AUGUSTA — A man who stole 69 copper ground wires from 69 utility poles in Augusta last July has been banned from being on property owned by Central Maine Power Company as a condition of his probation.
March 2012
Charitable donations will help families
AUGUSTA — Molina Medicaid Solutions in Maine recently donated $1,000 to the local Family Violence Project to assist victims and their families.
Expert: Growing bear numbers OK for now
Maine’s bear harvest has been declining at the same time the bear population has been increasing through ample natural food. But despite growing bear numbers, there’s not a problem with bears clashing with the public and becoming a disturbance, state biologists say.
Border Patrol agents honored for heroic acts
Five U.S. Border Patrol agents were honored with their agency’s highest award Friday for their efforts to rescue a 5-year-old boy who was killed after a logging truck spilled its logs into the home where he was sleeping.
Morning Sentinel police log: March 3, 2012
IN BELGRADE, Thursday at 12:58 p.m., a reported property damage accident was investigated on Route 27.
M.D. HARMON: How prepared should we be for breakdown in social services?
They run websites, there’s a limited TV series profiling them, they are the targets of survival-gear advertising campaigns, and, for some critics, they are the objects of substantial ridicule.
Photo IDs already required in many instances
What’s all the fuss about a photo ID for someone to vote? A person will have to prove who he is when he originally registers. And perhaps a few times when he votes. After a person has lived in that town for several years, they are not going to ask him because they know him. […]
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Whitten among semifinalist for Roy
JT Whitten did a lot for the Waterville Senior High School hockey team this season.
Obama warns Iran and Israel
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama delivered his most explicit threat yet that the United States will attack Iran if that’s what it takes to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb. At the same time, he warned Israelis they would only make a bad situation worse if they moved pre-emptively against Iranian nuclear facilities.
Man in hunk of burning trouble in Florida
A former Elvis impersonator from Maine who reportedly drove a stolen car from Augusta to Florida is charged with threatening police there with a weapon of mass destruction.