BANGOR, Maine — Defense attorneys told jurors in closing arguments today that whether they find a former governor of the Indian Township Passamaquoddy Tribe and the ex-business manager guilty of misusing …
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CALAIS, Maine — The city’s new police chief, David Randall, has hit the ground running.
Changes at the Calais Police Department are already under way since Randall officially took office Nov. …
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MACHIAS, Maine — The turmoil at Down East Community Hospital in Machias took another strange turn recently when hospital files that were believed stolen washed up on a nearby riverbank.
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MACHIAS, Maine — The ongoing battle at Down East Community Hospital in Machias took another strange turn recently when hospital files that were believed stolen washed up on a nearby riverbank.
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Federal officials said Friday that the massive blooms of red tide that closed much of the New England coast to shellfish collecting constituted a commercial fishing failure, a designation that opens the door for federal disaster assistance.
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11/15/08
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PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government says shellfish closures linked to red tide in waters off Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have caused a commercial fishery failure, a designation that …
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CALAIS, Maine — Liberty may be a pretty little thing, but don’t let her looks fool you. Liberty, the Lab, is a trained specialist who knows her business.
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CALAIS, Maine — A 31-year-old Perry woman was injured Thursday when the car she was driving on River Road struck the rear bumper of the car in front of her.
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The fish hatchery that has produced salmon for Grand Lake Stream and other top Maine fishing destinations for more than a century could be closed as part of a package of hard-hitting budget cuts under consideration by state officials.
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MACHIASPORT, Maine — At the request of the town, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is proposing to dredge the Federal Navigation Project in Bucks Harbor.
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YORK — Gov. John Baldacci says the tanking price of lobster underscores how the market is interconnected with the global economy in ways that weren’t understood previously.
A combination …
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ROBBINSTON, Maine — Two people were injured Wednesday in a two-car, head-on collision on Route 1. At 2:50 p.m. the Washington County Sheriff’s Department went to the scene of the two-vehicle crash.
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MACHIAS, Maine — A $5.5 million federal intervention grant could improve the health, well-being and future of at-risk infants in Washington County.
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Since Sen. Barack Obama won last week’s presidential election, there have been at least five incidents of alleged racial threats or confrontations in Maine that are being investigated by authorities.
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EAST MACHIAS, Maine — Last month, 30 people were at the Elm Street School to learn about how the economy, children’s health and even student behavior might benefit from connections between local …
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CALAIS, Maine — State construction workers continued to labor on the roundabout, bridge and roads leading to the new border crossing in Calais last week, but at least one area resident had a sense …
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SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine — It was just a week after Halloween when vandals struck, burning clumps of toilet paper and knocking over mailboxes and signs.
Lt. Mike Miller of the Southwest Harbor …
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FRANKLIN, Maine — A 28-year-old Bar Harbor man is facing multiple charges after the pickup he was driving smashed into a cable guardrail on Route 182 and rolled over Friday evening.
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LUBEC, Maine — Voters Tuesday approved an advisory referendum to close the town’s high school by a vote of 288-197.
Although voters decided the question Tuesday, town officials did not count …
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FRANKLIN, Maine — A 28-year-old Bar Harbor man is facing multiple charges after the pickup he was driving smashed into a cable guardrail on Route 182 and rolled over Friday evening.
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