WATERVILLE — Karl Andresen said he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
April 2012
GSA head resigns amid reports of lavish spending
General Services Administration expenses for a 2010 training conference reportedly included $3,200 for a mind reader, $6,300 on a commemorative coin set and $75,000 on a training exercise to build a bicycle.
New bath salts law also bans other hallucinogens
Since the original law went into effect, police have found five more similar designer drugs, which are targeted in the new legislation.
1 World Trade Center reaches 100 floors
One World Trade Center is expected to be finished by next year, its 104 floors towering over lower Manhattan.
Suspect in Christian school shooting identified as former student
Police believe the suspect, One L. Goh, 43, of Oakland, Calif., acted alone, but they did not discuss a possible motive.
OSHA proposes $171,300 in fines for BIW
The agency says an inspection revealed a lack of fall protection and a variety of mechanical and electrical hazards. BIW says the problems have been fixed.
Immigration officials arrest 145 in New England
Officials say Massachusetts had 70 arrests, followed by 32 in Connecticut, 24 in New Hampshire and 13 in Rhode Island. There were three apiece in Maine and Vermont.
Oversight panel cancels meeting on DHHS issue
The meeting was to address Democrats’ accusations of a cover-up concerning state social services computers.
Maine tribe gets $11.4M from Interior Department
The Passamaquoddy tribe has voted to accept the money to settle a claim of federal mismanagement of tribal assets.
Toilet tank cracks, floods detectives’ offices
WATERVILLE — The Police Department’s detective division was flooded over the weekend from a toilet tank that cracked on the first floor of City Hall, sending water gushing through the floor to the basement.