Cobras about to complete tough stretch, while Ramblers set to be tested in coming weeks.
2020
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Iran’s supreme leader strikes defiant tone after month of turmoil
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashes out at Western countries while leading Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Sidelines: Waterville girls basketball passes big test against rival Winslow
Down for most of the night, the Waterville girls rallied and got a taste of what tournament basketball is like, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inNation & World, News
Justices to look anew at health care law’s birth control rules
The Supreme Court will consider allowing the Trump administration to enforce rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
High court to decide whether presidential electors are bound by popular vote
Advocates for the Supreme Court’s intervention say the issue needs urgent resolution in an era of intense political polarization and the prospect of a razor-thin margin in November.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Waterville police seize $40K of drugs during Wednesday evening apartment search
Officers arrested Mayo Anthony Jones, 44, following a two-month, multi-agency investigation.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
Opponents ask court to reverse approval of controversial oyster farm in Brunswick
The suit alleges a conflict of interest for co-owner of Mere Point Oyster Co. and Brunswick’s Harbormaster Dan Devereaux, and accuses him of ‘placing a thumb on the scale of the aquaculture licensing.’
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, Times Record
Convicted killer seeks release from state custody
Mark Ian Gessner served 22 years for a 1994 Bath murder but remains in state custody at Riverview Psychiatric Center because he was found not criminally responsible on other charges.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Winslow Catholic school to close at end of year, signaling decline in area’s Catholic population
St. John Catholic School, which once had as many as 350 students enrolled in the 1960s, will close at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, with enrollment at 34 children.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Politics, Schools and Education
Bill to expand access to child care unveiled in Waterville
“You can’t have a strong economy in Maine without strong child care for the people in it,” said Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat from Aroostook County.