Kenneth Bragdon, 42, was using a tractor to haul trees when one tree snagged and flipped the vehicle.
2015
The Right View: 2015 could be the year of the Maine conservative
Happy New Year! What better way to ring in 2015 than to highlight the bright spots conservatives the state over can hopefully, as well as assuredly, anticipate. We’re a year closer to President Obama’s exit from our national stage. Thank God. I’m choosing to focus on that, rather than the havoc he will try to […]
Maine spent $53,000 in failed effort to trim Medicaid rolls
Gov. Paul LePage hired outside lawyers after the Maine attorney general declined to argue the case, saying it lacked legal merit.
Falmouth man pleads guilty to murder for fatally shooting mother
Andrew Leighton, 48, is sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing Shirley Leighton in 2013.
Letter: Columnist displays selective news judgment
In Julie McDonald-Smith’s last column, she declared that the “news media has lost credibility, and is firmly in the tank for all things progressive, and simply cannot be trusted to report the news.” This appears six paragraphs after she quotes an article from the Bangor Daily News with which she apparently agrees. Assuming that McDonald-Smith […]
Intentionally Unreasonable: We are the new barbarians
The Roman Empire was a brutal era that featured gladiators who routinely fought slaves, other gladiators and wild animals, usually to the death, while thousands of people cheered. The floor of the Roman Coliseum was a pool of blood by the end of each event. The Romans were sadistic and barbaric thugs who assigned little […]
Land deal protects nearly 5,800 acres in Franklin County
The deal, which was finalized recently between The Trust for Public Land and Linkletter Timberlands, provides public access for recreation – including on two ITS snowmobile trails – while maintaining the land as a working forest.
‘Real Housewives’ star makes prison her new home
Teresa Giudice pleaded guilty last year to a federal indictment and is serving a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.
Brewery says Gandhi robot on beer can was intended as homage
Critics complain that depicting Gandhi, who is revered for leading India to independence through nonviolence, as something comparable to a robot ‘boggles the mind.’
Letter: Don't buy the claim that tax cuts create jobs
Conventional wisdom claims cutting job creators’ personal income tax rates creates jobs. Not true. Businesses small and large are motivated to derive income and create profits. Employees are a cost item. In 35 years of corporate management experience and as a former owner of a small business, never were my decisions based on how to […]