Tag: Maine
Hundreds flee Maine floods
600 residents were evacuated from the Fort Kent area in Maine, as the local St. John River surged to record highs. Rain and melting snow was the culprit for the rise in more than 30 feet (5 feet above the flood...
Bomb threat evacuates Wal-Mart
The call happened Saturday 04/26/2008"BRUNSWICK — A bomb threat evacuated the Wal-Mart store in Brunswick this afternoon, and police want help from the public to find the perpetrator.The threat was received around 1 p.m. at the store at 15 Tibbbetts Drive, near Cooks...
6 million pounds of trash found on world's beaches
Earth Day is coming up on April 22--hopefully this disturbing statistic will be on people's minds."WASHINGTON - The world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of shoreline...
Florida Budget Cuts - The Grim Facts
" The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals has just published a report on the State of State...
Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression aga...
"Those who peer at children in public could find themselves on the wrong side of the law in Maine soon.A bill that passed the House last month aims to strengthen the crime of visual sexual aggression against children, according to state Rep. Dawn Hill, D-York."
Special Operations Intelligence Sergeant killed i...
"The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Nicholas A. Robertson, 27, of Old Town, Maine, died April 3 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical...
Is That a Guitar in Your Pants Or Are You Pleased...
Apparently this is not the first time a guitar has been stolen this way.I will try to find the video of this one. (Sorry can't find it)"LEWISTON, Maine - Police are searching for a man accused of shoving an...
The safest states in the US
For the fifteenth year in a row, CQ Press has announced their rankings for the safest and most-dangerous states. Not too many surprises, but I would like to know, what makes New Hampshire the safest...
Let them hallucinate: Salvia to be illegal
Salvia is the new weed, or so the journalists are saying. But salvia sounds a lot more, ahhh, interesting shall we say. A quick fix legal hallucinogen sounds ideal for those days which feel like they'll never end....
Combustible Dust Fires Occuring with Regularity
Another preventable combustible wood dust fire occurred in our nation's lumbering region in Pittsfield, Maine this morning at Hancock Lumber. Luckily no one was injured, only economic property damage and disruption to mill operations.
From the company's website, the...
Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney
There's a price on Bush's and Cheney's heads. Ok, well not exactly, but a rather unusual measure has been taken in parts of Vermont against the current President and his VP.Voters in the Vermont towns of Brattleboro...
'Practically Green' (in Chicago), Butte Creek and...
Since I started Tuesday is Green Day my focus has been on baby steps that each of us can take to improve things.It's only natural then for me to mention Practically Green written by Supriya Doshi who describes her experience as "Livin' the green life isn't easy--especially...
World's tallest snowman is a woman
The town of Bethel, Maine, has beaten a nine-year record for the world's largest snowman - or more specifically - snow person.
Monster Storm Coming
"A few snow showers will linger from Upstate New York to Maine Sunday while the remainder of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states enjoy a quiet end to the weekend with temperatures near early March averages. Highs...
The Royal Cornwall Show – A Charity? – For Wh...
Is the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association (Reg. Ch. No 250312), the organisation that runs the annual ' Royal 'Cornwall Show still, in this 21st Century, a forelock tugging non-egalitarian feudal relic, like the...
