Get Your Female Cat Fixed for Only $20!
The Spay-Neuter Community Clinic in Freeport is having another amazing special: for just $20, you can get your female cat spayed at their state-of-the-art clinic in Freeport, AND on both Feb. 3rd and...
View ArticleSyrian civil war foes meet for first time, focus on aid
GENEVA — Syria’s civil war foes held their first face-to-face meeting on Saturday, launching talks aimed at ending nearly three years of conflict which has killed 130,000 people and destabilized the...
View ArticleBangor weighing whether to rejoin Maine Municipal Association after severing...
BANGOR, Maine — Less than three years after Bangor severed ties with the Maine Municipal Association, several Bangor City councilors want back into the organization to ensure the city’s interests are...
View ArticleBad weather forces Quebec police to halt search of blaze ruins
L’ISLE-VERTE, Quebec — High winds and driving snow forced Quebec police on Sunday to suspend their search for bodies in the ice-clad ruins of a seniors’ residence following a fire that authorities now...
View ArticleMaine, UNH summary
Maine 4, New Hampshire 2 First period — 1. UNH, Pesce 2 (Goumas, Knodel), 4:16 (pp); 2. Maine, Shore 12 (Lomberg, Hutton), 6:28. Second period — 3. UNH, Sorkin 15 (Agosta, Goumas), 14:14. Third period...
View ArticlePolice identify gunman in Maryland mall shooting, motive unclear
COLUMBIA, Md. — The gunman who shot and killed two people at a Maryland mall was a 19-year-old man who lived with his mother in the city of College Park and arrived at the shopping center in a taxi...
View ArticleHow do you teach a toddler constructive criticism?
Q: Our 3½-year-old son is full of energy and a real sweet kid, so I thought that we had missed the terrible two’s. Apparently, I should have been worried about the terrible three’s. My son now screams...
View ArticleStop kicking Canada around
Fixated as we Americans are on Canada’s three most attention-getting exports — polar vortexes, Alberta clippers and the antics of Toronto’s addled mayor — we’ve somewhat overlooked a major feature of...
View ArticleProtect coral reefs from carbon dioxide, trash, bombs
Trash. Carbon dioxide. Stress. Bombs. These factors represent human impact on nature. Human beings have a tendency to always want more and destroy as we go. There are attempts to help the trail we...
View ArticleBeyond the attacks, ideology: What poverty looks like in Maine
An increasing number of Maine children are growing up poor. Yet Gov. Paul LePage has offered no solutions to this ever-increasing problem. Over the course of his administration, the number of homeless...
View ArticleThrongs of Red Sox fans — including some 6,000 miles away — gawk at trio of...
BANGOR, Maine — Droves of beaming Red Sox fans descended on the Cross Insurance Center on Sunday morning to pose for pictures with a triplet set of sterling silver and gold World Series trophies that...
View ArticleBack to my roots: Get ready to see the ugly
If you haven’t been hanging out with me since I first started blogging, you may not know why I began this whole thing in the first place. You can read about it in my very first post, or if you don’t...
View ArticleHeating assistance funds in high demand as Mainers struggle through a cold...
HANCOCK, Maine — When asked how much time she spends thinking about staying warm, Heidi Halpin, 46, laughed. “Pretty much all day,” she said, seated in her living room next to her mother, Mary Jo...
View ArticlePart of outer Union Street closed after car crash
BANGOR, Maine — A single-vehicle crash on outer Union Street snapped a utility pole in half Sunday and forced officials to close off the road for more than six hours. Police and fire crews shut down a...
View ArticleMonday, Jan. 27, 2014: Medicaid expansion, Fox Hill, Iran apology
Affordable act Let’s see. If Maine were to accept the Affordable Care Act, 70,000 Maine people would for the first time have access to health care before they are so badly off they have to go to a...
View ArticleNew England energy agreement promising, with implications for Maine’s energy...
It started with conversations, then a statement of cooperation. We’re pleased to see the governors of the six New England states have taken their pledge to jointly tackle regional energy issues one...
View ArticleTexas hospital ends life support for brain-dead pregnant woman -lawyers
— A Texas hospital removed a brain-dead pregnant woman from life support on Sunday, abiding by a court order her husband had sought to honor her wishes, the woman’s lawyers said. To protect a fetus,...
View ArticleSnowden won’t return to US without amnesty, says legal adviser
WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden would be willing to enter talks with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to negotiate his return to the United States but not without a guarantee of amnesty, his legal adviser...
View ArticlePrevious Conference Digital Learning by Westhill Consulting Business
People Games! Westhill Conference DIGITAL LEARNING Thank you for participating in our December 9 lecture People Game! HR Grywalizacja areas. Conference UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS IF – a joint project with...
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