The Boy Scouts' Camp Gustin is nothing fancy, on purpose. The 100-plus-acre camp on the side of Loon Pond in Sabattus doesn't have a single mess hall or bunkhouse, just one covered shelter and two outhouses, with a rumor that somewhere out there in the woods, there's a third. ... Full Story »
Amber Waterman/Sun Journal Patty Blanchard of Auburn looks for a place for a pair of skis dropped off Saturday at Auburn Middle School in preparation for the annual Auburn Ski Association's Ski Swap, which is set to take place Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Full Story »
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DURHAM — An 18-year-old college student from Durham is believed to have been killed Friday in a fiery crash. A combination of speed and driver distraction likely caused Maxwell Allen to swerve on Quaker Meeting House Road, about a half-mile south of Route 136, State Police Trooper... Full Story »
LISBON — A 22-year-old local man, Seth Card of Bowdoinham Road, lost control of the car he was driving on Route 196 in Lisbon Falls on Saturday afternoon, striking and snapping a utility pole in front of the Big Apple, police said. After striking the pole, the car rolled over and ... Full Story »
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A proposal to sell Camp Gustin in Sabattus draws objections from a group of Boy Scouts and their families. Full Story »
Maine State Police say they believe speed and alcohol were involved in a deadly car crash in Waterboro. Full Story »
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University of Maine System trustees are meeting to consider enacting a report that calls for cutting $42 million over four years. Full Story »
WATERBORO (NEWS CENTER) - State Police say 25 year old Breanna Geavreau was killed in a crash on Saturday night. Full Story »
MEDWAY (NEWS CENTER) - Clean-up of a haz-mat spill has shut down a portion of Interstate 95. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The Maine Turnpike proposes closing a ramp to speed up reconstruction of the Presumpscot River Bridge. Full Story »
KITTERY (NEWS CENTER) -- Police in Kittery are cracking down on people registering their cars and trucks in other states, shorting the state more than one million dollars. Full Story »
BANGOR {NEWS CENTER}---The H1N1 virus has many Mainers looking to properly protect themselves and that means some drug stores are pretty busy. Full Story »
According to a new survey, men are quicker to declare their love for their partner than women. The survey conducted by Stella magazine for the Sunday Telegraph found that men take an average of seven months to tell a new partner that they love them, while women take almost eight months. Full Story »
More than 60 albinos in Tanzania and Burundi have been killed in the past year by witchdoctors, who make potions from the body parts of people with the condition. Full Story »
A 5-year-old girl in the UK is battling a rare disease that if not treated will turn her body into crystal. Full Story »
India's eunuchs and transsexuals have won a long-running campaign to be listed as "others," distinct from males and females, on electoral rolls and voter identity cards. Full Story »
A homeowner in Columbia Heights, Minn. came face-to-face with a man who looked like he was about the break in to their home. The suspect ran off before anything happened but police are now searching for the man and the family has launched a search of their own on Facebook. Full Story »
BRUNSWICK — After closing its doors to canine surrenders for more than a week, Coastal Humane Society expects to begin accepting dogs from the public and adopting them out again early next week. Full Story »
AUGUSTA — October receipts to the state’s general fund are $26.8 million lower than projected and led by declines in income and sales tax revenue. Income taxes accounted for 71 percent of the shortfall, down $19 million from budgeted revenues. Full Story »
BRUNSWICK — As vaccine for the H1N1 flu continues to stream into the state, the virus continues to spread and the Maine Center for Disease Control reported the state’s third death from complications of H1N1 on Thursday. Full Story »
BATH — The experts who make up the core organizers of the National Peace Academy have the credentials and track records to drastically reduce — or, ideally, eliminate — violence in the world. Full Story »
BATH — Maine’s two Republican U.S. senators reached out to Mid-coast residents big and small Thursday, as Sen. Olympia Snowe visited downtown Bath and Sen. Susan Collins addressed middle school students in Freeport. Full Story »
Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 3:40 pm | Updated: 3:42 pm, Wed Nov 4, 2009. WESTBROOK - The superintendent of Westbrook schools has frozen the budget in anticipation of a $580,000 funding curtailment coming from the state before the end of the fiscal year. Full Story »
Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 3:45 pm | Updated: 3:45 pm, Wed Nov 4, 2009. BUXTON - Police Chief Mike Grovo said Tuesday a suspect remained in York County jail following a double stabbing Saturday evening. Full Story »
