FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington will present a theater workshop production of “Bridge,” an original play inspired by the true story of Charlie Howard. Howard was the victim of a 1984 hate crime in Maine that galvanized a community and the state. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. April 5 and 6, in the Performance Space in the Emery Community Arts Center.
March 2012
Anson’s Davis receives award
NORTH ANSON — Israel Davis, a senior at Carrabec High School, was recently selected to receive the 2012 Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship.
DAR awards ceremony planned for April 14
WINSLOW — Fort Halifax Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its monthly meeting and annual Good Citizen Awards ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Winslow Congregational Church. Barbara Healy, Regent, will conduct the ritual preceding the awards.
Child abuse and neglect prevention
WATERVILLE — National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Awareness Month and KVCAP’s Family Enrichment Council recently announced activities for the month of April.
Jefferson to receive Brody Award at Colby
WATERVILLE — Honorable Wallace Jefferson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, will receive the 2012 Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award Sunday, April 1, at Colby College. A public award ceremony and address by Jefferson will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Ostrove Auditorium in the Diamond Building. Events begin with a 4 p.m. panel discussion.
Mega Millions mania grips nation
CHICAGO — Across the country, Americans plunked down an estimated $1.5 billion on the longest of long shots: an infinitesimally small chance to win what could end up being the single biggest lottery payout the world has ever seen.
Morning Sentinel police log: March 31, 2012
IN BINGHAM, Friday at 2:12 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Main Street.
COMMENTARY: More jobs promoting green energy than actually making green energy
Green jobs or, as our president calls them, the “jobs of the future” have been notoriously tough to define and count. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently did it, though, and now it is the results that are notorious.
Man in jail after threatening to shoot Gov. LePage in head
AUGUSTA — A Gardiner man has been jailed on terrorizing charges for allegedly threatening to get a gun and shoot Gov. Paul LePage “between the eyes.”
M.D. HARMON: Wheels of justice grind until governor’s mural removal upheld
One of the least consequential controversies of the past year has taken a federal judge to resolve, but the decision came out the right (that is to say, sensible) way.