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.
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COMMENTARY: Bachmann hopes high jobless rate raises her chances for presidency
When Michele Bachmann was asked during a television interview last week whether she thought higher unemployment would increase her chances of winning the presidency, she gave an unexpectedly candid reply: “I hope so.”
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GOLF: Clark, Glover lead tight British Open
SANDWICH, England (AP) — Darren Clarke marched along bumpy fairways on a wild ride at Royal St. George’s that was filled with blunders and brilliance, and one final birdie that brought the kind of ovation he had not heard in a decade at the British Open.
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MAINE COMPASS: Elected sunshine patriots look past debt crisis abyss
On a warm Fourth of July afternoon, thoughts bubbled up about the American way of life, the independence we usually take for granted, and the rarely considered costs of all those freedoms.