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Car-Truck Crash at MacGown Hill…
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Rescue workers remove the driver of
a Subaru that crossed the centerline
of Route 1A Wednesday at noon on
MacGown Hill, hitting a
tractor-trailer, Ellsworth police
reported. Just before the collision,
the southbound Subaru passed three
vehicles in the passing lane when
its driver either fell asleep or
blacked out, according to witness
reports, police said. The accident
occurred at the beginning of a state
highway project to improve the road.
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Route 1A Lane Closures Begin
ELLSWORTH — Lane closures were to begin this week on a stretch of
Route 1A between Dedham and Ellsworth that the
Maine Department of Transportation is
reconstructing. The project starts near the Lily
Road in Dedham and extends south 3.4 miles,
ending just beyond Cove Way in Ellsworth, about
a mile past Winkumpaugh Road, according to DOT
Construction Manager Rob Clewley.
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Misty Harbor Townhouses
From Navy Housing To Seaside Condos
WINTER HARBOR — Thirty-two “Misty Harbor” townhouses originally
built for the U.S. Navy will go on sale in late
May as condominiums. Sixteen two-bedroom units
will be priced at $184,000, while 16
three-bedroom units will be priced at $194,000.
South Portland developer Eban Marsh paid $1.65
million for the townhouse complex located behind
the Main Street IGA.
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Voters
OK $3M Budget At Surry Town Meeting |
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Lady Mariners Fall to Lasell
Lacrosse Team Goes 1-1
CASTINE — The last week was a rough one for Maine Maritime
Academy’s softball and lacrosse teams. The Lady Mariners
saw their record dip to 1-4 after losing a doubleheader
to Lasell College on Sunday.
In the 11-3 opener,
Lasell sophomore Jayme Rautenberg provided much of the
firepower, driving in three runs with a double and home
run.
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Testing Bedevils Maine Schools
AUGUSTA — After being encouraged in the 1990s to shun standardized
tests in measuring student progress, Maine’s
teachers now are feeling overwhelmed by a new wave
of state and federal student testing requirements.
Maine’s so-called “local assessment” approach to
measuring student progress has become so burdensome
that Governor John E. Baldacci, Maine Commissioner
of Education Susan Gendron and the state’s teachers
union have called for delaying assessment-based high
school graduation requirements that were supposed to
affect this year’s freshmen class.
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Citizen Veto Is Pushed |
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Veterans of WWII: ARMY
AIR CORP, Clayton Wallace |
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Sorrento Sailors Race for America In
Flying Fifteen Championship
ELLSWORTH — Their luggage wasn’t weighted down by trophies or
medals, but Sorrento sailors Steve Schley and Jock Crothers
returned from the 2005 Flying Fifteen World Championships in
Auckland, New Zealand, with some great experiences and the
good will of competitors from seven countries. “They were
thrilled we were there,” Schley said of the regular
competitors on the Flying Fifteen racing circuit. “They
would love to have an excuse to come to the U.S. and sail,”
he added.
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Scarin’ up Dinner
Lady Dracula Comes to Life in Surry
It’s been happening, in one form or another, for the past 17
years. But, this year, the annual Surry Elementary School
Dinner Theatre took a decidedly macabre turn. On April 1 and
2, the school gym, transformed into an elegant Victorian
flavored restaurant, was the scene of “Lady Dracula,” a play
by Tim Kelly that deftly mixed equal servings of Bram
Stoker’s source novel and countless horror movie clichés
into an entertaining evening of chills and laughs.
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A Stop-gap Measure at Best
Using $2.2 million in
federal, state and local tax money, work has
begun on a year-long project to widen High
Street and improve safety and efficiency at its
intersection with Main Street in Ellsworth. When
all is said and done, the level of service at
the intersection still will be ranked no higher
than grade C or D, according to Project Manager
Todd Pelletier.
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