An estimated 15,000 people demonstrated against legislation that would give the right-wing government new power to fire or fine judges whose rulings officials don’t like.
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Five Questions: Wicked Whoopies owner Amy Bouchard
The president and founder of the business talks about being ready for luck.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville board to consider approving 8-man football
The Waterville Board of Education on Monday also will interview a candidate for the board’s Ward 1 seat, which was vacated when Sara Sylvester resigned.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
2 U.S. troops killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
2 were killed and 2 others injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.
Posted inNation & World
Storms sweep across South, into Midwest; death toll rises to 11
High winds and unrelenting rain knocked out power all across the South.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Analysis: New questions rise as Iran says it downed plane
Iran’s acknowledgement that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner, killing 176 people, raises new challenges for the Islamic Republic.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Three arrested following standoff on Walnut Street in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Three people were arrested Saturday following an apparent early morning standoff that drew a large contingent of local and State Police to an apartment building on Walnut Street, according to Lt. David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department. St. Pierre said Benjamin Alan Brown, 28, of East Boston, Massachusetts was charged with […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: A lot is riding on the 2020 census
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Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 11
Jan. 11, 1839: Sculptor Franklin Simmons, whose public artworks include the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow statue and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Portland and the Soldiers’ Monument in Lewiston, is born in a part of Lisbon that later becomes the town of Sabattus. Simmons, who is raised in Bath and Lewiston, starts out making sculpture models […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: CMP project will limit area’s options
While the claim that the proposed power line would destroy “pristine wilderness” may be exaggerated, the potential impact on Maine’s natural resources is not.