Tom Fair prunes limbs on a pear tree Monday in the orchard at Applewald Farm in Litchfield. Fair said he managed to clip the limbs on six acres of apple and pear trees at his family’s farm this winter to “release new growth” of fruit.
March 2012
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State office drops complaints against 2 in ski death probe
FARMINGTON — The state office that oversees emergency medical services has dismissed some of the complaints in the investigation about the medical treatment of a man who died after a skiing accident on Sugarloaf in January.
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Ads removed, but Limbaugh remains
PORTLAND — At least one Maine company has removed its ads from the Rush Limbaugh show on WGAN radio in response to the talk show host’s comments last week about a woman who testified before Congress in favor of health insurance coverage for contraceptives, but the station’s general manager said the show will stay on the air.
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Angus King joins race for Senate
Vowing that “nobody will be able to tell me how to vote but the people of Maine,” former Gov. Angus King Jr. announced Monday night that he will run for the U.S. Senate. After giving a previously scheduled lecture at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, his hometown, King made the much-anticipated announcement that he will be […]
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Distracted GOP contenders running in place
WASHINGTON — It’s not a happy time for Republicans seeking the White House.
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Births: Jan. 31-Feb. 4
AUGUSTA — A son, Blake Jacob Ruby, was born Feb. 4 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Alisha and Jacob Ruby of Vassalboro.
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Free food mobile comes to Augusta March 9
AUGUSTA — The Augusta Food Bank and the Good Shepherd Food-Bank will host a free food mobile from 10 a.m. to noon March 9, out of a temporary pantry in the parking lot at the corner of Oak Street and State Street.
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Flood costs public library children’s area for at least a week
WINTHROP — Flooding caused by a broken pipe has closed the children’s area of the C.M. Bailey Public Library for at least a week and has temporarily made the upstairs bathroom unusable.
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Former occupier to spend three more months in jail
AUGUSTA — One of the former Occupy Augusta demonstrators, jailed for the last four months, will spend another three months behind bars for threatening a man with a knife.