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Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 1 pm

 

Bangor is one step closer to a new, modern skate park


The Bangor City Council’s finance committee on Monday night approved a plan to spend $125,000 on designing and building a new skate park to be located in Hayford Park on 13th Street.
 
 
 

It’s Election Day in Maine. Here are the stories to watch for as results roll in.


The results could be a bellwether of where Maine Democrats stand ahead of several other competitive races later this year.
 
 
 

5 key questions ahead of critical Super Tuesday primaries


Tuesday represents Sanders' best shot at building a durable advantage in the race, while Biden is fighting to emerge as the "stop Sanders" candidate.
 
 
 

Why chess is so popular at this Belfast elementary school


“At any given day at this school, you will see kids playing chess. I think it’s fabulous to see children engaged and excited about an intellectual game.”
 
 
 

How much do you know about Maine’s 200-year history?


In honor of this momentous anniversary, this week let’s see how much you know about some important dates, ages and other milestones in Maine history.
 
 
 

Wisconsin lawmakers press Trump to push Navy deal to shipyard competing with BIW


Fincantieri Marinette Marine of Wisconsin is locked in a fierce contest with Bath Iron Works and two other shipyards for the new Navy frigate contract.
 
 
 

Chickens are carriers of the coronavirus. Here’s what poultry owners need to know.


This year's ordering of chicks comes amid increasing concerns over the new coronavirus, which can be carried by poultry, among other animals.
 
 
 

How the Democratic presidential primary could swing other Maine races on Tuesday


The Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday in Maine looks set to drive turnout that will lead the party’s voters to significantly outnumber Republicans, a gap that could affect a referendum on vaccine exemptions and a special legislative election in Brewer.
 
 
 

UMaine forward flourishes through tough times for men’s basketball team


Opposing players and coaches have experienced Andrew Fleming’s development into one of America East’s more formidable players over the past four years.
 
 
 

New record store adds another element to downtown Bangor’s hip factor


Downtown Bangor has plenty of coffee shops, tattoo studios and craft beer, and now, it’s got another new business to add to its growing hip factor: the Vinyl Canteen, a record store and cafe that opened last weekend on Central Street.
 
 
 

Lifelong linemates with 100 points each lead Presque Isle hockey team into B North final


Connor DeMerchant, Gage LeTourneau and Colby Carlisle have been building their chemistry not only for three years at Presque Isle High, but since they started playing together when they were in kindergarten.
 
 
 

62 years later, no one has topped this monster lake trout


Hollis Grindle’s 1958 togue measured 43 inches long and weighed 31 pounds, 8 ounces. He caught the fish during the heat of the summer, rather than during the winter through the ice.
 
 
 

How the founder of Maine and a three-time exile almost derailed New England’s 1st colonies


Just when the Pilgrims were trying to establish New Plymouth, an English war veteran named Ferdinando Gorges claimed that he and a group of investors possessed the only legitimate patent to create a colony in the region.
 
 
 

Former UMaine football player shot and killed in Philadelphia


Zaire Williams played in 10 games for the Black Bears in 2016 and finished as the UMaine's No. 2 rusher with 302 yards and a touchdown..
 
 
 

Judge wants to know if 2nd blood test can be evidence in Acadia crash that killed 3


A federal judge Monday put off deciding whether police violated the U.S. Constitution by forcing the driver of a car in a crash that left three people dead in Acadia National Park to submit to a blood test without securing a warrant.
 
 
 

Sanders and Biden benefit from late endorsements ahead of Maine presidential primary


Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has picked up more progressive backers in Maine, while former Vice President Joe Biden benefited from late-breaking dropouts Monday, a day before Maine and 13 other states will vote in the Democratic presidential primary.
 
 
 

Dover-Foxcroft hospital finishes merger with Northern Light while lawsuit is still pending


A Dover-Foxcroft hospital has officially become the 10th hospital to join the Brewer-based Northern Light Health network, although a lawsuit seeking to halt the merger still has not been resolved.
 
 
 

Chellie Pingree asks feds to halt plans for ICE detention facility in Scarborough


Lawmakers led by Rep. Chellie Pingree are asking a federal agency to delay the operations of the planned facility that would temporarily detain immigrants suspected of immigration violations.
 
 
 

A guide to voting in the March 2020 election in Maine


Maine will vote on Tuesday to officially select major-party presidential nominees and decide on a people’s veto effort that would repeal a law scrapping nonmedical exemptions for school vaccine requirements.
 
 

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