April 2013
Posted inPolitics
U.S.: Human rights, freedom in decline
The annual human rights report sees Iran, Russia and Venezuela clamping down on freedoms.
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Posted inNews
Augusta senator says State House checkpoint too expensive
A little over a year after security screening began at the State House, Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, is proposing to take it down.
Posted inNews
Justice official: No reading of Miranda rights
An official also says 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be questioned by a special interrogation team for high-value suspects.
Posted inNews
Obama: Many unanswered questions about the ‘terrorists’
The president also heaps praise on law enforcement, saying the nation couldn’t thank them enough for their efforts.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Fort Richmond excavation
The Maine Historic Preservation Commission has begun excavating Fort Richmond, the first English fort in Maine, in Richmond, with the hope of recovering as many artifacts as possible before construction on a new bridge over the Kennebec River between Dresden and Richmond begins in July. Commission archeologist Leith Smith said volunteers are wanted to assist at the site through the end of June. “The pressure is on,” Smith remarked.
Posted inNews
3 neighbors of suspect taken into custody
Police say the three New Bedford people lived at a housing complex where the younger marathon suspect may have also lived.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Skowhegan scores 6 in 5th to win
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, breaking a scoreless tie to take a 5-0 win over Mt. Blue in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A play on Friday.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Trinity wins pitchers’ duel with Colby
WATERVILLE — Hannah King and the Trinity softball team beat Megan Michie and Colby 1-0 in a New England Small College Athletic Conference pitchers’ duel Friday.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Riordan throws no-hitter
WALES — Ryan Riordan pitched a no-hitter, striking out 11 batters while walking two as the Oak Hill baseball team defeated Madison 6-0 on Friday afternoon.