Taking a look back at last year before we launch into the next
2016
Maine’s coaching cradle
UMF serving as state’s incubator for future high school basketball coaches, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Henry Heimlich, who devised life-saving maneuver for choking victims, dies at 96
He was director of surgery at a Cincinnati hospital in 1974 when he devised the treatment for choking victims.
Veterans, volunteers lay wreaths to honor troops in Gardiner
Snow and cold didn’t deter those who took part in the national observance of Wreaths Across America at two local cemeteries.
Largest glacier is melting fast, researchers say
If the entire shelf were to melt, oceans worldwide would rise more than 11 feet.
Thousands turn out to mourn Ohio’s John Glenn
The first American to orbit the earth will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Noted fiscal hawk would be federal budget director
Rep. Mick Mulvaney would lead an office that could seek to repeal Obama administration rules.
New theory holds Anne Frank family was not betrayed
A research paper from the Anne Frank House museum postulates that the discovery was simply bad luck.
Kurdish militants suspected in Turkey blast that killed 13
The suicide bomb demolishes a bus transporting off-duty soldiers in the central province of Kayseri.
Kennebec Journal Dec. 17 police log
Augusta area police reports for Dec. 17, 2016