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Wiscasset reconstruction project frustrates town officials, business owners
Business owners and local officials in Wiscasset are starting to lose patience with a Main Street reconstruction project that has dragged on for three years, leaving an eyesore in the center of the...
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These long-lost brothers are now running a Maine business together
In a business partnership, in which communication, compatible personalities and trust are of the utmost importance, it takes a special kind of bond to ensure success.It’s clear that brothers Gary...
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Brunswick panel endorses controversial armored vehicle purchase
The finance committee of the Brunswick Town Council has endorsed a controversial proposal from the local police department to purchase a $380,000 armored vehicle.Councilors will again consider the...
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4 charged with arson after 3 fires in 2 midcoast towns
Four people have been charged with multiple counts of arson after three buildings burned Sunday morning in Woolwich and Dresden.The first fire was reported at about 1:22 a.m. in a vacant building at...
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Maine Legislature split on exempting offshore wind port from sand dune...
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Senate on Monday night passed a proposal from Gov. Janet Mills to exempt an offshore wind terminal on Sears Island from coastal sand dune protection rules.But the 21-13 vote...
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Belfast City Council will hear public comments on latest court order in...
On Tuesday night, the Belfast City Council will hold a public hearing to allow residents to weigh in on the city’s move to take a parcel of intertidal land by eminent domain and nullify a conservation...
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Searsport officials try to avoid sides in wind port location debate
Environmental activists who oppose Maine’s effort to develop an offshore wind terminal on Sears Island are urging the town of Searsport to take their side and push for the project to be moved to...
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2 men accused of kidnapping and threatening Penobscot County man
Two Whitefield men each face three felony charges for allegedly kidnapping and threatening the life of a 19-year-old Penobscot County man.John Pagurko, 63, and his son-in-law Michael Davila Rodriguez,...
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Brunswick OKs purchase of controversial armored vehicle
The Brunswick Town Council approved on Tuesday night the $380,000 purchase of an armored vehicle to replace its police department’s old, unreliable one, despite concerns from the community. The town...
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Deteriorating Frank J. Wood Bridge will be inspected again next week
The aging, controversial Frank J. Wood Bridge connecting Brunswick and Topsham will be inspected again next Wednesday.The bridge is on a six-month inspection cycle instead of the usual 24 due to its...
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Fate of Belfast fish farm uncertain after city reverses a key decision
This story will be updated.The Belfast City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to vacate a 2021 eminent domain action that was meant to help Nordic Aquafarms develop a land-based salmon farm, raising...
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Dennis Dechaine, convicted in 1988 murder, seeks retrial based on new DNA...
DNA testing experts and a crime scene reconstructionist spent several hours on the witness stand of a Rockland courtroom on Thursday, as a defense attorney argued that Dennis Dechaine deserves another...
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Coast Guard tall ship Eagle coming to Rockland
The U.S. Coast Guard’s tall ship The Eagle is coming to Rockland this summer.The Eagle is tentatively scheduled to arrive on Friday, Aug. 2. According to the Maine Lighthouse Museum, the ship will...
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Fatal overdose investigation leads to 3 arrests in Warren
Three people have been arrested after a search of a Warren home that had been the site of a fatal overdose.On Wednesday afternoon agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Knox County...
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Hearing to review new evidence in Dennis Dechaine’s murder conviction has...
A two-day hearing to review new evidence in the case of convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine has concluded in Knox County Superior Court in Rockland. Dechaine has been serving a life sentence for the...
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A proposed ice cream stand is roiling a Rockland neighborhood
Sally Levi loves coffee more than life itself. Her 74-year-old mother loves ice cream more than life itself. Now, Levi’s dream is to open a business that offers both of those things in the backyard of...
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Manager seeks back pay after Knox County cancels solar contract
The project manager for the Hermon firm that was previously constructing a solar farm at the Knox County Regional Airport has filed a notice of lien against the airport after it canceled the contract,...
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Bath forces spa that gives unlicensed massages to close or move
The city of Bath has ordered a recently opened spa to close and change its operations, after officials found that its staff were not licensed as masseuses and that the business was best classified as...
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Maine’s highest court upholds sentence of Tennessee trucker who caused deadly...
Maine’s highest court has upheld the sentence of the Tennessee trucker who caused a deadly and fiery crash on the midcoast in 2016.In its 13-page decision, issued last week, the Maine Supreme Judicial...
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Authorities investigating suicide at midcoast Maine jail
To reach a suicide prevention hotline, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.A suicide at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset is under investigation. The inmate was found dead Sunday,...
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