There are contradictory accounts over whether European countries blocked President Evo Morales’ plane from passing through their airspace, but everyone agrees on one point: Edward Snowden is not on board.
July 2013
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Reports point to solid U.S. hiring in June
A private survey, released ahead of government numbers due Friday, also helps the stock market end the day on a high note.
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Franklin okays small bump in county portion of property tax rate
Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to increase the county portion of the property tax rate to $1.06 for every $1,000 of assessed value, up 5 cents from the previous year.
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Maine Republican Party has shake-up at top
The chairman and the vice chairman quit amid tension within the ranks, and Bruce Poliquin may fill the void.
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LePage vetoes study of tar sands oil
The bill calls for an examination of the risks of piping the controversial oil through the state.
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No Augusta to Gardiner river ‘race’ any more? Whatever
Celebration of Kennebec River’s cleanup that began in the 1970s eventually had to be cleaned up itself. It was fun while it lasted.
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Head of ousted president’s party, deputy, arrested in Egypt
President Mohammed Morsi decries as a ‘full coup’ his displacement by the chief justice of the nation’s highest court until new elections can be held.
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Cape Elizabeth whale tale to be about marine research
A decaying carcass becomes a learning tool after it washes ashore on a Cape Elizabeth beach.
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Daring Katahdin helicopter rescue was unprecedented
An injured hiker is lifted off the Maine mountain in a full-body ‘screamer suit.’
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N.H. governor calls state of emergency after flooding
The western part of the state is particularly hard hit after 4 inches of rain falls in 24 hours.