City Council backs Terry Berry’s request that the weapons not be sold or traded.
June 2016
Posted inMaine, News
Gardiner City Council approves budget
At-Large City Councilor Maureen Blanchard protested the school district budget increases and voted against the city spending plan.
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Posted inMaine, News
Wife of kayak guide who died says her husband was experienced
Ed Brackett, 63, operated SeaScape Kayak. He died while leading a tour, along with a client. A second client survived when their kayaks hit a squall and capsized.
Posted inPolitics
Supreme Court just dropped powder keg into 2016 election: Analysis
Decisions on affirmative action and immigration involve long-simmering tensions over race.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
West Forks boxer wins acquittal in court
Brandon S. Berry had been charged with engaging a prostitute following a police sting in Augusta, but a judge on Thursday cleared him of wrongdoing.
Posted inNation & World, News
Obama blames Republicans for Supreme Court split that blocks his immigration plan
The court’s 4-4 tie effectively kills his plan to shield from deportation millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Volkswagen settles emissions claims for about $10.2 billion, source says
Much of the money would compensate 482,000 owners of diesel cars that were programmed to cheat emissions tests.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Three central Maine teachers among eight statewide Teacher of the Year semifinalists
Teachers from Kingfield, Skowhegan and Oakand are among the remaining candidates for the Maine 2017 Teacher of the Year honor.
Posted inNation & World
Baltimore police van driver acquitted in Freddie Gray case
Six officers were charged in Gray’s death, but only Officer Caesar Goodson was accused of murder.
Posted inNation & World
Masked gunman shot dead after holding hostages at German cinema
The latest report from police says no one else was injured.