IN CARTHAGE, Monday, at 9:50 a.m., a person was removed on Winter Hill Road.
June 2012
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Families with violence need help from state
Domestic-violence cases in our state alone reached more than 5,350 reported cases. That’s about 15 calls a day by families in desperate need of help, many with young children in dangerous situations. As a result, a staggering number of innocent children pay the biggest price. Intervention for these families, especially the children, should at least […]
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Posted inNews
Pittsfield man indicted on sex assault charges
SKOWHEGAN — A Pittsfield man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on two charges of gross sexual assault.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Thanks to newspaper for honoring Jay Brainard
It is with overwhelming gratitude that we type this letter to the newspaper. Words cannot express the feelings that our family has been through these past weeks, beginning with the day we were told that Jay had lost his life in a foreign land, fighting for peace. The news articles the papers have printed have […]
Posted inNews
Unity town office committee asks for more time
UNITY — The committee tasked with coming up with a plan for a town office has requested more time before it makes a recommendation.
Posted inNews
Man killed in Jackman had plea deal
JACKMAN — A man who died Saturday night in an exchange of gunfire with U.S. Border Patrol agents faced domestic-violence charges in March, but reached a plea agreement on lesser charges, according to court records.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Paterno could have been hero in Sandusky case
Who would have thought, a year ago, that the name Jerry Sandusky would be as well known, maybe even more widely known, than that of his boss and patron, Joe Paterno?
Posted inOpinion
MIKE TIPPING: Several factors affected outcome of polls about marriage in 2009
When people in Maine talk about the problems with public opinion polling, they often mention the 2009 referendum about allowing same-sex couples the right to marry and how the pollsters got it wrong.
Posted inOpinion
WORST WEEK: Holder finds himself in midst of party battle
Just ask Eric H. Holder Jr., the nation’s attorney general, who found himself caught in the middle of a long-time-coming scrum between congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama this past week.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Congress has created elected dictatorship
America is once again to vote for a president and members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, hoping that these Republicans, Democrats and independents will make a difference this November. Is this hope centered in wishful thinking? Yes it is. The reality is that the U.S. Congress, helped by the Supreme Court, has […]