A study conducted this summer shows 80 percent of the 5,000 people who visited the Maine Lakes Resource Center to pick up information were from away.
September 2013
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Callers report UFO sightings in Augusta
Augusta and Maine State police responded to a report of a UFO hovering over Augusta around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, that turned out to be a spotlight at Margaritas on Western Avenue.
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Boehner in hot seat as clock ticks toward shutdown
The U.S. House speaker’s choice – between keeping the government running and continuing to fight the nation’s health-care law – has implications for the 2014 congressional elections.
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Obama mocks GOP for ‘crazy’ Obamacare predictions
‘What they’re worried about is it’s going to succeed.’
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U.S. Chamber hires former Maine Gov. McKernan to lead foundation
The U.S. Chamber is the nation’s largest business organization with considerable political sway in Washington.
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Maine group rates lawmakers on conservation issues
Lawmakers were graded on seven issues including wind power, paint recycling and genetically modified food labeling.
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Ex-Montana teacher freed after 30-day term for raping teen
State prosecutors are appealing the sentence, saying Stacey Rambold, 54, should have received a minimum of two years.
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Sources: Health law online signup to be delayed for small firms
Instead, a source says, business owners will initially have to mail or fax their information so that they can enroll.
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Wife says George Zimmerman has changed since trial
Shellie Zimmerman says she now ‘doubts’ his innocence on the self-defense claim.
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Starks woman still in hospital after she was hit by SUV in Fairfield
Maxine Wolph-Johnson suffered injuries after Jeremy Sinclair, of Madison, hit her and another woman as they walked on Ten Lots Road in Fairfield Sept. 15.