Press Herald
Sex offender tests Westbrook ordinance
The lawsuit by 'John Doe VI' is part of a case challenging the state's sex offender registry law.
Officials grappling with latest 911 lapses
Penobscot County emergency calls are routed to a backup as a third system failure in Maine weakens public confidence.
Legislature cuts down on travel to national event
One of the two people from Maine who will go to the legislators' meeting will soon leave the House.
Candidate petitions reviewed
Election 2008: Officials begin their look at an independent Senate hopeful's signatures.
Cabela's has turnpike exit hopping
Traffic on the turnpike has decreased overall, but Exit 42 in Scarborough has gotten much busier.
City hopes prosperity calls at port
Portland presses ahead to develop its berthing potential while the region pushes its marketing.
Editorial
Midwest flooding raises questions about U.S. agriculture policy
It's not just recent bad weather that is causing high food prices and worldwide shortages.
RON BANCROFTThe more voters, the better? It depends.
One economist says most people don't know enough to choose well but he discounts education efforts.
WALTER H. BAILY, Special to the Press Herald'Green' image hides Poland Spring's goal
The company wants to gain control of water rights in as many Maine communities as possible.
Letters
Teachers' salaries weren't big factor in budget deficit
Bangor Daily News
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Living in Maine is not all boiled lobsters and blue harbors, but the Maine Dental Association hopes a cushy coastal weekend in mid-June will help lure aspiring young dentists to practice in the state, where ranks of dentists are dwindling.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
A malfunction with the phone system at Penobscot Regional Communications Center in Bangor was continuing to cause emergency 911 calls to be routed through the Department of Public Safety in Orono on Monday.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine — State election officials opened a review Monday of a challenge to the nominating petitions of an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate brought by the chairman of the Maine Democratic Party.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine — The deadline is fast approaching for petitioners seeking to repeal two newly enacted laws to submit their voter signatures to the Maine Secretary of State’s Office.
Brewer: Man files ADA complaint against Pepino’s
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
BREWER, Maine - Mike Noyes said he’s not looking for trouble, just access like everyone else.
Touting a '2-nation vacation'
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia - Maine is not visible from this Canadian town, but tourism officials on both sides of the Gulf of Maine are hoping that, in this case anyway, out of sight does not mean out of mind.
Defending your turf: Knowing the enemy is the key to vanquishing the grub worms
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
BANGOR, Maine - In recent years, few lawn pests have garnered as much attention as the European chafer, an insect that entomologists say first arrived here in the 1940s in New York.
DOT: I-295 construction detour going smoothly
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
TOPSHAM, Maine — Traffic moved smoothly on the first morning that commuters were diverted from busy Interstate 295 to clear the way for a major 18-mile highway reconstruction project, state Department of Transportation officials said Monday.
Editorial
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
This week's ClickBack, the BDN's interactive feature that solicits Editorial Page reader comments, seeks your thoughts on what the future holds for two forces at work in Maine
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
As the summer solstice approaches, Maine's tourism-reliant businesses look forward to their most lucrative three months.
Newell Augur: Maine residents fed up with undemocratic taxes
Maine families are struggling financially. We already have one of the highest tax burdens in the country.
June 17 Letters to the Editor
GOING WITH THE FLOW ON U.S. 201 Drivers, residents adjust to new detour as work begins on Interstate 295 summer repaving project
Rush-hour traffic was heavier than usual along U.S. Route 201 Monday, the first day of a 10-week repaving project on the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 from Gardiner to Topsham.
AUGUSTA Sirois named Cony coach
AUGUSTA -- Former Cony High School point guard Karen Sirois has been named the school's girls basketball coach, outgoing Athletic Director Dan Bowers announced Monday.
AUGUSTA: Despite questions, law firm deal is renewed
AUGUSTA -- City councilors voted unanimously Monday to renew their contract with the city's law firm of the last 10 years, despite questions about why the contract wasn't put out to bid.
KVCC announces spring 2008 dean's list honorees
FAIRFIELD -- Local honorees on the Kennebec Valley Community College dean's list for 2008 spring semester are:
Editorial
Council can speak for city in renaming bridge
Leaders at the University of Maine at Augusta acted decisively and appropriately after they were approached in May by advocates for the victims of sexual abuse by clergy. Those advocates asked UMA officials to remove the Rev. John J. Curran's name from a scholarship granted by the university and last week, they did. That move now paves the way for other public institutions named after Curran to be changed.
Guard policy changes welcomed by Maine troops, employers
Maine Army National Guard members are in a better position to manage their lives and careers now that the Defense Department has promised to give them longer notice before deployment, keep those deployments shorter and train for those deployments closer to home.
PREPARE FOR MORE UGLY ATTACKS BY THE SWIFT BOAT GANG. : Truth is irrelevant when goal is to damage reputations
My column last week -- a lesson in political trivia -- asked readers: "What did the S stand for in Harry S Truman's name?" The correct answer: Nothing. His parents gave him the initial S to honor both his grandfathers.
Letters
Billings' column misses some salient points
Dan Billings' column of June 12 ("Government coffers lure some with poor ethics") is an example of a conclusion looking vainly for facts to support it.
How will Maine families pay for winter oil?
Every day I see articles about the high price of gas. Have any of you checked on next winter's prepay plans for oil?
Sun Journal
ORONO (AP) - The University of Maine has launched an energy information Web site where people can learn how to save money through conservation and alternative energy.
DOT: Maine interstate detour going smoothly
TOPSHAM (AP) - Traffic moved smoothly on the first morning that commuters were diverted from busy Interstate 295 to clear the way for a major 18-mile highway reconstruction project, state Department of Transportation officials said Monday.
Senate hopeful's petitions review opens
AUGUSTA (AP) - State election officials opened a review Monday of a challenge to the nominating petitions of an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate brought by the chairman of the Maine Democratic Party.
Deadline looms for people's veto
AUGUSTA (AP) - The deadline is fast approaching for petitioners seeking to repeal two newly enacted laws to submit their voter signatures to the Maine Secretary of State's office.
Prominent Maine lawmaker withdraws from fall election
AUGUSTA (AP) - State Rep. Jeremy Fischer, a Presque Isle Democrat who's been House chairman of the Appropriations Committee for the last two-year term, is withdrawing from the fall re-election race.
MPBN
Fairpoint Examines More System Failures
Maine Expects Funding To Participate In Federal Firearm Purchase System
Independent Senate Candidate Awaits Signature Count
National Indian Group Backs Penobscot Cause
PolitickerME
Primary election turnout -- not so good
People's Veto update
