Mars Hill News

Julie Bragdon-Carr, alleged Mars Hill sex offender. BANGOR, Maine a ' Mars Hill woman facing state charges of child sexual abuse pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court to production of child pornography.

LEWISTON, Maine a ' A prominent Lewiston businessman has been ordered to pay $1.25 million to a Massachusetts man who accused him of sexual abuse.

I am updating the forecast to bring light snow into eastern parts of Aroostook County from about midnight Saturday night until about midday Sunday.

In most parts of Aroostook County on Monday, it was not possible to make a snowman, but there was enough snow and slush to send unprepared drivers skidding off roads in parts of the region.

A 17-year-old from Mars Hill has been arrested and charged with several crimes stemming from a series of car burglaries and a home invasion earlier in the week.

Although opponents of Maine's school consolidation law failed to make their case to the voters earlier this month, members of the Legislature's Education Committee hope they can make some changes in the law to accommodate the critics.

Firefighters from six communities were on the scene of a major warehouse fire on Rice Street, a side street off this community's main street, for more than 13 hours this weekend.

Two groups came to the State House on Monday to ask the state to slow down wind power development, which they say is gobbling up environmentally sensitive mountain ridges for questionable results.

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A home on Shorey Road was heavily damaged Thursday afternoon after a fire ripped through the dwelling just before 1 p.m. Stuart Craig, first lieutenant for the Mars Hill Fire Department, said Friday that the two-story dwelling was owned by Dana York.

Mike Breau, left, collects signatures and hands out information on a petition calling for a special town meeting to act on passing a moratorium on the development of wind farms in the corridor of Mountain Valley High School Tuesday night prior to a panel discussion on the energy producer.

Ever wonder where the sun first shines in the state of Maine? We dispatched observors to West Quoddy, Cadilac, Katahdin, and Mars Hill to find out.

A trash truck driver prepares to dump his load of municipal solid waste at Penobscot Energy Recovery Company in Orrington recently.

Among the mountains of Maine and offshore sites in the Gulf of Maine, there are many places where wind energy companies are thinking about erecting turbines to generate electricity for the region.

The town of Oakfield is one step closer to becoming the first Maine community to regulate wind power development.

Two groups of protesters - with very different views on the state's and nation's political picture - held walks on Saturday to voice their opposing viewpoints.

So you want to run a business that generates electricity from wind and then supply that energy to the power grid? You will need an abiding love of the environment, the patience and temerity to slog through months or years of local, state and federal regulations, and money.

Submitted by Mike Tipping on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 6:40am. Maine Politics There's been plenty of talk in Maine's media about where the money is coming from for each side of the equal marriage campaign, but less mention so far of a more important consideration; where their votes are coming from.

A town committee will release recommendations for a proposed $120 million wind-to-energy facility on Oakfield Hills that, if implemented, will make the town a standard-bearer among communities with wind sites, the town manager said Tuesday.

I am sickened and astonished that the beautiful, pristine Western Maine mountains may soon be a thing of the past a ' a victim of the wind rush.