FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A homemade wind chime with the word “Whining” under a red slash is made from metal parts put in his leg after a parachute accident. Every Sunday he trims his crew cut. He didn’t join the Army willingly, but as Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Mellinger prepares to retire, he’s grateful he found his calling.
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Lobster rising as gourmet comfort food
PORTLAND — Macaroni and cheese and pot pies may conjure up images of grandma’s kitchen. But those traditional dishes these days are being combined with the king of seafood and transformed into value-added lobster dishes that some are calling gourmet comfort food.
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Police want DNA; lawyers want answers
FARMINGTON — Known violent criminals are being asked to give DNA samples to prove they are not the person who fatally stabbed an 81-year-old woman in her Farmington apartment, according to a Lewiston attorney.
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Lobster sellers fishing new waters
PORTLAND — Macaroni and cheese and pot pies may conjure up images of grandma’s kitchen. But those traditional dishes these days are being combined with the king of seafood and transformed into value-added lobster dishes that some are calling gourmet comfort food.
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Remembering the Maine men who helped save the Union
CORNVILLE — On July 4, 1863, Lt. Edwin Barlow Dow, commander of the 6th Maine Artillery Battery, rode across the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg, Pa., where on the previous three days the most famous and most important battle of the Civil War had raged.
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Maine organizations receive funding
BANGOR — The Western Maine Community Action in East Wilton will receive a $175,105 grant to help the Maine’s Community Action Agencies and the Keeping Seniors at Home partnership network.
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Moscow accident results in severe foot injury
MOSCOW — A man suffered a severe foot fracture and was flown to the hospital on Friday after he crashed his ATV on Stream Road.
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Morning Sentinel police log: July 4, 2011
IN CLINTON, Saturday at 8:30 p.m., a vehicle crash was reported on I-95.
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Area Independence Day events
Celebrate America’s Independence at Old Fort Western, 1-6 p.m.; 1 p.m. public tours; 4 p.m. Fourth of July Parade starting at the Capitol Parking Lot. Traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence followed by the replacing of the British colors with the “new” American flag. Then the cannon will be fired with lots of rousing cheers and well wishes for this wonderful country. This ceremony was first performed in 1776 and has been re-enacted at Fort Western for over 50 years.
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AUTO RACING: Burnham drivers pick up pair of wins at Unity
Burnham and Late Models equaled victories on Saturday night at Unity Raceway: Brian Whitney of Burnham won the 75-lap Late Model race, and Justin Drake of Burnham took first in the 40-lap Late Model Pro Four race.