The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity April 9:
April 2012
Sail-around-the-Americas captain almost home
The Annapolis sailor had to negotiate the Northwest Passage, the most hazardous part of his voyage.
Finalists emerge to redesign neglected National Mall sites
Since September, designers have been competing for the chance to make over areas near the Capitol, Washington Monument and Constitution Gardens, which was once imagined as a pastoral park near the Lincoln Memorial but has since been left as a fetid pool with crumbling edges.
Mass. game officials: No moose hunting
Officials have the legal authority to establish a moose hunt but they say, for now, it is not needed to control the population.
NH towns concerned about darkened street lights
A Department of Transportation spokesman says each town has the option to take over the cost of maintaining the lights.
RI bill would ban dogs on drivers’ laps
A survey of dog owners by AAA says 39 percent of respondents acknowledged being distracted by their dog, and one in five allowed their dog to sit in their lap.
Disabled Auburn woman claims discrimination
Pamela Grant, who suffers from multiple physical and mental impairments, believes she was wrongly denied Section 8 funding for a spare room she used for exercising.
Maine gas prices now pushing $4 a gallon
The average price of a gallon shot up 8 cents in the past week.
Homeowner association could be sued in Martin case
Lawyers say Exhibit A would be a newsletter sent by the association to residents, identifying George Zimmerman as the go-to person for residents who had been victims of a crime.