Rise in rural Maine burglaries linked to drug abuse
If 150 people were shot and killed in Maine this year, the public outrage would ripple from Kittery to Fort Kent, Maine’s top public safety official said Wednesday. So why isn’t there more concern that the same number of people died last year from drug overdoses, Commissioner Anne Jordan asked.
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From homeless to hopeful
Oscar Flores gets a kiss from his granddaughter, Emma, 4, outside his Morgan Hill apartment Saturday. St. Joseph’s Family Center set him up with the home in April 2009. Photo by: Lora Schraft Linda Bird moved to Gilroy 25 years ago and has been homeless ever since. “I’ve slept under every bridge there is in this town,” Bird said. “And every park, and every tree.” Her hair pulled back into an …
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Ex-bullying victim speaking out
When she is addressing students about bullying, Jennifer Hoyt Huerth of Hampden asks them to take a good look at her, and asks them how they believe she might have been perceived when she was in high school. “Was I athletic? Was I popular?”
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