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In September, we’re bringing back our popular Hunting in Maine special section. But we’re lacking something... HUMOR! We need your camp stories! Tell us about the ones you bagged and the ones that got away. Fill us in on that time Uncle Bob fell in the outhouse, who snores the loudest and who cheats at cards!

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Gouldsboro Police: Missing Wife Arrives Home Safely

GOULDSBORO — A Massachusetts man called police Aug. 23 and said his wife was missing.

Sports Practices Benched Due to Heat

ELLSWORTH — Regional School Unit 24 Superintendent Bill Webster has canceled all outside sports practices today, Thursday, Sept. 2, due to the weather.

Sobriety Checkpoint Nets Two Ounces of Marijuana

ELLSWORTH — No one was charged with drunk driving during a sobriety checkpoint on High Street Tuesday night, but officers did find two ounces of marijuana in one vehicle.

Hurricane Earl Cancellations & Postponements

Hancock Land Swap Finalized

HANCOCK — Selectmen have finalized a complicated land swap that gives Town Hall some breathing room and provides public access via former railroad tracks to town-owned land on Young’s Bay.

Beal Named to Maine Municipal Association Executive Committee

Bucksport Bowling Center Closes after 25 Years

‘Someone Else’s Problem’ Attitude One Cause of $4-billion Pension Debt

Three Youths Charged in Vandalism

Infrastructure Bond Issues Gain Approval

Marijuana Contract Is Under A Cloud

Mount Desert Island Schools to Open Tuesday

Hinton Case Venue Shift Sought

Deli Owners, Electrician Deny Claim for Damages

Major Hotel Upgrade Eyed

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Try the Tri

MOUNT DESERT — The annual Lions Club Triathlon is set for Saturday, Oct. 9, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Somesville.

Golf Scramble Fund-raiser Set For UM Women’s Basketball

ORONO — Area golfers are invited to participate in the 16th annual University of Maine Women’s Basketball Golf Classic on Monday, Sept. 20, at the Penobscot Valley Country Club.

Golfers Invited to 13th Annual Schoodic Scramble

WINTER HARBOR — Openings are still available in the 13th annual Schoodic Scramble, to be played on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18 and 19, at the Grindstone Neck Golf Course in Winter Harbor and the Blink...

Registration Under Way at Down East YMCA

ELLSWORTH — Registration is going on now for all fall programs at the James Russell Wiggins Down East Family YMCA in Ellsworth.

Last Call for Peewee Cheering Program

ELLSWORTH — Girls and boys in grades K-2 are invited to sign up for the winter season of Ellsworth Area Dolls, a peewee cheering program.

Golfers, Hole Sponsors Sought for Rotary Club Golf Scramble

Upcoming Road Races

Upcoming Kebo Tourney Registrations

Kebo Member Drive Underway

Ellsworth and GSA Earn Debut Golf Wins

Presidents Cup Underway at Causeway Club

Ladies League Presidents Cup at Kebo

Hallett and Spaulding Win Kebo Member-Guest Tourney

Weekend Racing Schedule for Sept. 3 - 5, 2010

Nationwide Purses To Be Cut

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Open Farm Day In Cherryfield

CHERRYFIELD — An open farm day at Black Woods Farm Alpacas in Cherryfield is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

GOP Women’s Club Meets Sept. 15

VERONA ISLAND — The Hancock County Republican Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at noon, at the home of Evelyn Joost, 130 East Side Drive in Verona Island.

Hardison-Dunlap

Maygan Hardison of Eastbrook, daughter of Larry and Nancy Hardison of Eastbrook, and BJ Dunlap of Norridgewock, son of Harley Dunlap of Norridgewock and Sandra and Jamie Cooper of Saint Albans, were married...

Lanham-Alway

Morghan Elizabeth Lanham and Matthew Jon Alway were united in marriage Aug. 6 at Camp Carlson, Ft. Knox, with the Rev. Eugene Demmons officiating over the outside ceremony. The reception was held at Camp...

Evans-Mannino

Betty and Chet Rubackin of Winter Harbor are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystal Evans of Winter Harbor, to Francis Mannino of Queens, N.Y., son of Kelly Ann and John Mannino of...

Solar Energy Talk Set for Sept. 30

Church Hosting BBQ, Music

New Series For Parents Starting

Going Green

House Fire

Cheap Romance

School Committee

Water and Sewer Hearings

Energy Study

Sand Bid

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Grand Opens New Main Street Gallery

ELLSWORTH — Fine photographs, watercolors and unique Asian art are on view in the newly opened Grand Gallery on Main Street next door to The Grand.

Film Festival Returns to Bar Harbor Theater

BAR HARBOR — Reel Pizza Cinerama will be screening a selection of highlights from the Maine International Film Festival in Bar Harbor the weekend of Sept 17 to 20.

Becoming Teddy Roosevelt

Today we think of Theodore Roosevelt as a larger-than-life figure, but before he became a U.S. president or legendary outdoorsman, rancher or Rough Rider, he was a “thin pale youngster with bad eyes...

Island Cooking: Lunch Bunch is Back!

It’s here – it’s here the first week of school! School clothes, check. School supplies, check.

DVD Review: Invictus

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Celebrated Chef Thomas Keller Cooks for Deer Isle Fund-raiser

Gouldsboro Musician Hosts Free “Open Mic” Outdoors

William Moïse: A Retrospective

On The Road Review: GMC Sierra 2500 HD Duramax Crew Cab

Cheers: Good Company

In Good Season: Save Room for Apple Slump

Making the Connection

Island Cooking: Still Plenty of Quality Picnic Time

Looking for Art in All the Right Places

‘Striking a Chord’ Plucks At the Heartstrings

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Richard James “Dickie” Daigle

Richard James “Dickie” Daigle

TREMONT — Richard James “Dickie” Daigle, 61, quietly passed away in his sleep Aug. 30, 2010, at his residence in the village of Seal Cove. He was born Aug. 2, 1949, in Bangor, the son of Joseph...

Katherine S. Roberts

NORTHEAST HARBOR and ARLINGTON, VA. — Katherine S. Roberts died Sept. 1, 2010, at Northeast Harbor of ovarian cancer. She was born March 1, 1952, in Santa Monica, Calif., the daughter of David Marx...

Patricia Ann Young

CENTREVILLE, MD. and COREA — Patricia Ann Young, of Centreville, Md., and Corea died May 16, 2010, in Maryland.

Paul Austin Stockbridge, Jr.

SWANS ISLAND — Paul Austin Stockbridge, Jr., 65, died peacefully Aug. 28, 2010, at a Bangor hospital. He was born April 23, 1945, in Castine, the son of Mary (Colbeth) Johnson and Paul Austin Stockbridge,...

Kenneth P. Lenser Sr.

HARRINGTON — Kenneth P. Lenser Sr. of Harrington passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at the age of 75. He was born Oct. 26, 1934, in Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Kevin Charles Mozelak

Norman James Albee, 68, Flicked the Light Fantastic

Merton E. Rich

Zilda Gray Stover

Carl “Nick” R. Johnson

Peter C. Friend

Elizabeth “Bette” M. (Hewitt) Ashmore

Doris “Dee” Marion Haycraft Patton

Capt. Elmer L. “Buzzie” Beal

Mary Z. Grindle