“It seems to be a spiral of things happening one after the other. It can be inundating on your senses.”
April 2013
LePage signs bills despite earlier threats
Lawmakers are still facing hundreds of bills before the scheduled mid-June adjournment.
Navy christening fast ship named for Maine towns
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says naming the vessel after East Millinocket and Millinocket honors the military contributions made by the men and women from those mill towns.
LePage touts his plan to grade Maine schools
In his weekly radio address, the governor says the system will be based on factors including student achievement in reading and math, and the graduation rate for high schools.
Red Sox and Bruins ready to resume play today
It’s the Red Sox vs. the Kansas City Royals and the Bruins vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins this afternoon.
Live music at Maine stores for Record Store Day
Today’s events aim to celebrate the culture of hundreds of independently owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands internationally.
In Boston manhunt, online detectives flourished
As amateur online sleuths began identifying possible culprits, caught in the virtual manhunt were people who were wrongly accused or placed under suspicion by crowdsourcing.
Runner, spectator snapped key photos of bombing suspects
Bob Leonard was snapping 10 to 20 photos a minute at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday . . .
Texas town at center of blast shifts to recovery
WEST, Texas — Finally with a firm body count, the Central Texas town torn and bruised by a crater-making fertilizer plant explosion shifted toward recovery. Residents moved ahead with what they could — a contractor to rebuild, a funeral home to arrange a service — but continued to wait for authorities to let them back […]
Maine bill aims to teach kids basic finances
Lawmakers say children don’t understand credit cards or how to check bank statements.