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Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

By The Associated Press on Jan 02, 2022 09:38 am
Members of the panel will start to reveal their findings against the backdrop of the former president and his allies’ persistent efforts to whitewash the riots and reject suggestions that he helped instigate them.
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New year brings more canceled flights for air travelers

By The Associated Press on Jan 02, 2022 09:23 am
Saturday was the highest single-day U.S. toll yet since just before Christmas, when airlines began blaming staffing shortages on increasing COVID-19 infections among crews.
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New analysis highlights warming atop Mount Washington

By The Associated Press on Jan 02, 2022 09:00 am
Recent data show that statistically significant warming is in fact taking place at both Mount Washington's summit and Pinkham Notch.
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Woman dies in Chelsea home fire

By Rosemary Lausier on Jan 02, 2022 07:57 am
A 95-year-old woman died in a fire on Saturday at her home on Cheney Road in Chelsea.
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Court to decide if Janet Mills violated prisoners’ rights when she cut off their unemployment

By Judy Harrison on Jan 02, 2022 01:00 am
Marc Sparks, 36, of Bucksport was one of 53 prisoners who received nearly $200,000 in unemployment benefits because they had been laid off from work release programs as the state shut down in 2020.
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Auntie Em actress from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ was a Maine ship captain’s daughter born at sea

By Abigail Curtis on Jan 02, 2022 01:00 am
Her father, Captain Isaac B. Dickey, was the master of the bark Willard Mudgett. The ship, built in 1874, was one of more than 200 brigs, schooners, barks and sloops constructed in Stockton Springs during the mid-1800s.
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Colorado fire victims begin new year surveying destruction

By The Associated Press on Jan 01, 2022 12:13 pm
At least 6 inches (1.8 meters) of snow and temperatures in the single digits cast an eerie scene Saturday amid the still-smoldering remains of homes destroyed in Thursday's wildfire that raced through a suburban area that lies between Denver and Boulder. Despite the shocking change in weather, the smell of smoke still permeated empty streets blocked off by National Guard troops in Humvees.
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