In an MLK Day speech, historian Candace Kanes said that despite the state’s role in helping escaped and freed slaves, we still ‘haven’t solved racism.’
January 2015
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Pittsfield area crash nets narcotics haul
A state trooper responding to a crash on Interstate 95 Sunday said he discovered a quantity of heroin imported into Maine, apparently from Massachusetts.
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Posted inLocal & State
Skowhegan power blip no threat to AFC Championship watchers
Three circuit breakers on power lines near the Island Avenue hydroelectric dam tripped at the same time Sunday afternoon causing a short power outage.
Posted inBoys Hockey, Sports
Waterville duo engineer hockey victory over Brewer
The Purple Panthers always had an answer for the visitors in a 6-3 win thanks to Cody Pellerin and Dalton Henderson.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Group hopes to fix landmark in Camden Hills State Park
The Friends of the Mt. Battie Memorial Tower plan to raise $100,000.
Posted inLocal & State
Car crashes into Hattie’s Chowder House in Hallowell
The restaurant, at the corner of Water and Winthrop streets, is open after a car slid on ice and skidded into the building Sunday night.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans divided over using budget process to attack health care law
Hard-line conservatives want to use it to force a showdown with President Obama while others want to save the special step for more traditional purposes.
Posted inLocal & State
Chelsea to vote on natural gas pipeline tax district
Residents at a special town meeting Wednesday night will mull whether to create a tax increment financing district for the nearly seven miles of pipeline.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Kennebec Journal Jan. 19 police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 19, 2015
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Dexter man indicted in home invasion
Gregory Hickey is charged with breaking into a home in Harmony and assaulting the homeowner.