Winthrop Kindergarten Mid Day Runs DUCK BUS: High St. 10:50; Bowdoin St 10:55; Memorial Drive 10:55 – 11:05; Bearce Rd to Maple Ridge 11:10 – 11:19; Stanley Rd 11:23; Metcalf Rd 11:23 – 11:30; Greenwood Ave 11:31; Hanson St 11:33; Green St 11:35. BUNNY BUS: Lakeview Daycare 10:50; Butter’s Hill 10:55; Rt 41 – Pottle’s […]

Your job search: Preparing your résumé and cover letter Regardless of your occupation, work history, or objective, you need a résumé in order to get a job. The handwritten application, in which you had to squeeze the required information into very small boxes, is largely out of use. Applying for a job today means submitting […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The King of Pop will be buried on what would have been his 51st birthday, a spokesman for Michael Jackson’s family said Tuesday. Jackson will be buried at a private ceremony at Forest Lawn-Glendale on Aug. 29, spokesman Ken Sunshine said in a statement. Guests will be limited to family and […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – The Fort Worth police chief says he’s revising his department’s bar inspection policies in the wake of a June raid on a gay bar that left one man hospitalized with a serious head injury. Chief Jeff Halstead gave a preliminary report on his department’s investigation to City Council members Tuesday. […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A Maryland lawmaker has apologized for using a police boat and helicopter to create a diversion so he could surprise his girlfriend with a marriage proposal. Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld told reporters Tuesday that Delegate Jon Cardin also offered to pay expenses from the incident. The department is investigating. Cardin, […]

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) – A Vermont man who accidentally shot his 17-year-old son to death while they were turkey hunting has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for a deferred three-year sentence. Kevin J. Kadamus shot his son as the two hunted in Wheelock, Vt., on the first day of turkey hunting […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional liberals are telling the Obama administration that a health overhaul bill cannot pass unless it includes a new government-run insurance option. The Congressional Progressive Caucus, made up of more than 80 liberal House members, wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing opposition to her weekend comments suggesting a […]

CINCINNATI (AP) – For the first time, the celebrity leading a massive, yearly dance in downtown Cincinnati will be a cartoon character. Homer Simpson – or someone dressed like the patriarch of TV’s popular cartoon family – will be out in front of what they call the World’s Largest Chicken Dance, part of the city’s […]

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) – A Southern California family got a slithery surprise when an 11-foot python turned up in their front yard. Francisco Delgadillo says he was chatting with his sister on their porch Sunday night in Lake Elsinore when he saw an enormous snake moving across the fenced yard. The first animal control […]

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) – Authorities say a man was driving to the Gillette police station to report his Ford Bronco was stolen when he spotted the vehicle and confronted the driver. The driver fled, but police arrested a 16-year-old boy a short time later on suspicion of larceny. His name wasn’t released. Police claim the […]