BANGOR — New coach, similar results … so far. To be fair, new University of Maine men’s basketball coach Richard Barron has overseen the Black Bears’ program for only seven games. The rebuild is in its infant stages. Maine did not take steps forward Wednesday night as it dropped a 73-59 decision to the Princeton […]
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Effects of Pearl Harbor attack 75 years ago remembered by Mainers
FARMINGTON — Shock and concern rattled local residents as radio broadcasts announced the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. “Everything was so far away, but it affected so many things we cared about,” said Harry McDowell, formerly of Princeton and now a resident of Pinewood Terrace in Farmington. “Hardly anyone knew where […]
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Passamaquoddy Tribe plans marijuana facility in Princeton
PRINCETON — The Passamaquoddy Tribe has signed a letter of intent with a medical marijuana management and consulting company to build a cultivation facility in northeastern Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports Monarch America Inc. announced last week it plans to design and manage a cutting edge marijuana cultivation facility in an existing 35,000-square-foot building […]
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For Lewiston-Auburn charter group, consultant could wrangle facts and figures
LEWISTON — When voters in Princeton Township and the Borough of Princeton, N.J., went to the polling places in 2013 to vote on combining their cities, they had a report full of facts and figures with them, a consultant said Wednesday. But that’s not all they brought. “The stuff we measured and quantified for them […]
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Hagel, energy return to Portland Pirates’ lineup
Now in his sixth season of professional hockey, the 2008 graduate of Princeton University — yes, THAT Princeton University — is playing for the Portland Pirates, the eighth team for which he’s worn a sweater. He’s used to moving around. This season, he’s also known what it’s like when his teammates are traveling without him […]
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Princeton man crushed, killed by tractor-trailer
PRINCETON — A man was killed while he was working on a tractor-trailer in Princeton this morning, police said. Grant Cilley, 44, of Princeton, had jacked up the cab of a truck and was attempting to set a second pair of jacks underneath when the truck came off the first pair of jacks and crushed […]
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Shooter reportedly kills himself after wounding Princeton camp owner
PRINCETON — Maine State Police were investigating a shooting and suicide at a hunting and fishing camp on Long Lake on Tuesday, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Steve Whitman, 60, reportedly suffered two gunshot wounds around 5 p.m. but still managed to call 911 and give Washington County […]