Whitefield News

PORTLAND, Maine a ' The parents of a Maine teenager who was fatally shot by a reserve police officer have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the former officer and the town of Waldoboro.

From left, Southern Maine Medical Center Executive Vice President and COO Frank Lavoie and President and CEO Ed McGeachey present a check for $15,000 to Community Dental CEO Lisa Kavanaugh and Community Dental board of directors President Mark Buttarazzi.

Santa at Downeast Energy's Hallowell office with the Burk family, from left, Samantha, Jonathan, April, Rob and Sean.

Downeast Energy in Hallowell Brings Holiday Cheer to a Family in Need NEWS RELEASE For Downeast Energy & Building Supplies, contact: Angie Helton, Northeast Media Associates 653-0365 nema@maine.rr.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2009 HALLOWELL, MAINE, December 21, 2009 -Downeast Energy's Hallowell office traditionally gets into the holiday ...

Getting ready for the Christmas holiday doings that came about 60 years ago are far different than those this year, 2009.

I want to tell you a story about going from rags to rugs, rather than riches. The year was 1948.

Mid-Coast Audubon Society will conduct three separate bird counts this year as part of the 110th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count to locate bird species and count their numbers for a national database.

From a great blue heron's transfixing stare to a gauzy snow devil caught in a sunbeam, the breathtaking work of professional Maine nature photographer Tom Szelog comes into focus for Quarry Hill's next Adventures in Living Well program, scheduled for Wednesday, Dec.

Voters decided against repealing Maine's school-district consolidation law at the polls last week.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : UMF Professor Louis Sell will discuss Russia and Central Asia - Their Take on the Afghan Conflict this Saturday, October 17th from 2-4PM at the Southwest Harbor Public Library.

ROCKLAND : Beginning Friday, Oct. 9, the Caldbeck Gallery at 12 Elm St. will exhibit new works on paper by Kathleen Florance of South Thomaston, as well as works by the seven printmakers who teach at the Round Top Press in Damariscotta.

Bradley Howe Augusta a ' Augusta Police Department assisted Lincoln County Sheriffa TMs Office detectives with an arrest on Wednesday, Sept.

Bag Lady, for one, will not suffer Sports Illustrated quietly. Having had reason to sit in too many waiting rooms of late, I've been floored by the array a ' and lack of array a ' of decent waiting room reads.

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ROCKLAND : The Regional School Unit 13 board approved July 14 the hiring of two management staff members.

BELFAST : Ave Maris Stella, the a cappella vocal ensemble based in midcoast Maine and dedicated to fine performances of mostly early music, will perform its popular annual summer program twice in July.

JEFFERSON : No matter what the weather, the atmosphere Saturday, July 11, in the Old Jefferson Town House will be sunny and delightful with the annual Arts Show and Sale at the historic building.

The Garrison City is faring better than most Seacoast communities - and the nation - when sizing up unemployment numbers.