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BAR HARBOR — Hotelier David Witham confirmed this week that his company has purchased the Atlantic Oakes Hotel and Conference Center on Eden Street. |
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 SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Voters opposed to borrowing $800,000 for construction of a new police station soundly defeated the proposal 387-73 in town meeting balloting on Tuesday. |
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MOUNT DESERT — The potential threat of raw sewage flowing into Somes Sound outweighed residents’ desire to turn down a $5.3 million sewer bond at the town’s annual meeting held on May 6. Of the 131 people who showed up to decide the issue, 28 were against it. |
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BAR HARBOR — Damage to the Mount Desert Street Cemetery from vandalism last week is more extensive than was originally realized. |
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TREMONT — After going to the polls next Monday to elect town officials, voters will return to the town office meeting room on Tuesday to consider a $3.99 million budget at the open town meeting. |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Acadia Improvement Act last week. The bill extends the life of the park advisory commission for another 20 years, raises the ceiling for land acquisition by $10 million to $28 million, and authorizes Acadia to become involved with the development of the off-island transit system, or intermodal facility, on land in Trenton purchased by Friends of Acadia. |
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BAR HARBOR — The owner of a new pet accessory store, Walkin’ the Dog, denied in court papers last week that anything improper occurred during negotiations to purchase a similar business last fall. |
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BAR HARBOR — Two more people threw their names in the ring this week for open seats on town boards up for election in June. |
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AUGUSTA — A coalition of the state’s restaurants, convenience store operators, grocers, innkeepers, chambers of commerce and beer, wine and soda distributors has officially launched a drive to overturn the new taxes passed by the Legislature last month to support the Dirigo Health subsidized insurance program. |
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AUGUSTA — The Legislature not only supported roads and bridges in a big way this session, it also voted to cover a $30 million federal loan that will extend Downeaster commuter train service to Brunswick – an investment rail enthusiasts say will pay off in more tourism, business development and fewer cars on the highway. |
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Tennis
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BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island High School Tennis squads squared off against Mattanawcook Academy (MA) on May 2 at home, where the boys’ team asserted its dominance over the Lynx, winning 5-0. The girls lost a closely contested battle, 2-3. |
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Maritime
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BAR HARBOR — Ask any boatyard manager around. One of the biggest problems they are having these days is finding enough people to turn out the work that somehow, despite the current soft economic climate, seems to continue to come through the door. |
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Arts and Living
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ORLAND — Community radio station WERU has come a long way since it went on air two decades ago. |
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New Releases
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When prodigal daughter Nina (Shelley Conn) returns to Glasgow for the first time in years to attend her father’s (Raad Rawi) funeral, it’s apparent that the young woman has something to hide. But between mourning and making the arrangements, her family’s too preoccupied to take any hints about her sexual preference. |
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Editorials
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One year after an ill-conceived school district consolidation law championed by Gov. John Baldacci and Education Commissioner Susan Gendron was enacted by the 123rd Legislature on the coattails of the state budget, Maine’s schools are in greater turmoil than ever. |
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BAR HARBOR — Firefighters responded to a Shannon Way residence Sunday after a report that an oven was on fire. When they arrived, the flames were gone but the house was full of smoke. The oven had been set to self clean before igniting, officials said. A large fan was used to ventilate the house. |
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BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island High School baseball team ended a hotly contested offensive battle against the George Stevens Academy Eagles April 24 with a 15-14 win. |
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Today:
Monday, May 12, 2008
