Lincoln, Millinocket, Penobscot County, Maine News

Levesque submits signatures

Voters will find 2nd Congressional District challenger Jason Levesque's name on the ballot for the June 8 primary, he said Thursday. more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/12/10 | 1037 views

Howland starts tannery cleanup

HOWLAND, Maine — A Winterport general contractor is clearing 3 acres at the former Howland Tannery as a first step crucial to rehabilitating the long-abandoned site, Town Manager Jane Jones said … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/11/10 | 1587 views

Mill fire causes little damage

EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — A spark from a wire holding together a bale of recycled newsprint might have started a fire that destroyed as many as 35 bales at the Katahdin Paper Co. LLC mill this … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/10/10 | 670 views

Lincoln man hurt when his pickup runs over him

LINCOLN, Maine — Dale Savage II parked his white Chevy pickup truck in his angled driveway Saturday morning, and was looking for some fishing gear in the back while on his cell phone when the truck … more

By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/8/10 | 7430 views

Fellow truckers play joke on famous logging family

MILLINOCKET, Maine — If there’s anything about Pelletier Loggers Family Restaurant Bar and Grill that Eldon Pelletier wants you to remember, it’s the truck cab that has been hanging from the … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/6/10 | 16506 views

Canadian union to vote Sunday on pact

A Canadian paperworkers union will vote Sunday on whether to accept a revised contract that allows Fraser Papers to shed most of $185 million in pension obligations to escape bankruptcy protection … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/6/10 | 562 views

Maine delegation rallies to save railroad tracks

Maine’s congressional delegation is pushing the federal government to save 233 miles of railroad tracks from a proposed abandonment that they say would wreck the state’s economy. U.S. Sen. … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/6/10 | 2373 views

Getting girls in gear

ORONO, Maine — All they knew when they left school Thursday morning was that they were going on a girls-only, science-related field trip to the University of Maine campus. Dedham School … more

By Jessica Bloch
BDN Staff | 3/5/10 | 1693 views

DOT chief backs $25M rail acquisition bond

Any competitive edge enjoyed by the state forest products industry, Aroostook County and some of the state’s largest employers would be seriously compromised if 241 miles of northern Maine railroad … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/4/10 | 2642 views

Penobscot County Superior Court

Penobscot County Superior Court Cases Jan. 1-31 more

3/4/10 | 2657 views