Judge orders woman to return library books

JoAn Karkos took out two copies of “It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health”, a sex education book for kids, late last year and refused to return them, saying, “I have been sufficiently horrified of the illustrations and sexually...

Fisherman hooks and lands a drowning man

" HALLOWELL, Maine — An angler used his fishing pole to reel in a man who survived a jump from a bridge and was drowning in the Kennebec River.   Bob Greene, 42, of Hallowell, said he heard what he thought was a cormorant making noise in the distance at 4:30 a.m....

It's 'Sheddar' Lobster Time, Buy Dad a Lobster Trap for Father's Day?

The fellows at Catch a piece of Maine taught me a thing or two about the not so secret life of lobsters via their Lobstermen Blog. In Warm weather, slow catch, and sunburns they educate us a bit on how "the warm temperatures help heat up the waters of the coastal harbors and...

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...

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...