Westbrook school buses parked at the bus maintenance facility on Saco Street. Full Story »
GORHAM - The owner of a major Gorham manufacturer filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, jeopardizing some 60 jobs. GPX International Tire Corp., which has a plant in the Gorham Industrial Park, filed in Boston, Mass., for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code. Full Story »
YORK, Maine — A four-car accident on Route 1 Thursday afternoon resulted in multiple minor injuries, heavy damage to the vehicles involved and shut down a section of the roadway for three hours. Full Story »
YORK, Maine — More than 80 people honored veterans on Wednesday, Nov. 11, during the annual ceremony held at the Boardman Ellis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6977, on Cape Neddick Road. Full Story »
OGUNQUIT — The Webhannet Garden Club meeting at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, will feature Keith Shubert, owner of Floral Concepts and Distinctive Finds, who will demonstrate unusual Thanksgiving centerpiece arrangements. The group will meet at the... Full Story »
The turnip, and not the pumpkin, may have been the original symbol of Halloween. Full Story »
Progress? CMP reports that, thanks to the new transmission line and substation installed at Bragdon Commons a number of years ago, the power outage that occurred during Harvestfest weekend was hours shorter than it would have been otherwise. (Isn't that... Full Story »
KENNEBUNK – More than 900 students in the RSU 21 district received H1N1 vaccines Saturday as news of two more deaths in the state was confirmed by the Maine CDC. Full Story »
OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — A 46-year-old Ogunquit woman has pleaded not guilty to charges she tried to drown her 11-year-old son in a bathtub. Full Story »
KENNEBUNK – The RSU 21 H1N1 clinic will go on tomorrow as promised. The clinic, scheduled for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Middle School of the Kennebunks, is open to all students in the district who returned their permission slips by the... Full Story »
Sunday, Nov. 111:25 p.m. Jeremy R. Belmont, 23, of 259 Sam Page Road, Acton, was arrested on Route 1 on a warrant charging simple assault. He was taken to the York County Jail in lieu of cash bond.Monday, Nov. 2 Full Story »
Thursday, Oct. 158:01 p.m. Jessica Johnson, 29, of 241 Chapman Ridge Road, Athens, was arrested on a charge of violation of conditions of release.Sunday, Oct. 18 Full Story »
It's possible to get good food from just about anywhere on the planet in New York City, but until recently, it was difficult to find a decent lobster roll. Full Story »
Gary Crosby stands by the building at 50 Peary Terrace he recently purchased. He has donated space to the Maine Military Museum & Learning Center. Defeated in his quest for a City Council seat and a Willard Beach dog ban, Crosby has moved on to other issues. Full Story »
The number of foxes in South Portland has increased over recent months. Two weeks ago, this fox was found sleeping on a chair on the deck of a house on Broadway near the Westbrook city line. He moved under the chair before the city's animal control officer took this picture. Full Story »
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:50 pm | Updated: 8:55 pm, Wed Nov 11, 2009. A male with his face covered by sunglasses and wearing a hood robbed the Gorham Savings Bank in South Portland on Monday afternoon, getting away with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. Full Story »
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:55 pm | Updated: 8:58 pm, Wed Nov 11, 2009. The owners of a Leighton Farms subdivision home must remove landscaping improvements made on a public pathway next to their property. Full Story »
For all the talk about health-care reform during the last few months, little has been said about oral health. This is not new, as dental care is often ignored, both by policymakers and the general public. Full Story »
I'm not usually surprised by the outcome of elections, but this past run at the polls really stumped me. Two items in both Windham and Gray threw me curveballs and I "whiffed" at bat. I did manage to call all the other referendum questions correctly however. Full Story »
I have no doubt that necessity is the mother of invention. This week's column is perhaps proof that saying is absolutely true because I wasn't going to write a column this week and yet here it is. Full Story »
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:55 pm | Updated: 10:44 pm, Wed Nov 11, 2009. The Hall family of Casco has owned Hacker's Hill for many generations and have recently decided to sell their much-loved property on Quaker Ridge Road, a parcel they have kept open for the public since 1994. Full Story »
Standish Town Manager Gordon Billington presents the Boston Post Cane to Doris Coletti at a ceremony held Tuesday at the Steep Falls Fire Barn. Coletti, 98, is the oldest person in Standish, according to the recent voter list. Full Story »
A man walks in St. Petersburg during the city's first major snowfall. AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev
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