There may some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman in the Texas school shooting, he says.
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Coal ash workers dying as lawsuit over illnesses drags on
Workers who cleaned up the 2008 Kingston, Tennessee, coal ash spill spent years working in conditions that they believe made them sick
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Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations up slightly but reflect downward trend
A total of 167 coronavirus patients were in hospitals statewide on Monday, four more than than the day before.
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Richmond man discovers long-lost graves of more than a dozen relatives
Ronald Emmons Jr. finds a cemetery behind a horse farm in Bowdoin containing graves of his relatives, and later locates a headstone for multiple relatives under a cedar bush at the Cotton Cemetery in Richmond.
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Biden visits memorial to victims of Texas school shooting
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are in Uvalde, Texas, trying to offer comfort to a city gripped by grief and anger after a school shooting
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COVID-19 hospitalizations down slightly in Maine
As new cases of the coronavirus ease in much of Maine, 166 people were in hospitals statewide with the illness on Saturday, two fewer than the day before.
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Some ferry runs to Vinalhaven canceled this weekend
The reduced service was prompted by a COVID-19 case coupled with an ongoing staffing shortage.
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RSU 9 addresses Texas school shooting
“There are no adequate words to express how those of us who either send our children to school or who have made working in schools our life’s work feel about what we witnessed in Texas yesterday,” Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Chris Elkington wrote.
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Farmington Rec completes first homeschool program
Begun in November last year, Farmington Parks and Recreation plans to offer the once a week program from September to May during the next school year.
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Farmington, Weld to observe Memorial Day
Chesterville and Wilton do not have events planned this year.