Tuesday, May 21, 2013
SKOWHEGAN -- Elk stew, partridge lo mein, bear meat jambalya and wild boar sliders are just a few of the items on the menu Friday at a community dinner celebrating Maine's hunting tradition.
AUGUSTA -- House Speaker Mark Eves announced Thursday that he has submitted his first major legislative initiative, a bill designed to ensure that welfare recipients are ready for the workforce.
AUGUSTA -- The Board of Environmental Protection took a preliminary vote Thursday to ban the sale of baby food and infant formula in containers made with the chemical additive bisphenol-A, or BPA. If approved in a final vote and later endorsed by the Legislature, the initiative would make Maine the third U.S. state to impose BPA bans that exceed federal standards.
AUGUSTA -- If lawmakers want to curb gun violence, they must begin not with laws aimed at limiting the use of weapons, but with the state of mind of the people who use them.
A federal judge on Thursday agreed to postpone a Feb. 5 court date so the state's former top drug prosecutor can plead guilty to fleeing Maine after learning most of his convictions on child pornography charges had been upheld.
SKOWHEGAN -- Signs celebrating the high school's state championship field hockey team, the county's maple syrup and the world's best ice cream are displayed coming into town from U.S. Route 2 and U.S. Route 201.
Number of cases already 12 times greater than last year's
AUGUSTA -- Sen. Tom Saviello's bill calling for increasing Maine's tax on annual earned income of more than $250,000 a year will go forward, but without assistance from his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives.
Maine Public Broadcasting hopes viewers can avoid drama when their hit TV show airs against the Patriots' AFC title game on Sunday.
Although Notre Dame and T'eo say the woman doesn't exist, Reagan Maui'a insists he met her and her family, and can describe her in detail.
If confirmed, Hagel would be the first Vietnam veteran and enlisted man to serve as the secretary of defense.
Pauline Phillips' love column competed for decades with the advice column of Ann Landers, written by her twin sister.
The sock has been on loan to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. It's expected to bring in at least $100,000.
Two months after winning his second Tour de France title in 2000, Armstrong took the bronze in Sydney in the men's individual road time trials.
The camera on Seal Island is mounted on a tower and provides a view of seals that migrate to the island to give birth.
The proposal by Sen. Thomas Saviello, R-Wilton, will go forward in the House, but no Republican takers yet.
Not a lot of snow fell across the region Wednesday, but traffic accidents on the slick roads injured several people, including three involved in a school bus accident in Skowhegan.
Mark Eves' proposal will test his ability to gather support from Republicans.
Safety inspectors found burn marks around the battery, and battery liquid leaked through the electrical room floor to the outside of the aircraft.
Algerian television said Thursday four captives, two Britons and two Filipinos, had died. But the militants said at least 35 hostages were killed.
If the module proves durable at the space station, it could open the door to habitats on the moon and missions to Mars.
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