WASHINGTON — Former Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree testified in Congress on Tuesday in support of stronger federal chemical safety laws that advocates say are needed to protect consumers — especially children — from potentially dangerous chemicals in products they use every day.
July 2012
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Augusta Planning Board approves new court house after questions on materials, parking
AUGUSTA — Concerns about the new consolidated courthouse planned for Winthrop and Court streets revolved around parking and materials Tuesday.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL: US too much for Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Gold medal at stake or nothing at all, the U.S. Olympic basketball team was bringing its best Tuesday.
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Waterville City Council considering third location for new police station
WATERVILLE — The City Council announced Tuesday that the city is considering three sites for a new police station.
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Family, friends say Biddeford man arrested on gun charges is mentally ill, off medication
A Biddeford man stopped over the weekend with a carload of guns and newspaper clippings about “The Dark Knight Rises” theater massacre in Colorado now faces federal charges that could land him in prison for more than 10 years.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER: Wolfe takes over Winslow program
WINSLOW — The incoming senior boys soccer players at Winslow High School were eighth graders when Aaron Wolfe became their junior high coach. Now that Wolfe is the boys varsity soccer coach at Winslow, everything has come full circle.
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Man planned to break up with girlfriend before fatal shooting in Waldoboro
WALDOBORO — Norman Benner had told his mother he wanted to break up with Arline Lawless, his girlfriend of four months, before a shooting last weekend that killed him and left her wounded.
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Parties gearing up for Legislature fight as elections approach
The candidates for the Legislature have been chosen. The races are set.
On your marks. Get set. Rhetoric.
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MAINE WOMEN’S AMATEUR: Guenther takes lead on Day 2
MANCHESTER — Leslie Guenther’s never won a Maine Women’s Amateur title, but she has finished second three times.
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Maine Public Utility Commission’s smart meters investigation may ripple through nation
HALLOWELL — In voting Tuesday to investigate the health and safety of wireless “smart meters,” the Maine Public Utilities Commission set in motion a legal and technical case that’s expected to be followed nationally by the power industry and citizen activists.