SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan/Madison Elks Lodge recently provided Cedar Ridge Center with its first barbecue of the year, during National Nursing Home Week. The Elks had applied for a special grant to hire country music singer Debbie Myers to entertain and the Lodge to furnish a chicken barbecue for the facility. Lodge members prepared salads, cooked […]
May 2014
U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by end of 2016
About 10,000 non-combat troops will remain into next year, but President Obama outlines an end to America’s longest-ever war.
Interstate 295, 95 speed limits increasing
New signs were posted Tuesday for the 5 mph changes on some parts of the highways, which take effect immediately.
RSU 18 budget approved, but two towns say no
Residents in Belgrade, Oakland and Rome voted in favor of the $33.75 million budget, but Sidney and China residents vote against.
Red Sox broadcaster’s son admits murder, gets life without parole
Jared Remy admitted Tuesday that he fatally stabbed Jennifer Martel at the couple’s Waltham apartment in August.
Chemical weapons inspectors attacked in Syria
The government said the convoy was heading toward a rebel-held town where activists and Human Rights Watch reported gas attacks on April 11 and April 18 that killed two people.
Deadlocked jurors in Maine triple murder case in tough spot, experts say
Reaching consensus on some counts is complicated because only one defendant took the stand and a car fire destroyed key evidence.
Maine fire marshal: Augusta fire was intentionally set
Residents of a Cedar Court apartment building credit a fellow tenant for alerting them to the early morning fire, which injured the man in whose apartment it began.
From beaches to Bangkok, tourists ask ‘What coup?’
So far, the drama of Thailand’s military takeover has played out mainly in the political arena.