WINSLOW — It has been one month since a fireworks store opened on China Road.
June 2012
Posted inCommunity
MaineGeneral’s Regional Hospital tour
AUGUSTA — MaineGeneral recently held an event at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care, which included tours of the new regional hospital.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Surveillance drones have many possible uses
Americans are leery about the use of domestic drones as the Federal Aviation Administration takes on the task of developing plans to open U.S. skies to the domestic use of the unmanned aircraft by police, other agencies and individuals.
Posted inNews
Priest ordained as wife looks on
When David Affleck was ordained earlier this month as Maine’s newest Roman Catholic priest, his wife, Katherine, sat in the pews at Portland’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Posted inNews
ON MAINE POLITICS: Dill gives own plan to limit spending
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cynthia Dill tried to one-up the opposition last week by issuing her own challenge to limit the money spent in the campaign.
Posted inSports
GIRLS TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Waterville star still improving
In the offseason, Waterville Senior High School girls tennis coach Jill Cristan keeps it simple. She gives each player one thing to work on, to improve for the following season.
Posted inSports
RUNNING: Randolph runner wins Rail Trail half marathon
AUGUSTA — Seth Hasty looked as if he were ready to run another 13 miles as he cruised across the finish line in first place at the 4th annual Kennebec River Rail Trail Half Marathon on Sunday morning.
Posted inSports
NASCAR: Bowyer picks up his 1st win of season
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Clint Bowyer raced to his first victory on a road course, and first with Michael Waltrip Racing, by holding off Kurt Busch at Sonoma.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Health care changes shifted cost, didn’t solve problems
I am writing to comment on, and correct, what I believe are some significant inaccuracies in the Maine Compass piece by Rep. Robert Nutting (“Legislature Beat Expectation,” June 15). Nutting’s assessment of the progress of the Maine Legislature is self-aggrandizing, and his statements on the impact of the Legislature’s action on health care are misleading. […]
Posted inNews
Determined bear looking for food
WINTHROP — Jim Remley lost a flagpole, but he gained one dandy of a story about one determined bear that has been making the rounds at bird feeders and garbage cans across central Maine for the past several weeks.