Sunday, May 27, 2012
A select group of central Maine high school graduating seniors can proudly call themselves something none of their classmates can -- valedictorian.
Mainers are often described as being risk-averse, conditioned by thin soils, frigid winters, Colonial-era Indian wars, and a century and a half of economic privation to work hard and stretch what little we've got as far as we can.
Idea of project already draws heated debate
Below is a list of candidates and races for the upcoming primary election in June.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland will top the list of speakers at next weekend's Democratic State Convention in Augusta, which is expected to draw 1,500 delegates and comes just a little more than a week before the state legislative and congressional primaries.
FARMINGTON -- A public hearing has been set for Tuesday, June 5, on a proposal to add a new fighter jet to the Burlington Air Guard Station in Vermont, which conducts missions in western Maine airspace.
AUGUSTA -- A disturbing memory has haunted Karen Evans since she was a patient at the Augusta Mental Health Institute in the early 1960s.
Dr. Laurel Coleman works directly with patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, trying to improve lives one at a time.
SKOWHEGAN -- Police say three high school boys skipped class last week to burglarize a house on Fourth Street.
SKOWHEGAN -- The Skowhegan Police Department is participating in the 2012 Department of Highway Safety Seat Belt Enforcement and Education program. The department has received funding to provide additional enforcement of seat belt usage and will be out in force through Saturday, June 2.
KVAC TRACK AND FIELD: Waterville girls, boys sweep KVAC B titles BATH -- Bethanie Brown hit the home stretch in the 3,200-meter run when the public address announcer beckoned her to the podium, where she was called to accept another first-place ...
Maine's forgotten dead AUGUSTA -- A disturbing memory has haunted Karen Evans since she was a patient at the Augusta Mental Health Institute in the early 1960s.
The forgotten dead The AMHI Cemetery Project is raising money to build a memorial to Augusta Mental Health Institute’s lost souls – dignifying the thousands of patients who died in its long history a ...
Facebook dilemma: Buy, sell or hold?
Accusations following Facebook's public debut have only reinforced suspicions that Wall Street is stacked against the small investor.