The Maine Sheriff's Association's 'Manager of the Year' announced his candidacy for the office of Sheriff today. Chief Deputy Troy Morton is running for the post currently held by Sheriff Glenn Ross, who, earlier this month, announced his intent to retire at the end of the year. Ross is one of several sheriffs who have made the decision to retire.
The LePage administration on Friday released the much-anticipated "Alexander Report," which the governor claims shows widespread abuse of the state's welfare system.
A Greenpeace sea captain and his crew may be freed from a Russian jail cell before they get to trial. In a surprise move today, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that all 30 Greenpeace activists, including Peter Wilcox, 30, of Connecticut who is married to Maggy Wilcox of Isleboro, will apparently be freed...