BELGRADE — The town will continue removing troublesome beavers that build their homes in culverts, a problem that has gotten worse this year and can lead to problems for landowners and costly road repairs.
June 2012
Posted inNews
Summers won’t drop state job during campaign
PORTLAND — Maine’s top election official, who’s running for U.S. Senate, has a message to critics who want him to step down as secretary of state during the campaign.
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Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Dionne arrested for OUI
Kori Dionne, the girls basketball and girls soccer coach at Nokomis Regional High School, was arrested earlier this month and charged with operating under the influence in Bangor.
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State may act against inactive property owner
AUGUSTA — The state may initiate legal action against a developer who bought the Kennebec Arsenal in 2007 but has yet to do anything with the property, the director of special projects at the Bureau of General Services said Tuesday.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Why are fireworks legal if we can’t light them?
What is the point of legalizing fireworks in Maine? I am a resident of Waterville and have been lighting fireworks for about a month for my children and family. Of course, I’ve been abiding by the law since Waterville’s new ban was put into effect. So, to make a long story short, I decided to […]
Posted inOpinion
GEORGE SMITH: Bad hunting, no snow, sink rural Maine’s economy lower than low
In mid-May, I spoke to the Rockland Kiwanis, but I didn’t talk about the coast, where the economy is perking right along, led by tourism.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Court’s ruling on immigration encouraging
“Immigration shapes the destiny of the Nation,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in his majority opinion deciding the fate of Arizona’s controversial immigration law.
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STILL LIFE: Unfazed by the conditions
The pouring rain did not stop these kids including Luke Carey as he breaks free with ball during practice in the Challenger Sports soccer program at Carrabec High School on Tuesday.
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Poliquin to transfer land to different tax-break program
Georgetown selectmen approve the change from a program that has saved the state treasurer thousands of dollars in taxes.
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Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker,dies at 71
Ephron wrote and directed such favorites as “Julia & Julia” and “Sleepless in Seattle.”