BRUNSWICK — A candle caused a two alarm fire that heavily damaged a home at 156 McKeen St. on Wednesday afternoon, according to fire investigators. The fire was reported at 1:59 p.m. Wednesday, according to Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant, who said crews finally cleared the scene at around 4:20 p.m. Brillant said neither of the […]
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Fire heavily damages Brunswick home
BRUNSWICK — A two-alarm fire at a two-story home at 156 McKeen St. remains under investigation tonight. The fire was reported at 1:59 p.m., according to Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant, who said crews finally cleared the scene at around 4:20 p.m. Brillant said neither of the home’s occupants, Tammy Paulmiter, and Bob Babbitt, were home […]
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Former Navy plane stops in Brunswick for repairs
BRUNSWICK — More than two years after the last U.S. Navy P3 Orion surveillance plan flew out of Brunswick Naval Air Station in anticipation of the May 2011 base decommissioning, Mid-coast area residents heard the familiar propellor roar of a former submarine chaser as it passed over Route 1 late last week. A former Navy plane, […]
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UK lawmakers question military capabilities
LONDON Britain would struggle to mount another operation on the scale of its intervention in Libya because of deep defense cuts, a report from lawmakers warned today. The Libya campaign, which led to the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi, was successful and justified but had raised “important questions” about the extent of the U.K. military’s capabilities, […]
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Russian scientists finally reach lake under Antarctica
MOSCOW ( AP) — After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years — a lake that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets. […]
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Shuttle astronaut dies of cancer at 55
HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Janice Voss, who first worked for the space agency as a teenager and flew five shuttle missions in seven years, has died. She was 55. The agency said in a statement Tuesday that Voss died overnight after a battle with cancer. A native of South Bend, Ind., Voss started with […]
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Last WWI veteran dies at 110
Florence Green, who was believed to have been the last living veteran of World War I, died in England on Saturday, two weeks shy of her 111th birthday. Green, under her maiden name, Florence Patterson, joined the Britain’s Royal Air Force shortly before war’s end and worked in an officer’s mess on the homefront. Her […]
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2 vehicles collide in India, killing 23
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 23 members of a wedding party have been killed after their bus collided with a truck in northern India. Police spokesman Surendra Srivastava says 36 other passengers were injured in the pre- dawn crash today in Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh state. Srivastava says the impact of the head-on […]
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Canada, China sign energy agreement
BEIJING ( AP) — Canada and China have signed agreements to boost bilateral investment and promote energy exports to China as Ottawa seeks to diversify its oil sales. The agreements were signed today during the first full day of a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper wants to push oil sales and closer […]
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L.A. school district hopes to restore trust with shake-up
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The move by school district administrators to replace the entire staff at an elementary school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims was a bold step to restore parents’ badly shaken confidence at the school, but it has been met with mixed feelings. Some parents applauded the decision, but others protested the […]