NEW YORK A s a 20-something, Erin Turner feels she made all the right moves dating wise. She graduated from college and spent three and a half years with a boyfriend before they moved in together. Their cohabitation bliss lasted only eight months. “We broke up because when you live with someone, everything comes to […]
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Two emergency landings occur in Vt. SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. ( AP) — A Vermont airport responded to two emergency landings in one day Wednesday. A Delta flight carrying 33 passengers and three crew members from Detroit to Quebec landed safely Wednesday around 4 p. m. No injuries were reported. Joe Williams, a spokesman for regional […]
Citations issued in Maine
TREMONT (AP) — Federal officials have cited a Maine quarry owner and a blasting company for safety violations stemming from an errant blast that sent debris flying and pelted nearby homes with rocks. The Mine Safety and Health Administration tells the Bangor Daily News it has issued citations to quarry owner John Goodwin Jr. and […]
Syrian forces open fire on protesters
BEIRUT ( AP) — Syrian security forces opened fire today on tens of thousands of people protesting outside a mosque in a Damascus suburb, close to a municipal building that members of the Arab League monitoring mission were visiting. Activists said at least four people were killed in the shooting. The ongoing violence, and new […]
North Korea calls Kim Jong Un ‘supreme leader’
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s power brokers publicly declared Kim Jong Un the supreme leader for the first time at today’s massive public memorial for his father Kim Jong Il, cementing the family’s hold on power for another generation. The son, dubbed North Korea’s Great Successor, stood with his head bowed and somber […]
Odd notes, mad-dash trips mark Iowa closing sprint
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s GOP presidential contest remains deeply unsettled, if not downright strange, five days before the Jan. 3 caucus. Rep. Ron Paul, drawing big crowds, got a surprise endorsement Wednesday night from Rep. Michele Bachmann’s now-former state chairman. Former Sen. Rick Santorum, who has languished for months, suddenly seems to have […]
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Large searches end for missing toddler WATERVILLE (AP) — After a nearly two-week search for a 20-month-old girl who disappeared from her home, Maine wardens on Wednesday wrapped up work that involved combing woods, fields, private properties and waterways from the ground and air, Waterville police said. Police chief Joseph Massey said searches of many […]
Sagadahoc Co. sheriff’s logs
Arrests Randy Brewer, 20, of 145 New Meadows Road, West Bath, Dec. 20, 6:09 p.m., charged with violation of a protection from abuse order, on New Meadow Road. Sterling Brown Jr., 36, of 1330 Washington St., Bath, Dec. 19, 4:49 p.m., charged on a warrant for four charges of telephone harassment, at the sheriff ’s […]
Topsham Police Logs
Arrests Jeff A. Bernier, 36, of 385 Keay Road, Sabattus, Dec. 11, 1:27 a.m., charged on a Sagadahoc County Superior Court warrant for failure to appear, on Main Street. Breanna Jean Lemieux, 19, of 510 Lincoln St., Lewiston, Dec. 8, 3:25 p.m., charged with theft, at Renys at 65 Topsham Fair Mall Road. Kenneth N. […]
Police remove upset girl from bridge
BATH Bath police took a 14-yearold Arrowsic girl to Sweetser for mental health evaluation Wednesday evening after finding her distraught on the Sagadahoc Bridge. Two of the girl’s friends called police just after 6 p.m. Wednesday to report that she was upset and crying, and they were worried that she might jump off the bridge, […]