Third-grader took part in National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program.
March 2017
Posted inNation & World
Sea turtle lucky to be alive after surgeons remove 915 coins from its belly
Omsin – Thai for ‘piggy bank’ – was the victim of a misguided Buddhist tradition of tossing coins to turtles for good luck.
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Judge awards $2.5 million to veteran whose cancer was missed at VA hospital
Steven Harold Cooper’s prostate cancer is now terminal.
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National Park Service photos contradict Trump’s inauguration crowd estimate
Crowds did not extend to the Washington Monument as Trump asserted and large swaths of empty space are visible on the Mall.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. begins moving controversial anti-missile system to South Korea
Plans to deploy the defense system, called THAAD, have angered North Korea, which sees it as a threat.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
White House works to back up Trump’s wiretap claim
The president has provided no proof that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, while Obama, the FBI director and the former director of national intelligence have refuted it.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Would holding the Class AA basketball tournament in Portland improve falling attendance?
A drop in attendance was obvious when Portland and South Portland met last weekend for the state title in Augusta.
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court won’t hear case on transgender bathroom rights
Instead, it will be decided by a lower court in Virginia.
Posted inNation & World
Rhode Island twin sisters, 97, die in freezing cold
The women both fell and became stranded outside after an evening out.
Posted inMaine, News
Waterville board approves site plan for $25 million Colby building
City Council to take final votes on tax program for project Tuesday