Your recent editorial, “Far too many Mainers still hungry, poor,” (April 14), reminded us all too well of the hardships many fellow Mainers face more than five years since the Great Recession began.
April 2013
Posted inOpinion
M.D. HARMON: Many reasons attendance at gun shows is booming
A gun show was held in the area recently, and it was packed.
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Posted inPolitics
Panel postpones probe into LePage labor meeting
The committee puts off ordering an investigation into the meeting with unemployment officers.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Catch and release
Russell Coston of Windsor releases a catfish he caught Wednesday in a hoop net on Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner. Coston said he was collecting mature eels and suckers for fishing bait and released the by- catch, such as perch and catfish, unharmed.
Posted inNews
Commotion over duffle bag much ado about nothing
A duffel bag that drew the attention of a bomb squad in Kittery turned out to be filled with a woman’s clothes.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Plummer lifts Bobcats to win
RICHMOND — The game plan in basketball the last few years was if you could handle Jamie Plummer, you could handle Richmond.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Swett lifts Skowhegan to victory
SKOWHEGAN — John Swett had two singles and two RBIs to lead the Skowhegan baseball team past Brewer 9-6 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Friday afternoon.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: McKenney had big day for Madison
MADISON — Emily McKenney had a home run and a double, and pitched five perfect innings to lead the Madison softball team to a 26-0 win over Boothbay in a Mountain Valley Conference game Friday.
Posted inPolitics
House OKs bill to rescue air traffic
President Obama likely will sign the measure to avert controller furloughs and tower closings.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ROUNDUP: Mashke single lifts Gardiner
GARDINER — Josh Mashke hit a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Gardiner baseball team came back to win after allowing five runs in the top of the sixth, beating Maranacook 7-6 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B game Friday.