Student recognized for academic excellence.
February 2015
Friends of the Maine State Museum 2015 lecture series begins Feb. 11
Bowdoin College Art Historian Susan Wegner to kick off series.
The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine to host Hearts For Human Rights fundraiser Feb. 13
Concert, dinner supports human rights education
Lewiston firefighters contend with near simultaneous emergencies
They respond to a report of elevated carbon monoxide levels in a commercial building and battle a blaze in an apartment building.
UK House of Commons OKs making babies from DNA of 3 people
The government published rules in December on how the techniques should be used.
Fire destroys Jefferson home
An unoccupied home on Route 17 that was being renovated was destroyed, Jefferson’s fire chief said.
Maine’s second virtual school gets OK to open this fall
Maine Virtual Academy plans to contract with K12 Inc. of Herndon, Virginia, the nation’s largest online education company, for academic services.
Loud snoring leads police to car theft suspect
A ‘snorting wild boar’ sound leads police to 37-year-old Kevin Lee Barbour napping under a trailer.
Montana to Maine dealing with sub-zero wind chill
Temperatures plunged to as low as minus-25 degrees in parts of upstate New York early Tuesday, a day after a storm dumped more than a foot of snow from Buffalo to the Hudson Valley.