Community meal – Thursday, April 5, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. $4. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, April 7, 8-10 a.m., Windham Veterans Center, 795 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Sponsored by Global Harvest Outreach to benefit a youth mission trip to Montana. $5. Bean supper – Saturday, April 7, 5 and 6 p.m., Prides […]
2012
Rest of baseball catching up with big spenders
The New York Yankees, of course, remain baseball’s cash king. But teams like the Miami Marlins, Detroit, Texas, Los Angeles Angels and even the Tampa Bay Rays are catching up.
Gingrich’s think tank files for bankruptcy
The health-care think tank created by Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has upward of $10 million in debt.
Man gets 8 years for burglary of ex-mother-in-law
Michael Ruth, of Augusta, must also pay $20,000 in restitution for the burglary and theft at the home of his former mother-in-law.
Coca-Cola ends ties with conservative law writers
Coke had partnered with the the American Legislative Exchange Council to fight food taxes. But ALEC’s support of controversial conservative laws led to the soft-drink company ending the relationship.
Arundel man buys $1M scratch ticket in Biddeford
Emile Paul Raymond is the third million dollar winner so far in the new Maine Millionaire instant ticket game.
Firefighters battle wildfire, harsh terrain, in W. Maine
The five-acre fire in Gilead has been burning since Wednesday and firefighters are trying to contain it before this afternoon, when winds are expected to pick up.
Maine drug agents make bath salts arrests
An MDEA official says drug agents and police have disrupted an operation responsible for importing and distributing large quantities of the synthetic hallucinogen.
Obama, Romney: Masters golf club should admit women
The chairman of Augusta National this week said the club will decide for itself whom to allow in its ranks.
Warrant: Slain Vt. teacher severely beaten
A plow driver and his wife allegedly strangled and beat Melissa Jenkins, before throwing her naked body in a river.