A crowd triple the size of the small town’s entire population gathers to mourn the 14 first responders who died last week in a fertilizer plant explosion.
April 2013
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Gov. LePage signs suicide prevention bill
The new law will require suicide prevention awareness training for all school personnel and advanced training for some.
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House votes to restore funding to Maine’s Drugs for the Elderly program
The bill, which passed 93-55 Thursday, would restore about $7 million in funding cuts over the next two years.
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Rowing team finds body of Brown University student missing since March
Sunil Tripathi was identified through a forensic dental exam, but a cause of death has not been determined.
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Maine legislative panel to consider probe of unemployment controversy
The oversight panel could approve an independent review of a lunch meeting between Gov. Paul LePage and unemployment hearing officers.
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Humpback whale that died had been tracked for 37 years
Istar, who washed up in Long Island, N.Y., migrated yearly between Maine and the Caribbean.
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A loss in profits has Waterville recycling center shifting gears
Skills Recycling, of Waterville, is losing so much money that it plans to stop taking paper, plastic, cans and glass starting July 1, but will continue recycling computers and electronics.
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Boston bombing suspects’ parents insist sons are innocent
Their mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, says the decision to immigrate to the United States was a big mistake.
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Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens to humans
Chinese authorities have shut down live poultry markets in many affected regions, which seems to have slowed down the virus.