AUGUSTA - Their votes may not have counted in the traditional sense, but the students of Maine have spoken at the polls. Results from the 2012 Maine Student Mock Election were released by The…
Maine
Elections 2012 redux
AUGUSTA - Recounts have been requested in the Maine House District 45 and Senate District 20 races, according to Megan Sanborn, a spokeswoman for the Secretary of State's Office, who said 14…
At the V.F.W. and Waterfall Arts
BELFAST - With the parades and other public celebrations of Veterans Day passed, the Monday holiday offered some in Belfast — veterans and nonvets alike — a chance to quietly be with their people…
Why Belfast took days to release official election results
BELFAST - At the close of polls on Election Night, workers at the city's three polling places printed out tallies from the optical ballot readers, posting those unofficial results for the benefit…
The brownfield you know
BELFAST – From downtown revitalization, to transportation-related projects, the city of Belfast has been increasingly successful at getting grant money. But in a somewhat ironic turn of events,…
Disclosures show spending varied widely in state races
MIDCOAST - Does money win elections in Maine? It's a broad question, so let's say "maybe." We've all heard of candidates who spent a personal fortune trying to get elected to only to lose. But…
Kiwi Spirit to vie for Dodge Morgan's circumnavigation record
THOMASTON —Stanley Paris is 76, a physical therapist by trade but racing yachtsman at heart, and he has all intentions of beating the single-handed circumnavigation record set in 1986 by Dodge…
A wayward baler, unknown stockpiles conspire for perfect plastic storm
BELFAST - Outside the office of the transfer station it was raining. Inside, Steve Roberts was talking about which kind of trash goes to PERC.
"MSW," he said.
PERC is Penobscot Energy…
RSU 3 - Mt. View Middle School
THORNDIKE - Grievances filed by two Mount View Middle School teachers on the basis of working conditions both described as "hostile" were quietly resolved in mid-September according to the…
Kip has eaten a bag of Milano Mint cookies a day since 1974
ROCKLAND — Clifford (Kip) Burkett, Jr., of Rockland, born in 1928, turned 84 on Oct. 22. And that is where our story ends. Well, sort of. To get to the end, we need to have a beginning, so a…
Former SAD 34 towns planning post-election pitch
BELFAST – Representatives of the six towns making a pitch to leave Regional School Unit 20 expect to present a plan to the school board shortly after the elections.
Voters in Belfast,…
Palermo's full service town office still going at half price
PALERMO – Being a town office employee in Palermo in 2012 is a lot like holding the same job in a town with similar demographics, geography, population and government structure. Which is to say,…
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BELFAST — White Pines are some of the fluffiest conifers you'll find. But as Christmas trees, they're less than ideal. The needles shed easily, and in contrast to the Balsam's ornament-ready limbs…
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ROCKLAND — At the Oct. 11 annual meeting of Friends of Midcoast Maine, three Smart Growth awards will be given to Midcoast initiatives and businesses. The annual Smart Growth Awards will be given…
HOLY COW! IT'S THE CHURCH STREET FESTIVAL
BELFAST – Bella the Big Pink Elephant, icon of the annual Church Street Festival, is in her second incarnation. So maybe it's fitting that the theme of the 2012 festival parade, happening this…
LOCAL SKATEBOARD COMPANY THROWS FESTIVAL IN BELFAST
BELFAST - Brennan Moore wants to get gnarly. He and his newly founded skate company, GNARK, have been hard at work designing merchandise, shooting videos, and planning their “End of Summer…
Camden man restores Freedom Mill
Old grist mills don't always get a second chance, never mind a third.
For much of 19th Century and half of the 20th, the one on Sandy Stream in Freedom, like mills in many New England towns…
Council LEANS LIGHTLY, AND A LITTLE RELUCTANTLY, ON ITS NEIGHBOR
BELFAST — Two-dozen opponents of a proposed liquefied petroleum gas terminal in Searsport turned up at a Belfast City Council meeting Tuesday to ask officials to help put the brakes on the project…
PROSPECT – Demolition of the old Waldo-Hancock Bridge is expected to begin on November 1, according to Doug Coombs project manager for Maine Department of Transportation, who said workers are…
The first of five pieces of the new Stockton Springs Community Church steeple arrived last week and is expected to be installed sometime in the next four to six weeks. In the interim, the building…
Featuring Capt. Brenda Thomas
The White Hot Spotlight features local people and their creative passions or careers.
Capt. Brenda Thomas is a schooner owner/captain and the co-owner of Maine Boating Adventures,…
Troop D
Following is a roundup of Maine State Police Troop D weekly activities, as reported by the agency, for the time period Sept. 10–16, 2012.
Troop D is responsible for the areas of Maine that…
WORKING IN VACATIONLAND
BELMONT – “Did you see the Irish tub?”
Bill Coughlin, looking disheveled but momentarily energized by his own question, sat on the closed lid of a toilet in the bathroom of a home…
Whether you're one of those purist camping types, who will only bring whatever you can physically carry in/carry out; i.e., chamois towel the size of a Wet-Nap, fire-starting flint, two-ounce…
