Rachel Isaacs, rabbi at Colby College and Beth Israel Congregation in Waterville, talked about Hanukkah with President Barack Obama by her side.
2016
Posted inNation & World
Jury convicts Dylann Roof of killing 9 church members in South Carolina
The racially motivated attack targeted members of a Charleston congregation.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, News
This new reality TV show might make you pine for a cabin in the Maine woods
‘Maine Cabin Masters’ debuts Jan. 9 on the DIY cable channel and follows Maine builder Chase Morrill and his crew as they renovate camps and cabins across the state.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Somerset County court for Oct. 17-28, 2016
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Enough signatures gathered to put Medicaid expansion on Maine ballot
Maine Equal Justice Partners plans to put the referendum question on the November 2017 ballot if the Legislature doesn’t secure passage by January.
Posted inNation & World
Hundreds evacuated from Aleppo, with rebellion at its end
Traumatized residents board government buses, and Syrian President Bashar Assad says, ‘History is being made.’
Posted inNation & World, News
New Hampshire man accused of trying to move ambulance blocking his car
Emergency workers heard the ‘beeping’ sound of the ambulance backing up and called police.
Posted inNews, Outdoors
Interactive: See where (and when) Maine drivers hit moose in 2016
There were 305 car crashes involving moose throughout Maine in the year ending Sept. 1, 2016.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine employers given extra time to comply with new state overtime pay standard
The Department of Labor will use the delay to help businesses understand how Maine’s minimum wage increase affects the OT threshold.
Posted inMaine, News
Poland gun shop owner says he sold shotgun used in Hebron slaying-suicide
Joe Cimino says he wouldn’t have sold the gun to Daniel Randall if he’d known about Randall’s recent stay at an alcohol recovery facility.