Abbot News

Maine Woods Plan May Line Thoreau's `Gleaming Silver Platter' With Condos

Bloomberg - Wed Oct 01

Henry David Thoreau envisioned a national preserve when he explored Maine's North Woods in 1853.

Police gathering evidence in downtown Milo arson

Bangor Daily News - Mon Sep 29

Police gathering evidence in downtown Milo arson MILO, Maine - ' No arrest has been made in the arson earlier this month that destroyed five downtown buildings and heavily damaged a sixth building.

Foliage explodes with color

Village Soup - Sat Sep 27

AUGUSTA : Right on cue, Maine's fall foliage has had a burst of emerging color according to the Department of Conservation's third foliage report of the season.

Fire Damaged Town Receives $15,000 Grant

State of Maine - Thu Sep 25

AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci today announced that the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Office of Community Development have awarded an additional $5,000 in Community ...

Maine's foliage color spreads south as autumn arrives

Village Soup - Thu Sep 25

ROCKLAND : Right on cue, Maine's fall foliage has had a burst of emerging color, according to the Department of Conservation's third foliage report of the season.

Fans, foes of Moosehead plan air arguments

Bangor Daily News - Tue Sep 23

Fans, foes of Moosehead plan air arguments LURC winding down review of historic proposal Representing the Maine Native Forest Network, Logan Perkins voices her opposition to Plum Creek's Moosehead Lake ...

August unemployment rate 5.5 percent

Village Soup - Sun Sep 21

AUGUSTA : State Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman announced the preliminary seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate for Maine was 5.5 percent, unchanged from 5.5 percent for July and up from 4.8 percent for ...

Governor Visits Milo Fire Site

WLBZ - Wed Sep 17

Gov. John Baldacci has traveled to Milo with a promise to work with local officials to rebuild the downtown, which was devastated by a weekend fire.

Baldacci visits Milo fire site

Bangor Daily News - Wed Sep 17

John Baldacci as officials tour what remains of Milo's downtown following the devastating fire that swept down Main Street on Sunday morning.

Milo Fire Ruled Arson

WMTW-TV Auburn - Mon Sep 15

The state fire marshal's office has ruled that an early-morning fire that destroyed a large part of downtown Milo was intentionally set.