A new film, critical of President Barack Obama, went nationwide in nearly 1,100 theaters last weekend, and I dropped into a mid-afternoon showing, without high expectations.
September 2012
Winslow police station project may remain stalled for weeks
WINSLOW — It could take several weeks before a stalled police station construction project is restarted, and the final cost is still unknown.
Solon women’s shelter expanding, adding beds, amenities
SOLON — Janice Giggey of Skowhegan is open about how she hit rock bottom on drugs, got arrested and ended up homeless.
‘Tick Lady’ has lead mosquito role
BY NORTH CAIRN The Portland Press Herald Schoolchildren call her “the tick lady.” But Sherrie Juris, a biologist, does much more than teach about ticks and mosquitoes and how to be protected from the infections they carry — Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis. She’s on the front […]
Summerhaven range cleanup is really the pits
AUGUSTA — Game wardens this summer put up a sign in the Summerhaven pits area, a longtime favorite for target shooting, saying it’s a public shooting range and asking those who use it to “carry in, carry out.”
Emergency food, shelter money awarded
Kennebec and Somerset counties have been awarded money under the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board Program.
ALLEN AFIELD Knowing Latin helps catch salmonids
In late summer and autumn, skilled fly rodders in Maine often choose two vastly different categories of flies for trout: 1. Large, dark nymphs and baitfish imitations or 2. micro mayflies and caddises to imitate specific bugs.
RELIGIONBRIEFS
NORRIDGEWOCK — First Congregational Church of Norridgewock will begin Sunday school classes Sunday, Sept. 9.
Waterville-Winslow Police Report: August 30-31
IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 10 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Simpson Avenue.
Easy-hearted people: Beware of scammers
Caution to the easy-hearted people who could fall prey to a scammer: The latest scam we have discovered comes from an ad in the classifieds of this newspaper, which, by the way, was made aware of the scam and pulled the ad.