BRUNSWICK — After a six-month odyssey that led him from Florida to Maine, a cuddly German shepherd will be reunited with his original owners Saturday, thanks to the Coastal Humane Society. Nine-year-old Chisum was surrendered to the Flagler Humane Society in Flagler County, Fla., in April, after his owners, Kathy and Nelson Walden, relocated to […]
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First solar-powered Habitat for Humanity home in New England set to open in Oakland
OAKLAND (AP) — The first solar-powered Habitat for Humanity home in New England is being opened to the public. The beige ranch house in Oakland will open on Sunday after 15 months of construction. Mike Grant, a member of the Waterville area organization’s chapter’s board of directors, tells the Morning Sentinel that the opening ceremony […]
Maine potato fields backdrop for feature film
PORTLAND (AP) — The filmmakers who won critical acclaim for their documentary focusing on the troop greeters at Bangor International Airport are again using Maine as a backdrop. The first feature film by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly is set among the blue potato farms in Van Buren in northern Maine. “Beneath the Harvest Sky” […]
Lola the six-clawed lobster finds new home at Maine State Aquarium
BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Even a “normal” lobster is considered by many to be on the freaky side of nature, but the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor has one that even lobster experts have never seen. Lola the six-clawed lobster arrived at the aquarium on Thursday after being caught off Hyannis, Mass., on the F/V […]
Common Core worries prompt LePage executive order reaffirming school privacy, local control
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage signed an executive order on Wednesday reaffirming that Maine schools are locally controlled and that students’ personal information remain private in light of concerns about new uniform benchmarks in reading, writing and math. The Republican governor’s order comes just weeks after opponents to the Common Core Standards, which have […]
Military spouses eliminated from ‘America’s Got Talent’
A string of wins ended Wednesday night for the American Military Spouses Choir and Lewiston native Abi Hodgson as they were eliminated from NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” television show. Hodgson is one of 37 members of the choir, which was vying for the top spot and $1 million prize. Entering Wednesday’s program, Hodgson and her […]
92-year-old burned in Brunswick house fire
BRUNSWICK — A 92-year-old woman was severely burned in a fire at her home on Beech Drive on Wednesday evening, police Lt. Todd Ridlon said in a news release. The woman was listed in very serious condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland, and officials had not yet notified her next of kin late Wednesday, […]
3 new charter schools to open in Maine this week
AUGUSTA (AP) — Nearly 400 students will attend five charter schools in Maine this fall in the second year since charter schools were authorized by the Legislature. Three new charter schools will open their doors when classes get underway this week, joining two others that first opened last fall. The new schools are Harpswell Coastal […]
Grange membership falling, recruitment a challenge
DEER ISLE (AP) — At its peak, the Deer Isle Grange had close to 100 members. But this summer, the fraternal organization folded because it couldn’t attract even seven members to its meetings, the number required to keep its state charter. In an age when the Internet and television have replaced potluck dinners as a […]