Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers will officially launch his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
March 2012
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Actress with Maine roots on NBC show tonight
Helen Hunt will be featured on genealogy series “Who Do You Think You Are?”
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Slain teen’s friends say he never picked a fight
Listening to music. Picking up Skittles for his stepbrother. Friends say that’s how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Sunday afternoon. Starting a fight? Possibly high on drugs? Absolutely not, they say.
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Warm weather cuts short maple-sugaring season
Temperatures in New England and Wisconsin had already hit the 60s by the time some began tapping their maple trees. Because of that, many maple-syrup producers will make significant less money than they’re used to.
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Tens of thousands in Syria call for fall of regime
Protesters vow to storm the capital to oust President Bashar Assad as the European Union ramps up pressure on the regime by imposing sanctions on his wife and other close relatives.
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A rally cry for religion
United in their opposition to mandated birth-control coverage, demonstrators in Portland add voices to a national protest.
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Belgrade school evacuated after bomb scare
BELGRADE — Elementary students were moved to the community center after the report of a bomb threat. A state police dispatcher said the call came in at around 12:30 p.m. today. About 350 Belgrade Elementary School students were brought by bus to the Belgrade Community Center for All Seasons. State police said the principal called […]
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Buxton brush fire signals critical fire danger in Maine
“Everything is dry, brown and dead and just ready to burn.”
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Stuck with high gas prices, drivers just pump less
Americans have pumped less gas every week for the past year, and the trend is expected to continue as the national average price for a gallon of gas reaches $3.89, the highest ever for this time of year.
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After 148 years, Maine man returns Confederate flag to Georgia
As Georgia fell to the Union Army of Gen. William Sherman days before Christmas in 1864, a Maine artillery officer seized the Confederate flag of a vanquished Georgia rifleman. For 148 years, that flag never returned home.