WATERVILLE — Three-time Academy Award-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker will be honored next month at the 15th annual 2012 Maine International Film Festival.
June 2012
Give fireworks law a year before complaining about it
I remember many years back fireworks were available in this area, without all the complaints. This is a new law; let’s give it a year and I believe the newness will wear off and the complaints will be few. The fireworks store in Winslow is a tax-paying enterprise while employing some very pleasant young men. […]
Summers shouldn’t have changed referendum words
Charlie Summers, a lawyer and the Maine Secretary of State, should know recusing himself from an issue when a conflict of interest exists is the ethical thing for him to do. Summers is running for the U.S. Senate on a platform that includes opposition to same-sex marriage. His involvement in how the marriage ballot question […]
GIRLS LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Goalie led Rams on, off field
After being named the Morning Sentinel/Kennebec Journal Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year last season, Cony goalkeeper Katrina Duncan was determined to prove she deserved the recognition.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Court undercuts Romney’s pledge for immigration
Mitt Romney once promised that on “day one” of his presidency, he’d drop the federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Arizona’s go-it-alone immigration law.
Morning Sentinel police log: June 27, 2012
IN CHINA, Monday at 9:46 a.m., threatening was reported on 34th Fire Road.
Waterville man becomes first summoned on fireworks charge
WINSLOW — A Waterville man earned a footnote in history Monday night when he allegedly lit a fireworks display after 10 p.m. on Perch Road and was charged soon afterward.
Chief warden pilot pleads not guilty to assault charges
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The chief pilot for the Maine Warden Service entered a plea of not guilty Monday on domestic violence charges stemming for an alleged incident at his home June 1.
Lesson turned portico at Carrabec High School
NORTH ANSON — It’s not the portico at the Pantheon in Rome or the East Wing of the U.S. Capitol, but it’s a portico nonetheless, and it is at the front door of Carrabec High School.
GIRLS LACROSSE COACH OF THE YEAR: Messalonskee coach answers challenge
When Ashley Pullen was named the coach of the Messalonskee girls lacrosse team, she knew a serious challenge lay ahead.