AUGUSTA — Joe “Salty” Saltalamachia knows how to find big bucks. In the last 13 years, he bagged four over 200 pounds, gaining entry each time into the Biggest Bucks in Maine Club. He’s passed up younger, smaller deer just to shoot a 200-pounder.
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ON BASEBALL: Hassan, Dening a contrast for Sea Dogs
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Today is the last day of spring training for players who are driving to their destinations. Those taking flights will hang around a little bit longer.
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Nateva festival canceled
BY BOB KEYES The Portland Press Herald Maybe it was too good to be true. After a successful inaugural year, the Nateva Music & Camping Festival will not go on as planned this August at the Oxford Fairgrounds. Promoters announced its cancellation Friday, citing slow ticket sales and a crowded summer concert market that’s getting […]
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Oversight panel subpoenas former Turnpike director
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Paul Violette, former executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority, to testify before the panel on April 15.
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Man arrested in Fairfield break-in
FAIRFIELD — A 25-year-old man was arrested Thursday for allegedly smashing a house window with a billy club in order to unlock a door and get to the people inside.
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UMF’s McNair named Maine poet laureate
FARMINGTON — Wesley McNair, award-winning poet and University of Maine at Farmington professor emeritus and writer in residence, was recently appointed by the governor as Maine’s poet laureate. McNair accepted the honor at a ceremony at the Poetry Out Loud State Finals — a national competition for high school students sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
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Snow keeps traffic lights from changing in Waterville
WATERVILLE — It wasn’t just cars off the road that kept firefighters and police officers busy during Friday’s snow storm.
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Cody Clarke earns rank of Eagle Scout
CANAAN — Cody Clarke, of Canaan, recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. A member of Canaan Troop 403 since 2004, Clarke, 18, has held many positions within the troop; assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, quartermaster, and den chief.
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Palmer completes basic military training
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Air Force Airman Robert W. Palmer IV graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.