Jason W. Thurston of Northport is recognized for heroism in rescuing a 71-year-old woman from a fire in December 2010.
March 2012
Jewish victims in French shooting buried in Israel
The bodies of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, his sons Arieh, 5, and Gabriel, 3, and 8-year-old Myriam Monsenego are laid to rest.
3 blasts outside hideout of French terror suspect
Orange flashes lit up the night sky near the Toulouse apartment where a holed-up al-Qaida gunman — who is suspected of killing three schoolchildren, three soldiers and a rabbi in recent days — had been surrounded all day.
Waterville may buy old Sentinel site
WATERVILLE — City councilors voted 6-1 Tuesday to buy the Morning Sentinel building for $550,000 and turn it into a police station.
Spring feels like fast track to summer
Get ready for some record-breaking weather. Temperatures in Portland are expected to reach the 70s today, depending on the influence of cooling sea breezes. That’s far above the normal of 43 degrees for this date and the previous record high of 60, set in 1946. Thank the jet stream for the unusually warm weather, today […]
Augusta public hearing on school budget
AUGUSTA — A public hearing on the proposed $26.8 million school budget is planned tonight.
Fall elections loom over legislative strategy setting
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Legislature may adjourn in less than three weeks, allowing lawmakers to get to work on re-election campaigns. That hasn’t stopped Gov. Paul LePage from introducing major proposals this month regarding education, energy, welfare fraud and tax and spending reforms.
McKee given Scolnik award
PORTLAND — Augusta attorney Walter McKee has been named recipient of the 2012 Justice Louis Scolnik Award.
Graffiti artists want to paint new image
FARMINGTON — Most people hear the term graffiti and immediately think vandalism.
Maine panel may vote today on educator-review bill
A bill mandating performance evaluations for educators could go to a vote in the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee today.