SKOWHEGAN — Ownership and operation of the Margaret Chase Smith Library is coming home to Maine.
December 2011
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NBA: Celtics complete trade for Bass
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have finalized a trade that brings them Orlando Magic forward Brandon Bass for forward Glen Davis and guard Von Wafer.
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NFL: Spat in past, Patriots deal with woes on D
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The sideline spat between Tom Brady and his offensive coordinator seems to have been patched up. The New England Patriots defense will take longer to fix.
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Showdown looms in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A clash of political philosophies will play out at the State House this week as lawmakers consider tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid spending cuts proposed by Gov. Paul LePage.
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Belgrade boy, 3, home recovering
BELGRADE — Mary McLaughlin will never forget the night she drove her niece to the hospital to be with her baby boy.
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Augusta man arrested in Rite Aid robbery
WINTHROP — An Augusta man was arrested Monday in connection with last week’s robbery of a Rite Aid pharmacy on Peck Farm Road, police said.
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‘Those days are over,’ says Obama of Iraq war
WASHINGTON — Eager to put the long and divisive Iraq war to rest, President Barack Obama declared Monday “those days are over” with the last American troops heading home, but he pledged the U.S. would remain committed to the fledgling government they leave behind. He and Iraq’s leader somberly saluted America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Biomass boiler at textile center represents savings, new jobs
NORTH MONMOUTH — Burning wood shavings have rarely made so many so happy.
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Waterville police stop three fights in city
WATERVILLE — Police responded to three separate fights early Sunday morning in the city’s downtown. Each incident occurred within a span of 30 minutes and within a few blocks of each other.
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Gift will aid hospital renovations
FARMINGTON — Renovations in the Emergency Department at Franklin Memorial Hospital are underway with completion expected in mid January. A recent undisclosed donation by Richard and Judith Bjorn of Farmington will go toward the renovations.