The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in conjunction with the Town of Jackman will hold the annual moose lottery at the Jackman Town Office this Saturday, June 11. Starting at 2:00 pm, the names of the winners will be read. Since 1999, the Department has rotated the lottery location throughout the state. Prior to …
Monthly Archives: June 2022
One confirmed dead, multiple injured in separate climbing incidents at California’s Mount Shasta
Authorities confirmed that one climber is dead, and several others were injured in separate incidents on Northern California’s Mount Shasta on Monday during “very tough conditions”. Mount Shasta is a potentially active volcano and a major peak of the Cascade Range. It has an elevation of 14,179 feet. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said rescuers …
Matthew McConaughey speaks at White House briefing, makes plea to leaders for gun reform
Uvalde, Texas native Matthew McConaughey visited the White House on Tuesday, and emotionally urged leaders to make the loss of 19 children and two teachers in last month’s mass school shooting “matter” by enacting stricter gun laws. McConaughey said during the White House briefing: “So I am here today in the hopes of applying what …
Matthew McConaughey speaks at White House briefing, makes plea to leaders for gun reform
Uvalde, Texas native Matthew McConaughey visited the White House on Tuesday, and emotionally urged leaders to make the loss of 19 children and two teachers in last month’s mass school shooting “matter” by enacting stricter gun laws. McConaughey said during the White House briefing: “So I am here today in the hopes of applying what …
Take a look at the first teaser for ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
Lionsgate Films has released a 90-second teaser for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The preview shows a snowy landscape where frozen, golden birds and snakes appear to be defrosting, and the words “In 2023, the world will discover who is a songbird and who is a snake,” appear on the screen …
First Rule of Being a Criminal: Learn to Spell
Holden Police recently posted a warning to criminals and offered some great advice. “If you plan on trying to fool the police with your fake inspection sticker, how about at least spelling all the words correctly?” Needless to say the driver who attempted to pass off a fake inspection sticker, with “vehicle” spelled incorrectly, will …
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Lewiston Toddler Overdoses; Mother Charged
Khadija Aden, 20, of Lewiston has been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Lewiston Police say her 18-month-old son ingested heroin/fentanyl and had to be revived with Narcan. Police went to Knox St. in Lewiston, Sunday evening, June 5, for a report a toddler who was unconscious. They found the boy …
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Maine International Film Festival to Honor Debra Winger
The Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) will present its annual Mid-Life Achievement Award to actor Debra Winger at a special ceremony held at the Waterville Opera House on Friday, July 15, following a special 35mm screening of “A Dangerous Woman,” for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Best known as an Academy Award nominee …
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Missing Norridgewock Man
The Bangor Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for Graham Lacher, 37, of Norridgewock who was last seen Monday, June 6, walking away from the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor. Lacher was a voluntary patient but is now considered involuntary. A K9 track was attempted that ended in the area of Eastern Maine …
Elon Musk threatens to cancel buyout of Twitter after accusing the company of hiding information on spam and fake accounts
Elon Musk threatened to cancel his purchase of Twitter on Monday, accusing the social media platform of breaching the merger agreement by not providing the data he has requested on spam and fake accounts. Musk alleged in a letter written to Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s head of legal, policy and trust, that Twitter is “actively resisting …