Residents of the town of Miringa say Boko Haram militants torched people’s homes early Saturday and then shot them as they tried to escape.
March 2015
Posted inMaine, News
Sidney voters OK block grant application for local music camp
Camp to raise money for improvements that will create 16 jobs and lay groundwork for an arts charter school.
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Jackman residents to consider 13 percent budget increase
Residents at Town Meeting are being asked to approve additional funds for renovations at the Jackman Health Center.
Posted inNation & World, News
Hundreds rally against Indiana law, say it’s discriminatory
Since Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed the bill into law Thursday, Indiana has been widely criticized by businesses and organizations around the nation.
Posted inLife & Culture
New Matt Damon film shooting in Massachusetts
Scenes are being shot in the Massachusetts town as well as in nearby Beverly, Gloucester and Salem.
Posted inMaine, News
Somerville-based RSU 12 proposes 3 percent budget increase
Some towns will see dramatic increases as a new cost-sharing formula continues to be phased in.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine advocates conflicted on VA disability claims change
The federal government and local service officers say standardizing claim forms will speed up the claims process, but lawyers are saying it could frustrate older veterans without Internet access.
Posted inBusiness
Best Buy closes Canadian Future Shop brand, 1,500 lose jobs
Some employees will be rehired at other locations.
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Crash victim’s father calls for more focus on pilot welfare
‘It should never happen again; my son and everyone on that plane should not be forgotten, ever,’ says the father of one of the passengers killed in the Germanwings flight into the French Alps.
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7 shot and injured at Florida spring break house party
Three of the victims are hospitalized in critical condition.