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April 2012
BOOKS: TITANIC — The disaster as seen by witnesses, survivors
Few tragedies have captivated generations like the Titanic. There’s something about the disaster’s enormity and unlikeliness, coupled with the hubris that brought it about and the horrors that came afterward, that have made the Titanic a subject of enduring fascination even 100 years since it sunk in April 1912, killing 1,496 of the 2,208 people aboard.
Oakland police log April 19
The Oakland Police Department reported the following activity April 19:
Maine officers attend NH police chief service
Dozens of Maine officers will attend the service of Greenland Chief Michael Maloney today.
Man’s burns lead MDEA to investigate meth lab
Several loaded handguns and evidence of methamphetamine manufacturing were found in the apartment of a man who was hospitalized for suspicious burns in Presque Isle.
Kittery man gets prison term for insurance fraud
Peter Enzinger must also pay nearly $200,000 in restitution
Maine woman sues Nevada company over job offer
Registered nurse asking for $49,000 in moving costs
Nurse accused in baby abduction to be in court
Texas woman accused of shooting new mother and abducting 3-day-old boy
16 defendants due in court in Ohio Amish attacks
Church discipline feud allegedly led to cutting of hair of men and women