4 years ago Daphne Sprague, whose accident at 17 sparked a life as a disability rights advocate, dies at 67 Daphne Sprague, a Maine educator and disability rights advocate who was the first quadriplegic person to attend the University of Maine after she fought to have the university admit her, died from complications from an infection on July 7 in Portland.
4 years ago Area school officials planning reopening scenarios With the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) scheduled to release its first round of color designations pertaining to the individual levels of risk for the state’s school districts on Friday, July 31, officials with the region’s education units have been busy making plans for how students return to classes in the fall.
4 years ago Gordon Contracting grows through serving the community SANGERVILLE — Since taking on the role of the president/CEO of a Pittsfield-based construction company dating back to 1946, moving the firm to Sangerville and changing the name to Gordon Contracting Inc.
4 years ago Maine’s courts ask for $14M to safely reopen in September Maine’s court system needs an additional $14 million so it can safely resume full-time operations and start clearing a backlog of cases that has built up during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state’s court administrator.
4 years ago D-F man arrested after allegedly shooting twice into neighbor’s apartment DOVER-FOXCROFT — At approximately 9:50 Saturday morning officers from the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department were called to 26 Harvey Street for the report of a male subject that had appeared in the street, per a post on the department Facebook page.
4 years ago Campfire safety key as wildfire numbers approach 10-year high As Maine chief forest ranger Bill Hamilton spent a few minutes discussing campfire safety recently, much of the state baked on yet another 80-degree day, and Bangor-area lawns turned brown after weeks of little rain.
4 years ago Maine schools chief: COVID-19 tests for students could offer ‘false sense of security’ While Maine colleges and universities plan to test many students and staff as they reopen their campuses this fall, the same scale of testing is unlikely in the state’s public schools.
4 years ago Thompson Free Library hosting Maine Humanities Council Summer Discussion Project on women’s suffrage DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thompson Free Library is one in a cohort of organizations and individuals throughout the state hosting a Maine Humanities Council Discussion Project this summer.
4 years ago Pine Tree Hospice graduates new volunteers When Pine Tree Hospice set out this March to train a group of new volunteers in Dexter, we had no idea what we were in for.
4 years ago 5 ways to attract wildlife to your backyard If you love wildlife and would like to see more of it around your home, you’re in luck.
4 years ago Camden National Bank now accepting nominations for 2020 Leaders & Luminaries Awards Camden National Bank announced that it is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Leaders & Luminaries Awards, a program which started in 2011 to celebrate the importance and impact of effective nonprofit board service.
4 years ago More trash probably won’t be a money maker for Orrington incinerator To some, it may have seemed like a win-win situation when a group of more than 100 Maine communities announced early this month that it was planning to send a majority of its household trash to a familiar place: an Orrington facility that burns waste to generate electricity.
4 years ago Come take a swing at COVID-19 during FA’s Homecoming Golf Scramble DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy is pleased to announce that its annual Homecoming Golf Scramble is still on for this summer, being played on Saturday, Aug.
4 years ago Legislation to permanently fund Land and Water Conservation Fund signed into law WASHINGTON, D.
4 years ago Six times Mainers’ disputes with neighbors got out of hand A Dover-Foxcroft man has attracted national and international attention after he sawed his neighbor’s garage in half over a boundary-line dispute.