But the target of Jim Booth’s email says he’s ‘very disappointed’ the county Republican committee did not request Booth’s resignation for statements he viewed as anti-gay.
2016
Posted inNews, Politics
Poll shows Clinton with big lead in Trump’s must-win Pennsylvania
The Republican presidential candidate only gets 76 percent of Republican votes – almost certainly thanks in part to how poorly he does with women.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine-built racing yacht Comanche shatters speed record
The Comanche, made by Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay, broke a 2003 record for the trans-Atlantic crossing by more than a day.
Posted inNation & World
North Korea: U.S. crossed line by putting leader on sanctions list
North Korea has been heavily punished internationally for its weapons development programs, but this is the first time Kim Jong Un has been personally sanctioned.
Posted inNation & World, News
Pamela Smart files lawsuit objecting to solitary confinement
Smart says she was wrongly punished after a plastic utensil used to slice cheesecake was found in her cell.
Posted inSports
Walker a surprise leader at PGA Championship
Jimmy Walker is alone at 5-under after the first round while U.S. Open champ Dustin Johnson struggles with a 77.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
$32.75 million RSU 9 budget narrowly passes in 10-town school district
Voters in the Mt. Blue District’s 10 towns voted 1,325-1,288 in favor of a $32,749,109 budget in the second validation vote of the summer after voters rejected an initial proposal in June.
Posted inMaine
Farm where Oakland teen died on hayride is auctioned for $1 million
A grand jury handed up charges including manslaughter against the farm in Mechanic Falls last year.
Posted inNation & World, News
FDA calls for halt in blood donations in 2 Florida counties over Zika fears
Blood centers in Miami-Dade and Broward counties are urged to ‘cease collecting blood immediately’ until they can start a special screening test for Zika virus or implement a pathogen-inactivation technology.
Posted inMaine, News
Fox with rabies killed after biting Monmouth woman
The Cobbossee Road resident was sitting on her porch with a child in her arms when the fox attacked her.