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Daughters of Union Veterans Carmen Smith, Mary Annis and Estella Bennett participate in a memorial wreath laying Saturday at the grave of Sarah Elizabeth Palmer, a Civil War nurse, at Dover Cemetery in ...

A proposed $10.2 million budget for the operation of SAD 68 schools that includes a reduction in force will be forwarded to residents for adoption at a district budget meeting later this month.

“The judge allowed you to tell the jury that the car was unavailable”

Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices Tuesday battered an attorney with questions about the defense theory that an Abbot man was not driving the car when his friends were killed more than three years ago. via Bangor Daily News

“Why not? Being a mother extends you. Being a grandmother extends you. Being a great-grandmother extends you. I wouldn't be without children in my life. I cannot imagine a life without them.”

By Sharon Kiley Mack Saturday, May 10, 2008 - Bangor Daily News "My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. via Bangor Daily News

“Deer throughout the state are starving and are seeking food near roadways and in neighborhoods”

It's one thing for deer to have to contend with their natural predators in one of the severest winters they've encountered in many years. via Bangor Daily News

“Here in Bangor, we have very high expectations and I am confident that Mrs. Webb will - to use that very familiar phrase - meet and exceed our expectations.”

The Bangor School Committee's search for a new superintendent came to a triumphant end Wednesday night, based on the praise the nominee received from all seven panel members. via Bangor Daily News

“It just seems like a wiser way to spend our money”

At the annual Town Meeting Monday, residents voted to reduce proposed funding for road repairs that would have occasioned a 17 percent tax hike. via Ellsworth American

“We respect the legacy you have here”

UM will build parking garages, demo buildings, remove roads to become greener Heather Steeves Issue date: 3/24/08 Section: News An outline of the propososed developments to the Orono campus. via The Maine Campus Online

Residents in the Dover-foxcroft area should set a battery-powered alarm clock tonight. via WABI-TV Bangor

Free child care referrals from the Penquis Child Care Resource Development Center are available for all families in Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties. via Magic City Morning Star

The public is welcome to join the Old York Garden club for its next meeting, which has been rescheduled following a snowstorm. via York Weekly

“We need to find out where this bill is in the Senate, ask what we do to help it along and, ultimately, determine how we as a county go about taking full advantage of this opportunity. These are all questions that I've asked Mike to answer for us.”

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud will be the guest speaker at a Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce Issues and Eggs breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. via Bangor Daily News

Maine Game Wardens said a Bucksport man was killed when his snowmobile crashed into a maple tree after speeding across frozen Silver Lake. via WMTW-TV Auburn

A 22-year-old Kennebunk man is the third person to die in a snowmobile accident this year after hitting a ditch and being thrown from his sled while riding in Dayton. via Bangor Daily News

Two fires claimed the lives of their homeowners this weekend. A 93-year-old man died early Saturday morning when fire swept through his home in Palermo. via WVII

Authorities said a 17-year-old from Atkinson drowned when his snowmobile fell through the ice near the East End Outlet of Sebec Lake. via WMTW-TV Auburn

“He was a very quiet, but remarkable man”

When Ethel Hersey's son walked through her door on what would have been her 66th wedding anniversary earlier this month, the Dover-Foxcroft woman broke down in tears. via Bangor Daily News

“This is about money and power to solve their own short-term [financial] problems.”

Penobscot County commissioners on Tuesday described the governor's proposal to combine the state and county jail systems under one umbrella as "troubling" and "dishonest" and as a "cash cow" for the state. via Bangor Daily News

“We've come much closer to agreeing on something than we were in August”

A state official outlined a plan Tuesday he says will lead to overall savings in county jail costs without the closing any facilities. via Sun-Journal