About 200 people gathered Saturday at North Street Park for the second annual Family Fun Day hosted by Catholic Charities’ Children’s Case Management. The event featured hot dogs, a bounce house, door prizes and more, but the objective was togetherness, said organizer Ricia Sawtelle-Carrow.
August 2012
Morning Sentinel police log: Aug. 19, 2012
IN CLINTON, Friday at 11:11 a.m., a civil issue was reported on Johnson Flat Road.
Fight for marriage goes to heart of the matter
‘We really feel like marriage is such a significant protection in and of itself,’ says Matt McTighe, campaign manager for Mainers United for Marriage.
Campaigns vie for upper hand on Medicare
The issue is dicey for both sides because they view the program as having a role in reducing debt.
Aggressive tree pruning limiting power outages
BRISTOL — Dennis Hopkins was waiting late last month at the stop sign at Walpole Meetinghouse Road, where he lives. Across Route 130, a worker from Co. was high above the highway in a bucket, pruning pine and maple branches away from the power lines.
SENIOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES: Guatemala wins title
BANGOR — Guatemala claimed its Senior League World Series Championship, beating Lemon Grove, California 6-3 Saturday at Mansfield Stadium.
Marriage licenses play key role in ballot question
Voters will decide if they want to let gay couples use the same process followed by heterosexuals.
Bill would expand fertility coverage for veterans
WASHINGTON — The roadside bomb that exploded outside Andrew Robinson’s Humvee in Iraq six years ago broke the Marine staff sergeant’s neck and left him without use of his legs. It also cast doubt on his ability to father a child, a gnawing emotional wound for a then-23-year-old who had planned to start a family with his wife of less than two years.
Government’s role in Maine marriages goes back a long way
AUGUSTA — In September 1670, Daniel Stone and Patience Goodwin registered their intention to marry with the Kittery town clerk.
Anti-King ad upsets local chambers of commerce
When Dana Connors got a call from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last month letting him know the group was about to air a TV ad criticizing independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King, the president of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce knew he was in a tough spot.