A legislator wants any decisions on legalization made at the state or federal level, but critics say his bill conflicts with the Constitution and home rule traditions.
March 2015
Posted inNation & World, News
Prosecutors in Aaron Hernandez murder trial seek to tell jury of earlier shooting
Four months before the killing of Odin Lloyd, Hernandez’s friend Alexander Bradley was shot after he and Hernandez visited a strip club in Miami.
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Posted inLifestyle
Men who built Toronto tunnel just wanted a man cave
Police were worried about terrorism when they found an underground chamber near a Pan Am Games venue.
Posted inNation & World, News
Boston falls short of record snow – so far
Snow that is expected this week, however, could push it over the record mark of 107.6 inches.
Posted inCommunity
NOTE: The appreciation evening for Whitefield’s fire and rescue workers set for Monday, March 9, has been canceled.
Event will be held at the central fire station.
Posted inCommunity
Tree and shrub sale set for April 18
Brochures, order forms available at Somerset and Kennebec Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Posted inMaine, News
Houlton man’s death was homicide, police say
The ask for anyone who saw Keith Suitter, 61, or his pickup truck over the weekend to contact police.
Posted inSports
Kurt Busch to follow guidelines toward NASCAR reinstatement
The 2004 champion was indefinitely suspended Feb. 20 after a Delaware judge said he believed Busch likely committed an act of domestic violence against an ex-girlfriend.
Posted inNation & World, News
$4 million in gold stolen from truck on I-95 in North Carolina
The truck had pulled to the side of the road after it began having mechanical problems.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Public health advocates blast LePage plan to redirect tobacco settlement money
The critics say that shifting $10 million a year to maintain MaineCare reimbursement rates for primary care doctors would hobble the state’s anti-smoking efforts.