Gov. LePage still has to deal with about half of the 70 bills that were sent to him in the closing days the 2011 session.
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Police Log
Augusta Tuesday At 4:39 p.m., there was an accident at the intersection of Gage Street and Memorial Drive. 5:37 p.m., there was a report of disorderly conduct on Eastern Avenue. 6:20 p.m., there was an accident on Memorial Circle. 6:31 p.m., there was a domestic disturbance on Green Street. 7:31 p.m., there was a shoplifting […]
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British tabloid shutting downamid fury over hacking
The Murdoch media empire unexpectedly jettisoned the News of the World today, the best-selling tabloid at the center of an ugly phone hacking scandal.
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More than 1,000 without power in Kennebec County
More than 1,000 Central Maine Power customers in Kennebec County remained without power Thursday morning after powerful storms blew through the area. CMP Spokeswoman Gail Rice said the company was still trying to restore electricity to 1,028 customers in Kennebec County as well as 761 customers in Franklin County and 298 in Somerset County. A […]
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Waterville police blotter July 7
The Waterville Police Department reported the following activity July 6-7:
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Casey Anthony to be free next Wednesday
The judge gives her credit for the time she has already served and her good behavior,
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US Vets’ Admin to provide care in Caribou
Washington — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen the Cary Medical Center in Caribou as one of five pilot locations nationwide for a program dubbed Project ARCH, for Access Received Closer to Home. The VA hospital in Togus will oversee the Caribou site. Maine lawmakers lauded the announcement, with Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd, […]
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Navy change of command in Bath
Capt. Robert A. Crowe relieves Capt. Dean M. Krestos as supervisor of shipbuilding.
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Swan’s Island gets new library
SWAN’S ISLAND — A new library is opening on Swan’s Island three years after lightning destroyed the old one. The old library on the eastern Maine island burned to the ground after being struck by lightning in July 2008. The building had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new 3,500-square-foot library […]