State and conservation advocates say the purchase will enhance outdoor recreation, tourism and public access.
April 2012
Posted inNews, Sports
Celtics’ star Rondo suspended for Game 2 vs. Hawks
The NBA announced its decision Monday, less than 24 hours after Rondo stuck out his chest to bump referee Marc Davis during the opening game of the playoffs.
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Posted inNews
Waterville teen presses Seventeen Magazine to change its ways
Julia Bluhm wrote the petition that went online at Change.org on April 19, and it garnered more than 7,000 signatures by Monday.
Posted inNews
Number of newborns with drug withdrawal triples
Charges for treating these newborns soared from $190 million to $720 million between 2000 and 2009. Maine, Florida and West Virginia are particularly bad.
Posted inNews
Driver in Bronx crash was speeding, clipped wall
Police say Maria Gonzalez was driving at 68 mph in a 50 mph zone when she clipped a highway divider and and went airborne off the Bronx River Parkway, killing herself and six others.
Posted inNews
Feds propose ways to ease impact of yellowtail cut
NOAA says it will allow mid-sized fishing vessels to use new gear designed to help avoid catching the flounder species.
Posted inNews, Sports
GOLF: Abby Spector named golf pro at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSET VALLEY — Seven-time Maine Women’s Amateur champion Abby Spector has been hired as the head golf professional at Sugarloaf Golf Club.
Posted inBusiness, News
12 Maine radio stations changing ownership
Cumulus Media is selling five stations in Bangor, three in Presque Isle and four in Augusta as part of a $116 million national deal.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Tech exec gets 22 years prison for $30M fraud
It’s one of the harshest sentences ever meted out for a white-collar crime.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Don’t confuse ‘cause,’ ‘risk’ of getting cancer
Ron J. Stauble Sr.’s letter “Birth Control Dangerous and Misleading” was misleading in itself. In discussing cancers linked to oral contraceptive use, Stauble uses the word “cause,” whereas the correct term, as explained by the National Cancer Institute, is “risk.” The National Cancer Institute (www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk) reports that use of oral contraceptives appears to slightly increase […]