BOWDOIN — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting approved the $ 966,186 municipal budget proposed by selectmen. The new spending plan represents a 1 percent decrease from the 2011 budget and an approximately $ 7,000 increase in money raised through taxation for a total of $266,304. A total of 97 registered voters attended Saturday’s meeting at […]
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Tuesday DIY tax help offered
BRUNSWICK — The Midcoast Creating Assets, Savings and Hope (CA$H) Coalition and MyFreeTaxes, a program of One Economy, will offer “Do-It-Yourself Free Tax Preparation Nights” from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 10 in Room 117 at Bowdoin College’s McClellan Building, which is on the corner of Union and Station streets. “Anyone […]
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Multer, Rogers re-elected; Ponziani wins
HARPSWELL — Incumbent Selectwoman Elinor Multer successfully defended her seat Saturday against challenger C. Matthew Rich and write-in candidate Richard A. Daniel. In the contest for road commissioner, candidate Ronald Ponziani beat Paul Standridge by a margin of 391 votes. Ponziani received 559 votes and Standridge received 168 votes. Joanne Rogers, an uncontested incumbent representative of […]
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Ellsworth resident killed in shooting
LAMOINE ( AP) — State police are attempting to determine who pulled the trigger in a shooting that left one man dead and three others wounded in a small coastal town in Maine. Gunfire erupted outside a home in Lamoine at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Lawrence […]
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Residents vote to add daytime paramedic
HARPSWELL — Harpswell will begin receiving dedicated daytime paramedic coverage this year from Mid Coast Hospital after voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting approved paying for the service. That decision was part of voters’ review of 67 warrant items that resulted in a $4,332,818 budget, a 7 percent increase over last year’s $4,047,497 spending plan. That […]
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Seizure blamed for crash
TOPSHAM — Maine State Police believe a seizure triggered a crash Saturday along Interstate 295 that left a 26-year-old man pinned in a car stuck on its side between two trees. The crash, reported by another motorist at 11:50 a.m., occurred on I-295 northbound near mile marker 33, according to Maine State Trooper James Leonard. The […]
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Early morning alarm sounds at Durham station
DURHAM — A recent fire alarm activation that sent Durham firefighters rushing to their own fire station early Tuesday morning, stopped a malfunctioning heating unit from doing any serious damage. For Durham Fire Chief William St. Michel, though, the incident again highlighted how important it is that property owners be sure the batteries and backup […]
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Anti-Kony video campaign draws criticism in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The wildly successful campaign to raise global awareness of a brutal Central Africa rebel leader is attracting criticism from Ugandans who say the 30-minute viral video misrepresents the complicated history of Africa’s longest-running conflict. The campaign by the advocacy group Invisible Children to make militia leader Joseph Kony a household name […]
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Hiker missing for almost month found
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ( AP) — An Albuquerque woman who had been missing for nearly a month has been found alive in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, authorities said Thursday. Search and rescue crews found 41-year-old Margaret Page on Wednesday in the forest in the state’s southwest after her car was spotted in the area, Albuquerque […]