In Bingham, Monday at 6 a.m., a report of a burglar alarm was investigated on Main Street.
September 2013
Kennebec Journal area police log, Sept. 30, 2013
Augusta, Monday, at 5:45 a.m., theft was reported on Water Street.
Belichick: Wilfork likely will miss rest of season
Vince Wilfork was pursuing a play when he planted his right foot, dropped to the ground and probably ended his year.
Mom, daughter arrested after Monmouth cemetery smash-up
Melissa K. Grant, 42, and her daughter, Savannah N. Lowe, 20, were arrested after they intentionally hit each others’ vehicles in a cemetery Friday and caused an estimated $35,000 in damage to headstones, the town police chief said.
Maine lawmakers want Russia to free Greenpeace crew
A Kittery lawmaker who is friends with the Maine-linked captain solicits petition signatures from other lawmakers.
Maine charter schools get federal dollars
Schools in Cornville and Fairfield will receive money to develop programs and share best practices.
Skowhegan police officer back on duty after injury, suspect faces deportation
Police Officer Herb Oliver was cut above his eye during a confrontation Sunday morning with a shoplifting suspect in the Laney’s Pit Stop parking lot.
VIEW FROM AWAY: War’s ugliest side displayed in Pakistan
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman got it right: War is hell. There’s not much gallant or noble about it. It’s blood and body parts and wailing.
VIEW FROM AWAY: Reform needed for lethal border policies
If you value human life, demand a change in our border policies.
VIEW FROM AWAY: Lawmakers just not listening to budget office
Every year around this time, the Congressional Budget Office issues a report about just how grim the nation’s long-term financial health is. A few lawmakers wring their hands and say they will get serious about fixing the problem, but then they don’t. We, as a nation, rush toward a debt-induced disaster if no one heeds the warning.