Maine’s small, midsized farms suffering from labor shortage

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Published
September 2, 2018

Maine’s small, midsized farms suffering from labor shortage

The 'relentless challenge' of finding workers is leaving crops rotting in the field.
Published
August 26, 2018

Teen farmhands learn lessons of grit, teamwork and, of course, how food is grown

They're spending the summer on Maine farms picking blueberries, cucumbers, strawberries and more.
Published
August 14, 2018

Bowdoinham man’s upside-down flag is protest to him, divisive to others

Gregg McNally said flying a 13-star American flag upside down is a 'symbol of international distress.'
Published
May 14, 2018

Richmond man killed in crash on I-295 in Bowdoinham

The 76-year-old man was driving north when his truck left the road and crashed into trees in the median.
Published
March 6, 2018

Bowdoinham teen arrested after latest threat against Mt. Ararat High School

Police say officers who searched Jonas Cloukey's home seized a firearm, several knives, two computers and cellphones.
Published
March 2, 2018

Sixteen-year-old boy charged with his grandmother’s murder

Dominic Sylvester is accused of killing his 55-year-old grandmother, Beulah "Marie" Sylvester, in the mobile home they shared in Bowdoinham.
Published
February 28, 2018

Teenage boy charged with murdering Bowdoinham woman

The teenager, who hasn't been publicly named, lives in Bowdoinham and will be held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center until a court appearance Friday.
Published
February 27, 2018

Bowdoinham woman found at home with severe injuries dies hours later

Beaulah 'Marie' Sylvester, 55, was found unconscious Monday morning in her home on Post Road.
Published
April 12, 2017

Pilot in satisfactory condition after Tuesday plane crash in Bowdoinham

John Gayley had taken off from an airfield in Turner when he was forced to perform an emergency landing on I-295.
Published
April 11, 2017

Two injured in plane crash on I-295 in Bowdoinham

Drivers of two pickup trucks heading south watched the plane fly toward them just over the trees in the median strip.