Nearly 60 world leaders who gathered today in Seoul for a nuclear security summit agreed to work on securing and accounting for all nuclear material by 2014.
2012
Police arrest 5 linked to alleged Maine meth lab
Seth Hinkley of Strong; Joshua Bartlett of New Portland; David Coffren of Kingfield; Charity Haines Christopher of Farmington; and Isaac Moody of West Farmington face charges ranging from drug trafficking to arson.
Wind may delay dismantling of NH-Maine bridge
A float-out of an 800-ton section is planned by the end of the week, but the strong winds may interfere.
Military academies hold first gay pride events
Cadets in uniform at Norwich University, the nation’s oldest private military academy, participate in sessions about handling bullying and harassment as part of the school’s first gay pride week.
FBI says man stole identity of Microsoft co-founder
A federal criminal complaint says 28-year-old Brandon Lee Price called Citibank and changed the address on Paul Allen’s account from Seattle to one in Pittsburgh.
Maine’s 2011 wild blueberry harvest up slightly
The good news for farmers, however, was that the crop’s value was up 42 percent from 2010.
200 pigs die in blaze at Maine farm
The farm supplied pork products to about 70 Maine grocery stores.
Maine lawmaker to speak in support of Affordable Care
Sen. Margaret Craven of Lewiston says the Affordable Care Act puts the country on a path to “ending gender discrimination against women.”
Cumberland coffee
Grateful mom brews support for Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital BRUNSWICK — Five years ago, Cook’s Corner Cumberland Farms manager Jen Anderson had no explanation for her daughter’s intense stomach pain. Late one night, the worried mother drove her 15- year- old daughter from their Richmond home for a local checkup, but still there were no answers. […]
RSU 1 lists possible program cuts
BATH — Reducing the scope of the district’s pre-kindergarten program and eliminating foreign language instruction at Bath Middle School and Woolwich Central School are among $468,000 in cuts proposed by Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel as part of a 2012-13 budget that would trigger an average property tax rate increase of 2.51 percent for […]