2011
Lisbon gift basket winner announced
The Lisbon Promotions Committee announced that Jennifer Libby of Lisbon Falls won a basket of gift certificates and merchandise provided by downtown businesses as part of the committee’s Very Merry Main Street event Dec. 3 in Lisbon Falls. Libby won the gift basket, worth an estimated $500, after a drawing from nearly 70 entries submitted […]
FREEPORT POLICE
Arrests Malcolm Duncan McIntosh, 32, of 92 Fernald Road, Freeport, Dec. 9, 2:06 p.m., charged on a Lisbon Police Department warrant for operating with a suspended license, on Lambert Road. Brian M. Sullivan, 26, of 60 Bow St., Dec. 10, 10:45 a.m., charged with operating while license suspended or revoked and on a Topsham Police […]
Military Update
Congress is about to elevate the position of chief of the National Guard Bureau to full membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joining the JSC chairman, vice chairman and four service branch chiefs as top military advisers to the president and his national security team. It’s a controversial bump in power and prestige that […]
Army suspends female drill sergeant leader
COLUMBIA, S. C. ( AP) — The Army has suspended the first woman to lead its drill sergeant school while it investigates an undisclosed personnel matter, the service said Thursday. A spokesman for the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command said Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King remains commandant of the school at Fort Jackson, near Columbia, […]
BRIEFS
Lewiston company to add up to 50 jobs LEWISTON (AP) — A customer service and marketing company in Lewiston plans to expand and add up to 50 jobs. Argo Marketing Group says it has acquired the former GCS call center in Pittsfield and plans to hire 20 customer care agents immediately, followed by 30 more […]
LePage defends Medicaid cuts
AUGUSTA ( AP) — As speaker after speaker pleaded with lawmakers to preserve Medicaid services targeted for cuts, Gov. Paul LePage defended his effort to address a projected $221 million shortfall and told news reporters Thursday he will not walk away from the problem of overspending. His proposal to chop expenses could leave 65,000 Mainers […]
BRIEFS
Maker of blowout preventer settles NEW ORLEANS ( AP) — Cameron International, the maker of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer that failed to stop last year’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $ 250 million to BP under a legal settlement, BP said today. BP said it was “ […]
Mars probe will crash in January
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth’s orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will pose no danger of contamination, the Russian space agency said today. Between 20 and 30 fragments of the probe with a total […]