For years, the Humane Society of the United States and United Egg Producers have been adversaries over the treatment of the 280 million egg-laying hens in the United States.
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FIELD HOCKEY: All-Star game, festival on tap
For the second straight year, the McNally Senior All-Star Field Hockey Game will be the centerpiece of the Maine Field Hockey Festival.
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AMERICAN LEGION ZONE 2: Changes abound at Legion tourney
The American Legion Zone 2 baseball tournament begins this morning in Augusta, and it’s a much different setup from the one last year.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital honored
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital was recently named among the nation’s most wired hospitals according to the results of the 2011 Most Wired Survey Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association.
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COMMENTARY: Supreme Court closes the door to justice on cases that should be heard
Has the Supreme Court lost faith in the American court system? That is a strange question to ask about the justices who sit at the top of the country’s judicial hierarchy.
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Benton announces website addition
BENTON — Benton officials recently announced the addition of a website for town-related information. The web address is www.bentonmaine.info.
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Man doing well after tractor accident
MADISON — A 69-year-old man whose right arm was severed and who suffered other severe injuries in a lawn tractor accident Wednesday afternoon was in stable condition at the hospital Friday, according to his daughter.
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Morning Sentinel police log: July 16, 2011
FARMINGTON — Police are investigating a burglary Friday morning on Philbrick Street, where more than $1,500 worth of electrical tools was stolen from a work site.
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Film festival fans return every year
WATERVILLE — Nancy Sanford is a great fan of the Maine International Film Festival.
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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SOCCER: Attention adds pressure for Americans
FRANKFURT, Germany — A week ago, there were so few people following the Americans they could hold their daily media sessions around a small table in their hotel lobby.