Woman dies riding roller coaster at Texas amusement park
DALLAS — A woman died on Friday following an accident on a roller coaster at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington, the park operator said. The unidentified woman was riding the Texas...
View ArticleSnow and Arctic sea ice plummet suddenly as globe bakes
The snow extent shrunk from 12.4 million square miles to 6.2 million square miles in a month’s time. By June, just 2.3 million square miles of snow remained, third lowest on record.
View ArticleWhy Your Dentist is as Cool as a Coach Bag
Today’s GAL is a guest blog from the very talented Matt Chabe When I was a kid, I hated going to the dentist. Every time my mother would get me in the car for another dental cleaning, I would cringe....
View ArticleUtility crews working to restore power Saturday to thousands of Maine customers
BANGOR, Maine — A violent line of thunderstorms that moved through parts of Maine Friday night and early Saturday have left thousands without power and utility crews working to repair downed wires and...
View ArticleGive Kerry a chance
It was a tall order, but Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts seem to be paying off: We now appear to be on the cusp of renewed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The formula for achieving this is...
View ArticleRolling Stone, gathering mess in Boston
Well, we’re big rock singers, we got golden fingers and we’re loved everywhere we go. We sing about beauty and we sing about truth, at $10,000 a show. We take all kinds of pills to give us all kind of...
View ArticleCamden Civic Theatre Offers ‘Charlie Brown’ Revival
The cast is set for Camden Civic Theatre’s summer production of the 1999 Broadway revival of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at the Camden Opera House. You’ll see all your beloved Peanuts characters...
View ArticleRick Bennett elected chair of Maine Republican Party
As reported here earlier this week, Rick Bennett was being courted and seriously considering running for Chair of the Republican Party. According to a source inside the party, the vote just occured and...
View ArticleWhat’s in a county? Why Brunswick tried to and Livermore Falls wants to secede
Maine’s county lines were drawn hundreds of years ago. They mark the boundaries of relatively weak administrative districts, with responsibility for sheriff’s services, courts and keeping property...
View ArticleLong-time White House reporter Helen Thomas dies at 92
WASHINGTON — Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas, a trailblazing journalist who reported on every U.S. president from John Kennedy to Barack Obama, died on Saturday at the age of 92, The...
View ArticleSmiley family still in search of first moose sighting
When I tell people I live in Maine, they almost always ask about the moose. And it turns out there are many misconceptions about moose, such as the idea that they outnumber people in Maine, but the...
View ArticleRick Bennett elected as new Maine GOP chairman
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Republican Party State Committee has elected former Senate President Rick Bennett as the new Chairman of the Maine Republican Party. The vote, cast by the party’s 77-person...
View ArticleHow to deal with debt collectors
Debt collection is big business. It’s worth an estimated $12 billion in the U.S., with nearly 15 percent of all consumer credit reports showing something is “in collection.” How collectors go about...
View ArticleSearching for Nicholas and the Queen in the south
I have crafted obituaries for many people over the past 30 years, but it was a recent search for Nicholas and the Queen, as I might describe Bill Stepp’s parents, that convinced me how important it is...
View ArticleMichaels and Consiglio talk about their life after their resignation
Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio spoke about their lives after they announced their resignations at the end of an evening newscast on WVII in November of 2012.
View ArticleTV team that quit on-air finds satisfaction, struggle in the aftermath
BANGOR, Maine — The two former news co-anchors whose on-air resignations shocked viewers at WVII (Channel 7) and sister station WFVX (Channel 22) last November have survived their daring move and the...
View Article$50,000 NEA grant awarded to St. John Valley cultural center
MADAWASKA, Maine — With just over a year to go until the opening ceremonies, the 2014 World Acadian Congress got a financial shot in the arm this week with the announcement of a $50,000 Our Town grant...
View ArticleOrrington Old Home Week gets loud with cannon fire
Jerry Gallant fires his cannon for the crowd at Orrington’s Old Home Week
View ArticleIs it selfish to prevent my husband from giving his ex-wife his sperm?
Dear Prudence, I am a young woman who recently married a very successful athlete. He is caring, kind and thoughtful. We both want children, but in a world where so many children are without loving...
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