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  • Acadia park fall injures three climbers

    Acadia National Park rangers said a broken rope was to blame for a fall that injured three climbers on a 25-foot-high rock face and led to a complicated rescue. Ranger Will Overton said that two men tumbled from the rock face at Otter Cliffs and that one or both landed on a third climber at the bottom Sunday morning. A man and woman were taken away in an ambulance. It took roughly four hours to ...

  • Auburn firefighters save snakes from burning attic

    It may sounds like a B-grade movie, but it was all too real for Maine firefighters who encountered snakes in an attic. Firefighters in Auburn learned upon responding to an attic fire Monday morning that a tenant was keeping 25 to 30 ball pythons in the attic. Captain Scott Hunter told WMTW-TV that firefighters rescued about half the snakes after being told they were not poisonous. Firefighters ...

  • NASA picks 8 new astronauts one from Harvard Medical

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has named eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years - including Jessica U. Meir, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical ...

  • Maine leaders try and fail to dilute recyclings success

    Reduced enforcement actions by 49 percent against large developers and landowners. Aho had unsuccessfully fought to weaken many of the laws at issue as the longtime lobbyist of the Maine Real Estate and Development Association. Fought to roll back recycling programs that are strongly opposed by former clients of Aho and a still-active lobbyist, Ann Robinson, the governor’s regulatory ...

  • Maine peeper gets two years for videotaping teen girls

    A former Westbrook man who installed hidden video cameras in a residence to record unsuspecting teenage girls while they were undressed was sentenced Monday to two years in jail, followed by eight years of ...


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Movie Review

Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras

Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras, an ultra-low-budget horror comedy made by three friends and funded by a Louisiana psychiatrist, was released straight to video in 1999 and, from those who bothered to give a look, received some utterly awful reviews. Net critic James Berardinelli called it "the worst professionally produced film I have had the displeasure of sitting through," while Robert Firsch ... ...

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  • Group opposes $400 million Maine wind project

    – A Boston-based wind power developer that wants to build a $398 million, 62-turbine wind farm in the area has encountered opposition from a local nonprofit group as the company begins the permitting process. Blue Sky West, a subsidiary of First Wind Inc., filed an application on May 10 for a wind farm project in Somerset and Piscataquis counties and is waiting for approval from the ...

  • Doors open for new Maine housing

    A surge in new-home permits and rising demand on the coast give builders in Maine more confidence than they've had in years, mirroring the national ...

  • Maine police Cyclist probably fell into truck

    dhench@mainetoday.com Staff Writer The 23-year-old cyclist from Massachusetts who was killed last week on the opening day of the annual Trek Across Maine most likely lost his balance while he was sipping from a water bottle and fell into a passing tractor-trailer, state police said ...

  • Maine Senate approves warrant for drones

    The state Senate has passed a bill that would require a warrant before law enforcement agencies could use drones to spy on people as part of ...

  • Maine insurance bills pass but face likely vetoes

    – A pair of Democratic-backed adjustments to the Republicans' 2011 health care reform law received initial approval Monday in both houses of the Maine ...

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