Matriarch of Monroe family charged in marijuana operation goes on trial Monday
BANGOR, Maine — The matriarch of a Monroe family accused of running a large scale marijuana operation out of their home from November 2006 to November 2011 will go on trial Monday in U.S. District...
View ArticleWomen waiting tables provide most of female job gains
The jobless rate in August for females 20 years and older was 6.3 percent, compared with 7.1 percent for men.
View ArticleIn Lewiston, getting truant students back in classrooms ‘an uphill battle’
LEWISTON, Maine — Knock, knock, knock. No answer. Two hours after the school day started, Lewiston School Department Truant Officer Butch Pratt stood on the porch of a Sabattus Street apartment wearing...
View ArticleNearly 9,000 without electricity, says Bangor Hydro
Nearly 9,000 Bangor Hydro customers were without power as of 8:50 a.m. Sunday, the company announced in a release. Susan Faloon, a spokeswoman for Bangor Hydro, said that 8,952 outages were reported in...
View ArticleWCCC’s Outdoor Adventure Center Receives Donation
CALAIS _ A longtime sportsman and Registered Maine Guide, Roy E. Comstock Jr. of Calais, was honored recently when family and friends donated money to the Washington County Community College’s Outdoor...
View ArticleEven in a government shutdown, Obamacare exchanges could function
NEW YORK — State officials behind the launch of President Barack Obama’s health care reform on Oct. 1 say they could weather a federal government shutdown, though the scenario would add new pressure to...
View ArticleGov. LePage-Baldacci
Maine’s governor, in an important address to residents, lamented the fact that the state’s public schools had some of the highest administrative costs in the nation and some of the lowest teacher pay....
View Article59 dead, terrorist gunmen still holed up with hostages in second day of Kenya...
NAIROBI — Islamist militants were holed up with hostages on Sunday at a shopping mall in Nairobi, where at least 59 people have been killed in an attack by the al Shabaab group that opposes Kenya’s...
View ArticleUN report on chemical weapons puts pressure on Syria
A decade ago, weak evidence of the crimes of Saddam Hussein helped lead the United States and its allies to war in Iraq. Today, strong evidence of war crimes by Bashar Assad may help the U.S. and its...
View ArticleTrauma & Retraumatizing in a Desensitized World
Totalitarianism is a simple philosophy. It dictates that we ought to do that which benefits the greatest number of people. Most of us learned about it from Star Trek. Spock taught us that “The Needs of...
View ArticleGuardians ad litem the “Best Interest Police” coming to your divorce
Looked at from a distance, the whole concept of a states Guardian ad litem program is hard to understand from its official description. From what we hear from its users, it doesn’t do much-if anything-...
View ArticleTrial on hold for man accused of pushing wife off Maiden Cliff pending...
ROCKLAND, Maine — Nearly 30 months after law enforcement officials allege that Charles Black tried to kill his wife by pushing her off Maiden Cliff in Camden, the case awaits a hearing and ruling by...
View ArticleThe boys’ club of central banking
“I know who Summers is, but who is the other guy?” a friend asked as we discussed candidates to lead the Federal Reserve. It is not a guy, of course, but Janet Yellen, the vice chair of the Fed, who is...
View ArticleAuburn fighter finds peace in the cage, makes MMA debut
LEWISTON, Maine — There is a T-shirt slogan popular within the mixed martial arts fraternity: “Every day I fight.” Auburn’s Matt Coolidge understood the multiple meanings and ramifications of that...
View ArticleMAC Fall Basketball League
MAC (MAINE ATHLETIC CLUB) FALL BASKETBALL LEAGUE Boys and Girls. 3 Levels each. High School, High School Sub Varsity Age and Middle School Regular Season Subdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3 and...
View ArticleBangladesh garment workers attack factories in pay protest
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of garment workers seeking to more than double their pay to $104 clashed with police on Dhaka’s outskirts Monday, forcing about 400 factories that supply companies such as...
View ArticleVolunteers needed to Build Window Inserts in Bangor September 30th – October 4th
Maine Interfaith Power & Light and WindowDressers are seeking volunteers to assemble light weight, wooden framed, clear plastic covered window inserts. WindowDressers is a non-profit organization...
View ArticleFarmington hospital network suffers $8.4 million operating loss
FARMINGTON, Maine — Unprecedented changes in health care have resulted in an $8.4 million operating loss for Franklin Community Health Network, which includes Franklin Memorial Hospital, during this...
View ArticleFood-aid bill could add costs for states
WASHINGTON — The bill the House passed last week to slash $39 billion in food aid was all about reducing the scope of the federal government, but it could do the opposite for states. The Republican...
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