Nearly $3.5 million in federal grants for Maine communities, including Waterville and Unity, were announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently.
December 2011
Posted inCommunity
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter receives gift
WATERVILLE — The Hannaford Charitable Foundation recently presented the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter with $5,000 for the Rebuilding Lives campaign.
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OUTDOORS: : Trappers hold out hope permit will be granted
GORHAM — A lightly attended meeting Thursday on Maine’s request for a federal permit for a trapping program was an anticlimactic chapter in the long effort.
Posted inOpinion
M.D. HARMON: No beckoning finger to business with Maine mired as ‘worst’ in US
Imagine that you raise sheep for a living, and your current and future livelihood depends on the stability and growth of your flock.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: UMaine star transferring
ORONO–University of Maine cross country and track and field standout Riley Masters announced Friday he will transfer to another school in January.
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OUTDOORS: Proposed regulations needed to help wild brook trout thrive
Ice fishermen might not like it, and anglers in general may roll their eyes at another set of regulations, but if Maine grows more wild brook trout waters with the proposed fishing regulations, how can this be bad?
Posted inNews
Son didn’t do it, mother says
FARMINGTON — The mother a 25-year-old New Vineyard man accused of holding a woman hostage at gunpoint defended her son’s innocence after he appeared in court Friday morning.
Posted inSports
NHL: Milbury accused of assaulting child at rink
BOSTON (AP) — Police said Friday that they have charged former Boston Bruins player and coach Mike Milbury with assaulting a 12-year-old Pee Wee hockey player who was jawing with his son.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Let elected officials do the job we hired them to do
I am more confident than ever that our state government will make the right budgetary decisions. They have noticed from the declining tax revenue that we are all struggling and raising taxes or taking on more debt will only cripple us more. They are aware that we find spending more than we have and robbing […]
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BOB HUMPHREY: Snowshoe hare not a bad meal
I sometimes joke that I’ll be the first to admit when I’m wrong, if that should ever happen. It finally did, and I must humbly disclose that I owe the snowshoe hare an apology.