Firefighters lifted the vehicle so ambulance crews could free the boy whose leg was pinned.
May 2013
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Treasury officials told of IRS probe in 2012
Meanwhile, Steven Miller tells a congressional hearing that the agency made mistakes but did not break any laws or engage in a cover-up.
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Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand
Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boil over during a House Agriculture Committee debate on a farm bill that has for decades propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics.
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Sen. Angus King to survey fire damage in Lewiston
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Angus King is meeting with Lewiston police and joining city officials to get a firsthand look at the damage caused by three major fires that displaced more than 180 people. The Maine independent is meeting with police on Friday morning before surveying the fire damage with city officials. All told, […]
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Acadia’s Park Loop Road opens to vehicles today
The park’s hiking trails are all open except for where peregrine falcons are exhibiting nesting behavior.
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Military: al-Qaida war to last 15-20 years
WASHINGTON – A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the United States will be at war with al-Qaida for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Michael Sheehan, assistant defense secretary in charge of special operations, […]
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Gardiner Area High School announces Boys State, Girls State delegates
GARDINER — The following Gardiner Area High School students have been selected to attend the American Legion Auxiliary’s Dirigo Girls State and the American Legion’s Dirigo Boys State programs:
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As Obama tries to weather storm,Republicans pounce on opportunity
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack.
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Dragonfly Oriental Medicine to offer open house
MANCHESTER — Dragonfly Oriental Medicine, 964 Western Ave., Suite 2, will hold an open house from 2 to 8 p.m. May 17.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL: USM moves on in tournament
HARWICH, Mass. — Resilience is a good quality for any winning team, but the University of Southern Maine baseball team wasn’t expecting to have to prove it so intensely Thursday night in the winners’ bracket game of the NCAA New England Baseball Regional at Whitehouse Field in Harwich.