Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, others to join in festivities.
October 2012
Posted inNation & World, News
RI foreshadows fight over $1.4T shortfall in state pensions
Cities and states around the country are shoring up battered retirement plans by reducing promised benefits to public workers and retirees.
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Posted inNews, Politics
Presidential race rumbles into final 4 weeks
Negative ads, charges of dishonesty and dwindling time are all setting the tone.
Posted inNews
$250K grant to help northern Maine communities
The grant will be used to expand recreational facilities in Madawaska, St. Agatha and Frenchville.
Posted inNews
Funeral scheduled for Maine soldier
Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Henderson was wounded by an improvised explosive device Sept. 30 and died last Monday at a hospital in Afghanistan.
Posted inNews
Maine Huts and Trails to open 4th overnight hut
The 10-room hut will open on Dec. 21 in Carrabassett Valley, with views of both the valley and Sugarloaf Mountain.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Pups in the pew
Dogs wait to be blessed during Sunday service at Christ Church Episcopal in Gardiner. The blessing celebrates Saint Francis of Assisi, a Christian patron of animals, who died in October of 1226.
Posted inNews
Island’s energy supplier faces shutdown
GREAT DIAMOND ISLAND — On Memorial Day weekend, when all the summer people were arriving on the island to open their cottages, Ted Weber propped up a sign on the 300-gallon gasoline tank that has been parked on a trailer in front of his house for a quarter-century.
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Pressures increasing on Biden, Ryan for vice presidential debate
Vice President Joe Biden, a man with nearly four decades of experience in politics, has not been taking lightly his preparations for his debate against Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., holding practice sessions and perusing briefing books in recent months.