9 years ago
Northern Maine voters still love Susan Collins despite her spats with Trump, LePage
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she is poised to announce by next week whether she will run for governor in 2018.
State
9 years ago
Here’s how the part of Maine that voted for Trump feels about him now
Maine’s 2nd Congressional District did something no place else in the Northeast did in 2016 by giving Donald Trump an electoral vote.
9 years ago
Bishop to preside over funeral for priest who had been missing
Bishop Robert P. Deeley of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will preside over a funeral service in Caribou on Tuesday, Oct. 10, for the Rev. Clement Thibodeau, whose body was found over the weekend in a wooded area in Hancock County.
9 years ago
Woman OK after being shot in leg by husband while bird hunting
When the partridge flew, Richard Botka fired one shot and about three dozen pellets made it through very dense foliage, striking his wife in the lower right leg.
9 years ago
Lucas St. Clair launches bid to unseat Poliquin in Congress
The man who led a successful campaign for the creation of a national monument on land his family gave to the federal government in the Katahdin region plans to run for Congress.
9 years ago
Hundreds gather to mourn young Bangor mother who died in I-95 crash
An estimated 250 people gathered Saturday afternoon in a small cemetery in Wytopitlock to celebrate the young mother whose life was abruptly cut short last week in a crash off Interstate 95 in Old Town.
9 years ago
Wardens believe they found body of missing Maine priest
The Maine Warden Service said Saturday night that they believe they have located the body of the Rev. Clement Thibodeau, an 85-year-old Catholic priest from Caribou who had been missing since July 15. Shortly before noon on Saturday, a man clearing trails near Upper Pistol Lake, south of Springfield, found Thibodeau’s gray 2013 Chevrolet Equinox stuck near […]
9 years ago
New report reveals where Maine’s looming nursing shortage will hit hardest
Nearly half of all nurses working in Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, Waldo and Hancock counties are older than 55 and expected to retire or reduce their hours over the next 10 years, contributing to a drastic shortage that officials in Maine are trying to counter.
9 years ago
LePage to sheriffs: Cooperate with ICE detention requests or face removal
Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter to Maine’s 16 county sheriffs on Tuesday ordering them to cooperate with detainer requests from federal immigration authorities or face removal from office.
9 years ago
Catholic radio plans pledge drive
To raise funding for The Presence radio network’s seven radio stations in Maine, the “Light in the Darkness” pledge drive will be held from Wednesday, Sept. 27, to Saturday, Sept. 30.
