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2010

Local teen saved by lung transplant

A 17-year-old double lung transplantee from Pleasant Point is still at the Children's Hospital in Boston recovering from her February 22 surgery. Kelly Keezer cannot return home until her house is free of allergen-causing materials and made handicapped accessible.

2010

Candidates on June ballot vie for voters

The primary election in Maine, set for Tuesday, June 8, is generating interest with a host of candidates vying to replace Governor John Baldacci...

2010

Ken Burns’ company wraps up PBS film series at Campobello

The historic Roosevelt home and international park on Campobello Island bustled with a crew from Ken Burns' Florentine Films just days before the park was to open for the season on May 29.

2010

Mother awarded $6.6 million by court

The mother of one of the victims in a double homicide on January 23, 2008, in Marshfield has been awarded $6,624,000 in a wrongful death suit. The action was brought against Richard W. Widdecombe Jr.

2010

WORLD WAR II veteran Ed Browne of Dennysville pays respects to fellow veterans as he places a flag at a grave in the Dennysville Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day observances. (Edwar

WORLD WAR II

WORLD WAR II veteran Ed Browne of Dennysville pays respects to fellow veterans as he places a flag at a grave in the Dennysville Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day observances. (Edward French photo)

2010

Lubec to vote on closing of its high school

Lubec residents will vote whether to close Lubec High School or keep it open in a referendum on June 23. The measure, which has already divided the town, was forced by a recent school board vote to close the high school and, in turn, let the people decide the school's eventual fate.

2010

BIA cancels Quoddy Bay LNG’s Split Rock lease

Quoddy Bay LNG's land lease with the Passamaquoddy Tribe for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Pleasant Point was cancelled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) late last month.