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State seeks comment in education funds quest

Maine residents will have a chance to comment in the next week on how the state should focus its application for a federal program that could provide $75 million in funding for education. Maine … more

By Jessica Bloch
BDN Staff | 3/17/10 | 8 views

Three charged with smuggling drugs into state

MARS HILL, Maine — Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officers have arrested and charged two Mars Hill men and a Florida man with smuggling large amounts of oxycodone into Aroostook County where it then … more

By Jen Lynds
BDN Staff | 3/17/10 | 25 views

Pine Tree Hospice offers training to volunteers

Volunteers are needed to enroll in the Bereavement Facilitator Training to begin Monday, April 5, wrote Cynthia Scott of Pine Tree Hospice in Dover-Foxcroft. more

By Joni Averill
BDN Staff | 3/17/10 | 12 views

Chief defends actions in missing woman case

A New Hampshire police chief is defending his department’s handling of the case of a missing woman who died from apparent exposure in Maine. more

By The Associated Press
| 3/17/10 | 1282 views

Maine legislative slates nearly full

AUGUSTA, Maine — After more than three decades without a clear majority in the state House of Representatives, Republicans said Tuesday that the political mood is right for them to win control, … more

By The Associated Press
| 3/16/10 | 384 views

Couple with hospitalized child attacked in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police say an out-of-state couple whose child is being treated at the Maine Medical Center was assaulted and robbed by a man and woman after they left the hospital to run … more

By The Associated Press
| 3/16/10 | 5521 views

Etna reviewing consequences of town vote

ETNA, Maine — Living with decisions made at the March 6 town meeting was the dominant topic of conversation Monday when the Board of Selectmen met for the first time since residents cut the town … more

By Christopher Cousins
BDN Staff | 3/16/10 | 1439 views

2 officials placed on leave during Newburgh audit

NEWBURGH, Maine — Town Manager Nancy Hatch and Cindy Dunton, deputy treasurer, have been placed on administrative leave while an auditor hired Monday reviews the town’s books, Selectman Leonard … more

By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/16/10 | 2541 views

Media Workshops sets $10,000 scholarships

ROCKPORT, Maine — Maine Media Workshops has launched a new scholarship fund for Maine high school students attending MMW’s Young Artists Program. Partnering with Camden National Bank, MMW has … more

By BDN Staff
BDN Staff | 3/16/10 | 325 views

Fire destroys shed, garage in Ellsworth

ELLSWORTH, Maine — A wind-whipped fire late Sunday night destroyed two outbuildings at a home off Mariaville Road, but crews were able to save the nearby home and attached garage. more

By Rich Hewitt
BDN Staff | 3/16/10 | 471 views