Incumbent Susan Collins and challengers Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn field questions on the drought, climate change, saving the USPS and pandemic relief.
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Ralph Alfred Tripp Jr.
NORWAY — Ralph Alfred Tripp Jr., 63, died Friday, July 6. He was born in Presque Isle on Feb 2, 1955, the son of Ralph Tripp and Myrtle Batchelder. He loved fishing, hunting and helping people who needed help. His family and friends were very important to him. He is survived by his partner, Julie Rice; […]
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Presque Isle Police Department divided over drug field tests
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) – A Maine police chief’s proposal to use drug field tests has drawn criticism from some officers. The Bangor Daily News reports Presque Isle Police Chief Matt Irwin asked officers in June to start using drug test pouches again. The department had stopped using the kits because of the rise of fentanyl. The […]
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Medical transport plane carrying four crashes short of runway in Presque Isle
A medical transport plane carrying a patient, a paramedic, a nurse and the pilot crashed while landing Wednesday at the Northern Maine Regional Airport in Presque Isle. The aircraft, owned and operated by Fresh Air LLC, is leased by the Aroostook Medical Center to transport patients to higher levels of care at different hospitals. According […]
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Yarmouth runs away from Presque Isle in B girls' soccer final
Yarmouth’s Ashlyn Feeley drives the ball up field Saturday during the Class B state championship against Presque Isle. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Once the Yarmouth High girls’ soccer team showed it had beaten the competition, it started competing to top itself. Then it made history. The Clippers rolled to a championship finish of their […]
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Farm stand footage helps police nab Aroosook County cash box thieves
AUGUSTA (AP) — State police say they’ve arrested three residents who robbed the cash boxes of several farm stands in northern Maine. Police say surveillance footage led them to charge three Presque Isle residents with multiple counts of theft and criminal mischief. The three have court dates in Houlton District Court in September. Police say […]
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Funding for National Guard center in Aroostook County clears hurdle
PRESQUE ISLE (AP) — A key senate committee is signing off on funding for a new National Guard center in northern Maine. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $17.5 million for the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Presque Isle. Collins says the money would be used to construct a […]
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Anthony W. Pinnell
LITCHFIELD — Anthony Wayne Pinnell, 51, passed away on Thursday, June 8, at 12:30 a.m. after a courageous battle with liver cancer, in the comfort of his home, with his lifelong companion, his daughters and his sister by his side. He was born in Presque Isle on Feb. 24, 1966, the son of the late Ralph […]
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Presque Isle man shot by police dies from injuries
PRESQUE ISLE — Police say a man who was shot over the weekend after approaching an officer with a knife has died from his injuries. WABI-TV reports Eastern Maine Medical Center officials informed police that 29-year-old Derek Sam of Presque Isle died early Tuesday. The confrontation Saturday night started with police responding to a report […]
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Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Boe wins opening event at World Cup biathlon
Johannes Thingnes Boe finished the 10-kilometer sprint with a time of 24 minutes, 38.8 seconds Thursday at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle. Russian Anton Shipulin, who also had perfect shooting, took second place and current World Cup points leader Martin Fourcade of France came in third with one miss. Biathlon pairs rifle marksmanship […]