Mohandas Gandhi went to Yeravda Central Prison. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to Birmingham jail. Nelson Mandela went to Robben Island. Edward Snowden is going to Venezuela. Or not. His destination was up in the air as these words were written. A Russian lawmaker tweeted on Tuesday that Snowden, the fugitive former U.S. contractor, had […]
2013
Posted inMaine, News
Consumer agency to hold Maine event on debt collection
The federal agency was formed in 2010 and works to make consumer finance rules more effective by enforcing those rules and educating the public.
advertisement
Posted inAmerican Journal, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, Web
Freeport to study RSU withdrawal
FREEPORT – Freeport town councilors Tuesday said they will hire an independent consultant to study the consequences of the town withdrawing from Regional School Unit 5. The decision, discussed during what was billed as a workshop, will pave the way for an independent education consultant to work with town staff on a speculative school budget […]
Posted inMaine, News
Lewiston felon sentenced for possessing gun
Lewiston police spotted Daniel Fowler running and carrying what looked like a bag with a barrel of a gun sticking out of it last July.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Red Sox hit 5 homers to rally past Mariners 11-8
Boston hit five home runs Tuesday night, and the bullpen came through to beat Seattle.
Posted inNews, Sports
Red Sox hit 5 homers to rally past Mariners 11-8
Boston hit five home runs Tuesday night, and the bullpen came through to beat Seattle.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DIAMOND…IN THE ROUGH – Enjoying some costly entertainment
Just 30 minutes from North Windham, positioned unassumingly in a field across the road from a small farm, sits Maine’s newest house of gaming. The distinctive sign strategically placed beside Route 26 welcomes visitors and likely contributors to the Oxford Casino. Unlike the bright lights, towering buildings and flashing signs of Las Vegas, the comparatively […]
Posted inNews
Local & State Dispatches
Town official charged with threatening police officers / Teenager saved life of boy who fell in river / School bus carrying campers crashes … and more news from around the state.
Posted inTimes Record
Kroger expanding supermarket empire
The company buys the regional grocer Harris Teeter Supermarkets for $2.44 billion in cash.
Posted inTimes Record
New heights for Wiscasset photographer
WISCASSET Dave Cleaveland, owner of Maine Imaging, has partnered with international aerial stock photography company Latitude Image to create what principals say is the largest catalogued aerial coverage of New England online. The 3,000-plus image collection covers seascapes, landscapes and nature images from the tip of Maine to the edges of Connecticut. Spanning the nearly […]