40-year-old Reginald Gracie of Bowdoin was arrested July 24 after police say they found 61 marijuana plants on his property.
August 2012
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Tweaks made to 4-class proposal
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association football committee made some changes to the blueprint for four classes of high school football when it met Tuesday, but considering the scope of what the committee is trying to do, the changes to the plan devised in May have to be considered minor.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Sports
Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport
A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges cannot count competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements.
Posted inNation & World, News
FAA suspends maneuver that led to near-collision
The July 31 incident at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involved three U.S. Airways commuter flights that got too close to one another.
Posted inNation & World, News
Girl found clinging to floating body in NY lake
The cause of the woman’s death was not yet known. Police say she had been caring for the girl while the girl’s mother ran an errand.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Romney accuses Obama of dismantling welfare reform
Romney says that, if elected, he would make sure welfare recipients are required to work.
Posted inCommunity
STILL LIFE: Sunflower bloom
Retired Colby College English professor John Sweney tends his tomato plants on Monday at the Colby Garden off Washington Street in Waterville. Sweney said he has three varieties of tomatoes growing in the garden.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Good painting weather
STRIP IT: Roy Twist, of Mount Vernon, strips paint Monday from a pole fence in Farmingdale. “If it weren’t for the breeze, it would be stifling,” Twist said.
Posted inSports
OLYMPICS: US women’s beach volleyball team will play for gold
LONDON (AP) — Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings beat China on Tuesday night to advance to the beach volleyball gold medal game, where they will play for their third consecutive Olympic title.
Posted inNews, Politics, Senate
Angus King counters Chamber’s claim he was ‘king of spending’
Mainers should know that there was never a deficit, the former governor says.