Friday, May 24, 2013
SKOWHEGAN -- Somerset County commissioners on Wednesday named county finance manager Earla Haggerty as interim county administrator.
AUGUSTA -- Local legislators who began their first term Wednesday said they were honored by the job and anxious to get going.
BANGOR -- Carole Swan, who spent 19 years as a Chelsea selectwoman signing warrants and conducting other town business, testified in federal court here Wednesday that she is illiterate.
Patrons of Belgrade Public Library are getting a special treat these days -- a nice tote bag to bring their books home in. They not only get to keep it, but they also get an extra week to keep the books before returning them..jpg)
Also on Wednesday, another Republican broke ranks and said he could support Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the top 2 percent as part of a deficit-reduction plan.
A judge fines the men $600 to $1,000 each in a case that has gained international attention.
Thomas Cox helped "blow the lid" off foreclosure fraud by some of the country's biggest banks, saving tens of thousands of homes.
The governor criticizes the Democrats' decision to hire a cameraman to film his public events as "vulgar, vicious and vile."
Brubeck and his quartet brought jazz to the mainstream of American audiences.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly says it will be like spending a whole year at the office. And you never get to leave.
The new position will give Maine's U.S. Senator significant influence over a committee that handles issues affecting the nation’s military personnel.
Lonely Planet features the 'top half of the Maine thumb' in its guide to slightly overlooked places.
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Negotiators reached a tentative agreement to end the strike late Tuesday, less than two hours after federal mediators arrived from Washington, D.C. .jpg)
The boy at the center of a child endangerment case against his mother and her boyfriend is in state custody.
A Winslow man claims he fired in self-defense.
John Perry faces up to 20 years in federal prison on nine drug charges.
The 49-year-old says he's been paddling the waters of Boston since October with all his possessions aboard a 40-year-old aluminum canoe he patches with duct tape when necessary.
Doctors say mounting evidence of the link to melanoma should prompt tougher warnings.
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