WISCASSET (BDN) — A Dresden couple will serve time in prison for their roles in a New York-to-Wiscasset heroin ring that police broke up in the summer of 2013. Travis Crowley, 32, and Carol Crowley, 26, both formerly of Wiscasset, each pleaded guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court to one count of trafficking in scheduled […]
May 2014
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Fliers draw attention to missing toddler
PORTLAND (AP) — The grandfather of missing Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds is posting fliers to draw attention to the case. Ron Reynolds of Portland says he wants to remind people the disappearance remains unresolved and that the family wants her home. The posters have a photo the youngster and the three adults who were in […]
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Teens deny torturing kitten
PORTLAND (AP) — Two teenage girls have denied felony animal cruelty charges for allegedly putting an 8-week-old kitten in a microwave and turning it on. The South Portland girls, who were 15 when they were charged in September, told a judge Thursday that they understood the charges and entered the juvenile equivalent of an adult […]
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Workers of the world
The GOP in the Senate derailed the push to advance the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, including a no vote by Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins, despite her public chatter about wanting to raise the minimum wage. Republicans said the amount is too much, and could cause the loss of half a million jobs across […]
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Mitchell’s wise advice for Middle East
After former Sen. George Mitchell ended his role as Middle East mediator, he told a Maine audience the failure of Israel and the Palestinians to sign a peace agreement was yielding increasingly negative prospects for both of them. The Palestinians were losing territory, he said, and Israel was losing friends. In 1947, the United Nations […]
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It’s only a million
It’s sad what a million dollars has fallen to. I have been thinking about this recently, ever since The Times had an article about Jeb Bush’s scramble to make up for the fact that he left the governorship of Florida with a net worth of only $1.3 million. I have to admit, I was surprised […]
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Union label?
To the Editor: Three cheers for the unions at BIW that have endorsed Sen. Susan Collins for a fourth term. After all, she has protected their jobs from the get go, supporting every military expenditure for the Navy. But the bravos shouldn’t stop at what she has done for BIW. Think of all the wonderful […]
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Support the Chocolate Church
To the Editor: The Chocolate Church is the central landmark of my Bath childhood. When I see its unique velvety profile coming over the hill on Washington Street and its elegant, heavy-doored entryway I am filled with good memories. Do you remember your first visit to the Chocolate Church? My first stage experience was in […]
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Youth convention coincides with canonization of popes
ROCKPORT — With a theme of “Lights, Camera, Action!” featuring a red carpet event that included a banquet dinner and dancing, the 2014 Catholic Youth Convention had a Hollywood feel as roughly 250 Catholic teenagers from around Maine gathered at Samoset Resort on April 25-27. By a twist of fate, the celebrities in the spotlight […]