BETHEL — Selectmen decided Tuesday to seek an interim town manager and hope to have that person begin by June 2. Town Manager Jim Doar is leaving in mid-June for a new job in Montana. Doar said Wednesday that the board asked him to set up interviews with two people in the very near future […]
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Why do Mainers like to Google cat pictures and Lord of the Dance?
File this under “At least we’re not Texas. Or Georgia.” The real estate blog Estately ran what it called “hundreds of search queries through Google Trends to determine which words, terms, and questions each state was searching for more than any other.” And we Mainers seem strangely enamored with Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance.” That ranked […]
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Search for new USM president launched
BANGOR (AP) — The search for a new president for the University of Southern Maine has been launched. University of Maine System trustees Chairman Samuel Collins and Chancellor James Page announced Sunday that a presidential search committee will be formed this summer. The committee will search for a new president to replace Theo Kalikow. Kalikow, […]
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Australia says nothing spotted in search for plane
Australian officials pledged to continue the search for two large objects spotted by a satellite earlier this week, which had raised hopes that the two-week hunt for the Boeing 777 that disappeared March 8 with 239 people on board was nearing a breakthrough. But Australia’s acting prime minister, Warren Truss, tamped down expectations. “Something that […]
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No drugs found in search of school lockers, parking lots
JAY — Police searched Spruce Mountain high and middle schools lockers and parking lots for drugs Friday and found none, police Chief Larry White Sr. said. The searches were requested by RSU 73 administrators, he said. “No drugs were found, which is a positive outcome for the schools, students and police,” White said. The search […]
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Wardens focus search for missing AT hiker Geraldine Largay on about 4.2 square miles
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee was intensified and concentrated Sunday, but no new clues were found, according to the Maine Warden Service. The service also said the search effort, which has gone on for more than 10 days, would be “extensively scaled back.” As many as 115 wardens and […]
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Inside the struggle to find missing hiker Geraldine Largay
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Looking for a person lost in the wilderness is often compared to looking for a needle in a haystack. In reality, it’s far more difficult than that. “When you think about the total square footage of a person’s body — whether they are lying down or standing up — and you think about trying […]
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Maine volunteers make search for lost AT hiker possible
MOUNT ABRAM TOWNSHIP — Matt Clark likes to think somebody would do the same thing for him and his family if he were lost in the Maine wilderness. Clark, a member of Franklin Search and Rescue, was volunteering Tuesday to clamber along miles of streambed and through the thick underbrush of the deep woods in […]
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Search for missing hiker enters Day 6
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee entered its sixth day Tuesday as members of the Maine Warden Service and volunteers from area search and rescue groups assembled early at Sugarloaf. Officials said late Monday they remain “mystified” as to the whereabouts of Geraldine Largay. “We don’t typically have searches for […]
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Search for missing hiker enters Day 6
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee entered its sixth day Tuesday as members of the Maine Warden Service and volunteers from area search and rescue groups assembled early at Sugarloaf. Officials said late Monday they remain “mystified” as to the whereabouts of Geraldine Largay. “We don’t typically have searches for […]