The $3.7 trillion budget, approved after 20 hours of votes and debate, calls for $1 trillion in tax hikes.
March 2013
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NHL: Maple Leafs snap 8-game skid vs. rival Bruins
TORONTO (AP) — Nazem Kadri scored in the first period, and Frazer McLaren added a timely goal in the third as the Toronto Maple Leafs ended an eight-game losing streak to the Bruins with a 3-2 victory on Saturday night.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: A long time coming
Here’s the scenario. You’re returning to a sport you haven’t played competitively in three years, and you’re doing it 15 months after a serious car accident left you with three broken bones in your neck and a concussion.
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Baxter charter school leaders face key meeting with commissioners
Baxter Academy’s board will be asked for updates on school curriculum, staffing and finances.
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Cardinals keep on rolling
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Watching film of Louisville demolishing Colorado State is going to be scary enough for anyone who has to face the Cardinals over the next two weeks.
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MLB: Buchholz goes 6 in loss to Pirates
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Clay Buchholz is rounding into form for the Boston Red Sox.
Making his fifth start this spring, Buchholz pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, but the Red Sox lost 5-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
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King joins Democrats to pass federal budget
Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins split their votes on the Senate blueprint for spending.
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Morning Sentinel area police log, March 23, 2013
IN WATERVILLE, Friday, at 10:31 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winter Street.
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Committee seeks farmers’ help to set agriculture-friendly tone in Winslow
A special committee in Winslow is exploring how to help promote farming, preserve farmland and support those who produce milk, vegetables, fruit, hay and other agricultural goods.
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Spring runoff renews perennial concerns over Farmington’s unstable Whittier Road
Farmington’s public works director said his department has heightened concern that the Sandy River will swell and collapse the Whittier Road, or at least damage it enough for the town to close the section as a precautionary measure.