Blue Sky East wants to build 19 turbines, each 476 feet tall and capable of producing about 1.8 megawatts, of power just east of Eastbrook.
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Ex Maine police chief takes job as Newport officer
NEWPORT — A former Maine police chief is taking a new job as a full-time officer in Newport. Kenny Williams said he wanted to move to a department where he wasn’t the administrator. Williams became chief in Milo two years ago. He gave no reason when he resigned this spring. On Wednesday, Newport police chief […]
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Man guilty of growing marijuana
BANGOR — An 47-year-old Orneville Township man faces sentencing after pleading guilty to manufacturing marijuana with his brother. Bradley Stone entered his plea Wednesday in federal court in Bangor. His 50-year-old brother, Michael Stone, pleaded guilty in April to the same charges. The Bangor Daily News reported the brothers were arrested last September after drug […]
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Secretary of state to visit Seeds of Peace
OTISFIELD — Maine’s secretary of state is speaking to campers at Maine’s Seeds of Peace summer camp. Charles Summers will meet with campers today to discuss his role as secretary of state and the importance of civic duty. Now in its 19th year, Seeds of Peace is a lakeside camp in Otisfield that brings together […]
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SNAPSHOT: Lively Lunch
Maya McCoy, left, and Brent McCoy, on a unicycle, juggle flaming torches in the finale of their “Secret Circus” performance on Wednesday afternoon in the Johnson Hall mini-park in downtown Gardiner. It was the first in this year’s Lively Lunch performance series held noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays through August. Next week’s show features […]
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Hail barely spares orchard
FARMINGTON — Jean Simpson watched nervously as dark clouds rolled in Tuesday morning over her apple orchard in Farmington.
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A ‘first small step’ to new KIA
HALLOWELL — A city committee Wednesday night unanimously recommended a tempered proposal for a tax break that would allow the Kennebec Ice Arena to be rebuilt, a move the arena owner called “tremendous.”
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MSGA JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Better putting helps Truslow claim title
CUMBERLAND — Austen Truslow took a two-stroke lead into the final hole of the Maine Junior Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Val Halla Golf Course. On 18, he made a 12-foot putt for birdie, pumped his fist, and claimed the Maine Junior Amateur Championship.
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First Lady to visit Maine in September
Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit Maine in late September to attend two fundraising events. The first lady’s trip was confirmed Wednesday by Willy Ritch, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, the Democrat who represents Maine’s 1st Congressional District.
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Man killed while lying in the road
CARTHAGE — A man with a history of lying in the road was killed early Wednesday morning when he was hit by a pickup truck driving on Route 142 in Carthage.