Russian state-owned news agencies earlier had said Russian radar had detected two ‘ballistic objects’ fired from the central Mediterranean toward the eastern part of the sea.
September 2013
Lewiston, Auburn to hold citizen police academies
The programs aim to offer instruction and information, but they don’t train participants to be police officers.
Two youths injured, one critically, in Shapleigh crash
Both occupants were injured and had to be extricated from the vehicle.
Hearings set for Maine scallop fishing proposals
The Department of Marine Resources is proposing that certain areas be open for fishing for limited times, and that other areas be closed altogether.
Rodman in North Korea to visit his ‘friend’ Kim
He says a purpose of his visit is to ‘show people around the world that we as Americans can actually get along with North Korea.’
Local & State Dispatches
Kennebunk family left homeless after fire starts in clothes dryer / ‘Duck Dynasty’ star making appearance at Maine school / Woman suffers fatal injuries in collision with shuttle bus . . . and more news from around the state.
S. Maine schools tackle chronic absenteeism, focus on parents
South Portland collaborates with other districts on tactics for reducing a problem that hurts student performance.
Maine girl, 12, rescues horses from slaughter
SUBMITTED VIDEO: The Arrival SUBMITTED VIDEO: Settling in at Triple J Farm BOWDOIN The horses were to go on the truck at 2 p.m., headed to slaughter from a Washington state “kill pen.” Meghan Murphy, a Cape Elizabeth 12- year-old, was online looking for a riding horse to lease, when she found a website called […]
The check’s in hand
BATH The state has paid the city $32,913 — a down payment to reimburse it for emissions work at an outdated city landfill in 2008. The city and 11 other municipalities have waited years for the state to pay for mandated environmental costs. Patricia Aho, state Department of Environmental Protection commissioner, announced the first payment […]
BDC loan put in focus
BRUNSWICK A local company recently received a favorable $247,000 loan from the Brunswick Development Corp., one of whose former directors is married to the company’s owner. The agreement — approved July 24 by the Brunswick Development Corp. Board of Directors — includes a promotional deal in which the town’s promotional logo is to appear on […]