raging throughout the country. It is also a debate that has been underway in Maine for 20 years. Legislative proposals to… Read More
STEUBEN, Maine — Professional astronomers in Italy have confirmed that an amateur astronomy team headed by Doug Rich of Hampden recently discovered a newly visible exploding star in a galaxy that is 420 million light years from Earth. The discovery was made April 7 by the… Read More
MACHIAS, Maine — Pat’s Pizza, one of Maine’s oldest and most popular family restaurant franchises, is weeks away from expanding to a new location in Machias. Work has been underway for months within the building at 168 Main St., which also houses a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise. Read More
DENNYSVILLE, Maine — Lester Seeley’s April 7 retirement party attracted nearly 200 people paying tribute to a man who Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith described Monday as a “true American hero.” With his son and four daughters at his bedside, Seeley, 74, died Saturday evening at… Read More
EASTPORT, Maine — Larry Post, 60, a former administrator of Somerset County, will begin his new position as city manager in Eastport next week. The Eastport City Council met in executive session Wednesday night to make the hiring decision, according to Mary Repole,… Read More
EASTPORT, Maine — Months of underwater testing in Cobscook Bay of experimental, tidal-based electrical generation technologies were not without its challenges, according to a research report recently filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co. said in its 653-page, 2012 environmental… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Presque Isle police officers and Maine State Police troopers responded just after midnight Sunday to a report of a man with a gun at Bou’s Brew Pub on Main Street in Presque Isle. Officers responding found that the pub’s staff had removed,… Read More
