A load of glass spills, but nobody is seriously injured, police say.
November 2015
Posted inLocal & State, News
Moosehead region wind opponents upset about removal of signs
Up to 50 signs opposing wind projects in the Moosehead region were removed from state rights-of-way by transportation department workers.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Woman bitten after sneaking into Omaha zoo to ‘pet a tiger,’ police say
The injured woman allegedly became aggressive after she was taken to the hospital and ‘showed signs of intoxication of alcohol and/or drugs.’
Posted inNation & World, News
Mystery, confusion surround Russian plane crash in Egypt
The airline rules out pilot error or a technical problem, but aviation officials say such determinations are premature.
Posted inEditorials
OUR OPINION: Planned Parenthood ‘controversy’ hindering access to health services
Lawmakers’ cooked-up investigations against Planned Parenthood are implicitly encouraging lawbreakers.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine’s highest court to hear case against York County probate judge
A panel is recommending that Robert M.A. Nadeau be suspended without pay for four weeks and pay $4,000 to hire a substitute.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine will shift heating assistance money into weatherization
The LePage administration receives federal approval to spend $3.8 million from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to seal drafty houses and repair furnaces rather than purchase heating fuel.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Republican Party strife threatens Maine governance
GOP leaders struggle to mend their fractured relationship with Gov. Paul LePage, who’s refusing to work with the Legislature and wants to take his policies straight to voters.
Posted inOp-Eds
Health care can’t help but be harmed when the human touch is lost
Medicine has surrendered its autonomy and become an employee of the monied interests.