AUGUSTA — A key witness in a recent high-profile arson trial was hospitalized Thursday after he reportedly attempted to strangle himself inside a cell at the Kennebec County jail.
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Posted inOpinion
DENIS THOET: Do businesses use their tax breaks to create, save jobs in Maine?
The good news is that we’re No. 1, according to Ernst and Young, accountants. Maine has the lowest effective tax rate on new capital investment.
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PARTY OF TWO: You can’t always know why
I have always had a habit of needing to know all the answers. I suppose 10 years of working as a newspaper reporter will do that to you.
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Car hit head-on by speeding truck in Madison
MADISON — A Madison woman is lucky to be alive after a pickup truck traveling more than twice the speed limit slammed head-on into her car Wednesday night, according to police.
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Athens home damaged by fire
ATHENS — Fire destroyed a large two-story barn and part of the adjoining farmhouse Thursday morning at 49 Brighton Road, state Route 151.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Idea for new state law has taxpayers in mind
How about this for a new state law: No state elected official or political appointment, past or present, shall receive taxpayer-paid health or retirement benefits, or compensation for such, greater than the same benefits provided to the residents they represent. Now that would be a law I could support. Tom Fullam Vassalboro
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Prosecutor: One year for embezzlement from lawyer group
AUGUSTA — The Gardiner woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $166,000 from the Maine Trial Lawyers Association should be sent to jail for one year, a state prosecutor recommends.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Media should tell whole story, not just one side
I was going to stop sending letters to the editor, but I got angry after I listened to Brian Williams on NBC reporting on Congress and the Republican candidates and failing to report both sides. He told people how unfair it is that Congress can’t pass the tax breaks and the damage it’s going to […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Appalling treatment of teens with new baby
I found it disgraceful that the Sentinel would publish a picture of two teens and their baby on the front page of the paper, and that they’re being showered with gifts for the area’s first-born child in 2012. It is Sentinel policy not to publish names of teen(s) who commit illegal acts, but it gave […]
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Murder suspect again denied bail
SKOWHEGAN — The man accused of killing Rita St. Peter in Anson 31 years ago fought for a second time on Thursday to be released from jail until his trial, but was denied.