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WHITING, Maine, June 27 ME-BarHarbor-new-food WHITING, Maine , /PRNewswire/ -- Bar Harbor Foods, the all-natural division of Look's Gourmet Food Company, Inc., launches 6 new products at the 2008 NASFT Summer ...

A 36-year-old man who was charged with terrorizing his wife with a machete last year may have skipped the country and gone back to his home in Saint Lucia.

There is a new hiking trail in town, and it opens officially next month. The officers and trustees of the Quoddy Regional Land Trust of Whiting plan to kick off the opening of the $70,000 Mowry Beach Trail with ...

Years after a New Braunfels man donated his body to science, his family is fighting with the medical school for the remains still left.

By Diana Graettinger Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Bangor Daily News Two Democratic candidates - Albion Goodwin of Pembroke and Daniel Swain of Machias - are vying in the June 10 primary to be their party's nominee ...

A nurse formerly employed by a Maine hospital has had both of his nursing licenses suspended by the Maine State Board of Nursing for using the same syringe on two different patients, drawing tears on a sedated ... via Fox News

“Nobody wants a bad actor in their state”

By Meg Haskell Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - Bangor Daily News The former Down East Community Hospital employee responsible for potentially exposing one patient to another patient's blood through an intravenous ... via Bangor Daily News

“This study supports our vision of clusters, which is what we're celebrating here today, that idea of building on the strengths we have and working together to move forward”

Alone, the many small farms and food processors of Washington and Hancock counties often struggle to keep their heads above water. via Bangor Daily News

“The Maine and national unemployment rates moved upward in March, both rising from 4.8 percent for February to 5.1 percent for March”

State Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman announced that the preliminary seasonally-adjusted March unemployment rate for Maine was 5.1 percent, equal to the national March rate of 5.1 percent. via State of Maine

“I don't ever want to live in a country where I have to have papers”

A bill that will require all applicants to produce papers showing they are in this country legally in order to get a Maine driver's license is ready to be signed into law after it passed the Senate Thursday in ... via Ellsworth American

“It's been a long fight for almost 15 years.”

The Senate Tuesday voted to restore some retirement benefits to state employees and teachers that were taken away during the budget crisis of 1993 through a plan that would cost the state $200 million over the ... via Lincoln County News

“I am absolutely thrilled to take on this new challenge”

By Eric Russell Saturday, April 05, 2008 - Bangor Daily News After filling in as acting executive director of KidsPeace in Ellsworth for the past two months, Jean Dickson has taken over that position on a ... via Bangor Daily News

“They actually selected the stock for the boat”

Paul Morin of Portland wants to build boats. Before he sailed into this seaside community, he barely knew how to swing a hammer. via Bangor Daily News

Aroostook County, already home to New England's largest wind farm, is being eyed by a Texas company for several more of the energy-producing facilities.

Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy envisions up to 400 turbines in farm fields and forests of the northern Maine county. Company officials say they are focusing on a forested area west of Bridgewater.

They are not discussing other locations under consideration, but say most of them are farm or forested sites in eastern Aroostook. Horizon, which operates wind farms in five other states, has not submitted any applications with Maine regulators. Read more

“That area is ripe now for development”

Passamaquoddy tribal leaders were stunned last year when voters rejected their plan to build a racino Down East, but now the tribe is working with real estate developers on ideas for economic development ... via Bangor Daily News

“From then on we have continued to add more trucks. Today we have nine, and we are negotiating to buy another two.”

Lyle Hamilton, 46, likes to tell people he grew up around loggers and logging operations. via Timberline

“I don't know what they did before it.”

Maine-based Web sites and online groups are drawing global audiences with information, blogs and Internet communities revolving around autism. via The Boston Globe

“The new troopers have had excellent training and I expect they will become role models and active in their communities, both on and off duty”

VASSALBORO : Maine's nine newest Maine State Police troopers will receive their badges at 1 p.m. Friday, March 28, at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. via Village Soup

Funded by an array of federal, state and community grants in addition to riders' fares, buses now carry individuals from Bangor to Ellsworth , Bar Harbor and even Calais for work, medical appointments and ... via Buses world news

“We want to better our knowledge of these things in case they start coming before us.”

The backers of what will be New England's largest wind-energy facility, a 38-turbine wind farm in Washington County, are eyeing expanding operations into the Lincoln Lakes region, town officials said Wednesday. via Bangor Daily News