Wednesday, May 22, 2013
BRIGHTON PLANTATION -- There is no post office, no stop lights and no general store.
AUGUSTA -- Cony High School students are not getting the health services they need to be successful in school, according to a group that studied what it said are gaps in meeting the emotional needs of students.
The issue arose after a same-sex couple got a marriage license New Year's Eve, but was denied their request that one of the town's notaries conduct a ceremony.
AUGUSTA -- Abbott Ladd dedicated his life to woodlands, working as a forester for about 30 years and managing two certified tree farms.
Authorities say Christopher Austin, 41, shot and killed 49-year-old Gerard Parent at twilight on Nov. 20 when both apparently fired at the same deer.
AUGUSTA -- Lawmakers this week will visit several central Maine destinations -- including Madison Paper, Thomas College and the New Balance shoe factory in Skowhegan -- as part of a tour sponsored by the Maine Development Foundation.
AUGUSTA -- Megan Rice and other mothers gathered at the State House Wednesday to protest a LePage administration recommendation that they say doesn't go far enough to protect young children from the chemical bisphenol-A.
This is the time of year when it's easy to believe that 25,000 years ago, our part of the world was covered by 8,000 feet of ice. Ice a mile and a half deep. So much ice that the ocean was frozen over 180 miles offshore. So much ice that its weight depressed the earth surface hundreds of feet beneath where it is today.
Colby College President William D. Adams announced Wednesday that he will retire June 30 next year, after 14 years as head of the liberal arts college. 
Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa were appearing on the ballot for the first time.
In a rare news conference, the governor says Maine schools are failing and the charter commission is intimidated by special interests.
Passengers aboard the Seastreak Wall Street said dozens of people who had been standing, waiting to disembark, were hurled to the deck by the impact.
Jack Lew, well-liked by members of both parties, would bring private sector and international experience to the department.
Police say speed and alcohol are factors in crash that killed and left his passenger hospitalized.
Richard Blanco will write an original poem to recite at President Obama's swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 21. His hometown of Bethel is abuzz.
The bobcat pounced on Roger Mundell Jr. on Sunday, sinking its teeth into his face and its claws in his back and holding him in what he described as a bear hug.
As the shock and sorrow over the Newtown, Conn., shooting fade, the tough fight facing the White House and gun-control backers is growing clearer. 
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