FARMINGTON — Maine is failing its residents who live in poverty by not expanding Medicaid or investing in public health, putting up barriers to assistance and not always taking advantage of federal dollars that can be used to help the needy, a former state official said at a recent talk at the University of Maine […]
October 2018
U.S sanctions on Iran pressure Tehran’s regional allies
On Thursday President Trump signed legislation imposing new sanctions on Hezbollah.
Topsham woman who built 7-year bond recognized as ‘Big of the Year’ by Big Brothers Big Sisters Bath/Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Through her Cassie Smith’s seven-year odyssey through middle school, high school and now into college, she has had one woman who has been many things: a mentor, a sister, a second mother, and always, a best friend. Smith met Nancy Audet through Big Brothers Big Sisters Bath/Brunswick when Smith was just 11 years old. The women […]
Former Jay man accused of killing girlfriend enters insanity plea
FARMINGTON — A former Jay man charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend last year pleaded not criminally responsible by reason of insanity and waived a jury trial in Franklin County Superior Court on Thursday. James “Ted” Sweeney, 58, is accused of killing of Wendy Douglass, 51, while she slept at the house […]
Trump tweets his endorsement of Poliquin for Congress
President Trump used Twitter on Thursday to express his “full endorsement” of Maine’s 2nd District Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin. The president called Poliquin “a great congressman” in a late-afternoon statement on the social media site. “He is in a tough fight against a very liberal Nancy Pelosi Democrat,” Trump said, referring to Lewiston state […]
Yosemite rangers recover bodies of 2 who fell from overlook
A man and a woman fell from a popular overlook that has no railing, 3,000 feet above the valley floor.
Sex offender lurked for days before killing Utah student
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sex offender parolee who killed a University of Utah student and track athlete had been lurking on campus for days trying to confront the woman who had broken up with him weeks earlier when she discovered his criminal background, authorities said Thursday. Melvin Rowland, 37, spent the hours before […]
Roy L. Rike
Roy L. Rike, age 67, of 9 Oak St., Brunswick, died quietly in his sleep at his home on October 19, 2018. Roy was born in Toledo, Ohio, on February 4, 1951, to Elmer Roy Rike and Margaret Isabel Loxley Rike. He obtained a degree in history from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, […]
Sharon “Hoppy” Louise Probach
Freeport- Sharon “Hoppy” Louise Probach, 70, died Thursday, October 18, 2018 at Freeport Nursing and Rehab peacefully with Cheryl by her side. She was born in Kingfield on December 21, 1947, a daughter of Fred and Virginia (Hill) French. She graduated from Morse High School in the class of 1966. She received her CNA certification […]
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