Just what have this nation devolved into? The vice president advises us that when someone breaks into our house we should go outside and shoot holes in the sky. The president is so petty that, just to make the Republicans look bad, he would rather gut the military, leaving us much more vulnerable in a vicious world, than deal with the latest doomsday scenario.
March 2013
SNAPSHOT: Young artists
Monmouth Academy students Kayla Frost, left, and Sara Caruso hang an art show Wednesday, with work by students from eight area high schools, at The Harlow Gallery in Hallowell. There will be an opening for the Higher Forms of Art 2013 show this Friday, March 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. The show will hang from March 15 to 30. The gallery is located at 160 Water Street in Hallowell. Schools in the show are Cony, Gardiner, Hall-Dale, Maranacook, Monmouth Academy, Richmond and Winthrop.
Detroit voters to review brief Town Meeting warrant Saturday
A brief warrant awaits voters in Detroit at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday.
Kennebec Journal area police log, March 13, 2013
AUGUSTA — Tuesday, At 10:57 a.m., suspicious activity was reported at Dunkin’ Donuts on Civic Center Drive.
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Thomas men’s lacrosse drops season opener
NASHUA, N.H. Rober Auer scored six goals as Rivier beat Thomas College 14-4 in a men’s lacrosse game Wednesday.
Municipal leaders, businesses among those to criticize LePage’s budget plan
Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed $6.3 billion two-year state budget didn’t have many fans at a public hearing Wednesday.
State and local governments can help reduce hunger, says panel
While they disagreed about the role of government in addressing hunger, speakers at a discussion Wednesday at the University of Maine at Augusta said the state and local communities can do a lot to help.
Senators urge U.S., Jamaican officials to crack down on phone scammers
U.S. Senators are calling on Jamaican and U.S. officials to step up their efforts to crack down on phone scammers who are stealing millions of dollars from senior citizens in Maine and throughout the country.
Dems seek ‘sugar daddy’ in liquor, hospital debt deal, LePage says
Gov. Paul LePage Wednesday used strong language when describing the difference between how he wants to pay the state’s hospital debt and how the Democrats would handle it, saying they were looking for a “sugar daddy.”