PASADENA, Calif. In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet’s past. Cheers and applause echoed through the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory late Sunday after the most […]

OAK CREEK, Wis. As worshippers prayed and meditated at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Sunday morning, about a dozen women were preparing food in the temple kitchen for a meal after services which are open to community members, regardless of religious affiliation. Then the shooting started, sending terrified congregants scrambling for cover. When the […]

RICHMOND A microburst of some kind hit a home at 12 Tallman St. in Richmond Friday night, uprooting a tree, which tipped over and landed on the house, its branches enveloping two vehicles in the driveway. Sandy Dzyak and Alex Mac- Donald rent the home. Standing outside the house Friday around 8 p.m., Dzyak said […]

HARPSWELL Cundy’s Harbor Days kicked off Friday at the Cundy’s Harbor Library with a free gelato social. Gelato Fiasco of Brunswick offered three flavors for anyone who wanted a taste of the frozen delights. An hour later, nearly 40 people showed up at Community Hall to participate in a square dance. Early Saturday, the second […]

WOOLWICH The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department reports that the principal of Woolwich Central School on Nequasset Road found several window screens punctured on the north side of the building and reported the vandalism to police Thursday morning. Chief Deputy Brett Strout said no entry was made into the school, however. The screens appeared to […]

WEST BATH A Georgia women was unharmed after striking a moose while driving on State Road in West Bath on Friday night. The crash was reported at 9:40 p.m. Chief Deputy Brett Strout of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department said 22-year-old Meghan Daniels of Alma, Ga., was driving a 1994 Buick south on State […]