Both women were bitten when they tried to stop a recently rescued pit bull from killing another dog, a 12-year-old mix named Kramer.
May 2017
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Skowhegan Area Middle School students spend a day in the woods at the Marti Stevens Learning Center
About 100 students in five teams had a field day learning about forestry, wildlife, biology, ecology and invasive species.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta woman who embezzled $400K from pulp & paper group ordered to keep paying restitution
Wendy L. Gagne, 43, has been ordered to pay $200 a month toward the balance of $352,082, after she was convicted in 2002 of writing hundreds of checks to herself and recorded them as being sent to vendors.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Casino lobbyist who claimed Shawn Scott company as client now says he doesn’t know who hired him
In a letter to lawmakers, Dan Riley says his firm doesn’t know who owns the company it is representing.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Driver in fatal Windham hit-and-run will serve 5 years in prison
Devin Brown faced up to 30 years for manslaughter and 10 years for driving drunk in the November crash that killed bicyclist Brandon Dumond.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Obama explicitly warned Trump not to hire Flynn, former Obama aides say
The former officials say Obama warned Trump in person against hiring Flynn as national security adviser.
Posted inMaine, News
Millinocket man dies in kayak accident near Baxter State Park
Joseph Giffune Jr. got caught underwater in a hydraulic gap, which trapped him in recirculating water, while kayaking on Nesowadnehunk Stream, the Maine Warden Service says.
Posted inBusiness
Sinclair to buy Tribune Media, creating nation’s largest TV station group
Sinclair, which already owns 173 local news stations, will acquire 42 more in the deal, but may have to divest some to meet FCC requirements.
Posted inCommunity
Mentoring program offered at Alfond Center
Program connects adult co-mentors with a group of youth between the ages of 8 and 15 for eight weeks during the summer.
Posted inNation & World, News
Percent of children hospitalized for suicidal thoughts doubled from 2008 to 2015, study says
The research did not look at completed suicides, which was the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 and 24 in 2014.