DID YOU CELEBRATE Constitution Day on Tuesday? Would you have celebrated it if you had remembered that Sept. 17 is officially Constitution Day?
September 2013
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Childhood vaccines reversedisease inroads
The development of vaccines against childhood illnesses is one of the great achievements of modern medicine. Diseases that cause birth defects, make children seriously ill or even kill them — rubella, whooping cough, polio — now can be reliably prevented.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Nation’s POW/MIAshould not be forgotten
National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday in September. It honors those who were prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action. It is one of six days that the POW/MIA flag can be flown.
Posted inPolitics
The budget standoff: In Congress, ‘total atrophy’
Even with a shutdown set to occur in 11 days unless a deal is reached, lawmakers remain at loggerheads.
Posted inUncategorized
Ala. man reports airport exchange with DC shooter
Michael Boyd said the Navy Yard shooter confronted his family at an airport in Virginia last month.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Elias, Roy lift Waterville girls soccer to win
BATH — Pilar Elias had four goals and three assists, while Lydia Roy had three goals and an assist as Waterville defeated Morse 7-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B girls soccer matchup of unbeatens Thursday.
Posted inNews, Sports
MLB: Red Sox clinch playoff berth
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox clinched their first postseason berth since 2009, beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Thursday night behind John Lackey’s two-hitter.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Gardiner field hockey beats Brewer
GARDINER — Nickyia Lovely scored two goals to lead Gardiner to a 5-1 win against Brewer in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B field hockey game Thursday.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Decloux a weapon at kicker for Maine
ORONO — Sean Decloux gets a kick out of travel.