April 12, 2013 There is nothing like comfort food. That usually means something tasty but not really healthy for you. I tried for the first time last night a cooking for guys: stove top shepherd's pie. As you'll see, I didn't really think this all the way through!
April 12, 2013 The National Rifle Association is sponsoring a NASCAR race this Saturday night at the Texas Motor Speedway. U.S.Senator Chris Murphy, a democrat from Connecticut, has written Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News Corporation, which owns the channel Fox Sports where that race will be broadcast.
April 11, 2013 With spring here, motorcycles are coming out of hibernation in Maine. The Maine state Senate voted 26-7 against a bill that would have required motorcycle riders to wear helmets while riding on Maine roads.
April 11, 2013 They are almost halfway through the top ten on American Idol, four have been sent home and one more will be tonight. So far, I have correctly predicted who will be going home 3 out of 4 weeks! Here's the recap from last night's show.
April 10, 2013 The final brands of Hostess have been sold after a U.S.Bankruptcy Court judge in New York approved two deals. McKee Foods, who make Little Debbie snack cakes, is buying the Drakes Cakes for $27.5 million dollars. That means Devil Dogs, Ring Dings, Yankee Doodles are coming back!
April 10, 2013 Riding the rails, that's what many Mainers have done over the past year. The ridership on the Amtrak's Downeaster Boston-to-Maine passenger train continues to grow.
April 9, 2013 The Lewiston School Committee voted unanimously Monday night on the school budget that would increase property taxes 5.4 percent. That would translate for a home valued at $150,000 in Lewiston to a tax increase of $72.
April 9, 2013 It's been almost two weeks since I had my last drink of diet soda. Let me backtrack a little on why I am trying to stop drinking diet soda, actually soda all together. About a year ago, my weight loss had got to its low point. I had dropped over 70 pounds and was feeling good.
April 8, 2013 Franklin Country residents are planning a demonstration this Wednesday, April 10 to get their jail back. The residents want the jail to return to full operational status, instead of the 72-hour holding facility the state has turned it into, as part of the state's consolidation of the county jail system.
April 8, 2013
Maine drivers are filling up for less this week, as gas prices in the Pine Tree State have dropped nearly six cents, to an average of $3.63 a gallon. That's a drop of almost 15 cents per gallon from a month ago and 33 cents lower a gallon than this same time last year.
