The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police says Michael Zehaf-Bibeau may have attacked Parliament because he couldn’t get a passport.
October 2014
Posted inNews, Politics
$1.6 million spent on TV ads for bear-hunt ballot question
Overall, groups have spent about $1.50 on the ads for every one Maine voter.
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Posted inMaine, News
Maine man’s ashes launched into space
A vial of C.J. Twomey’s ashes were aboard a rocket that blasted off in the New Mexico desert Thursday morning.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Link
Horrors! On the screen, on the stage and on the streets
The Saco Drive-In offers four nights of scary stories and the Star Theater in Kittery serves up ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ in honor of Halloween. Read about these and other great weekend activities in MaineToday Magazine.
Posted inHealth, News
Urging calm, Maine Med displays Ebola readiness
The hospital is adding isolation rooms to handle infectious diseases and tightening procedures to ensure the safety of workers and the public.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Race for pivotal Maine Senate seat draws heavy attention
Republican Amy Volk challenges Democrat Jim Boyle in a close race in District 30 that has attracted unprecedented spending.
Posted inNation & World
Blackwater guards convicted, detained
A federal judge deems the four men a flight risk due to the long sentences they face for atrocities in Iraq.
Posted inBusiness, News
Police get calls over ‘aggressive’ FairPoint pickets
One union admits that strikers are following replacement technicians to job sites, but denies harassment. A customer claims otherwise.
Posted inNation & World
Nation Dispatches
WASHINGTON White House fence jumper immediately apprehended The Secret Service has apprehended a man who jumped over the White House fence. This latest incident comes about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion before he was stopped in the East Room. […]
Posted inSports, Steve Solloway
There’s little about the NFL that makes sense in 2014
Who wins? Who loses? Who knows? That’s how the season has gone.