I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro
Christmas morning coming up. Shaina good morning, everyone. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. 25. Merry christmas, everyone. A lot of people were very excited to see the snowfall yesterday and it might stick around in some areas. Jason i think it will, with the almost 10 inches. We will continue to see that linger on the ground as we have temperatures will help to melt some of it. It will be hard to get rid of all of it. Fog today because of low level moisture and disabilities to the central portions of the state around the quartermile range. A halfmile in ottoman. If you are headed out and about, note that it could be a little bit slick and disabilities could be down disabilities could be down. Cloud cover lingering and a system off to the southwest but snow cover a cousin that but there could be one to two inch totals on northwestern edges of the state. A bit of a mixed bag of precipitation and light rain into south and central portions of the state. Plan on cloud c
If you are driving this morning, give yourself a little bit of extra time because it could be difficult to see some spots. We will eventually clear the fog out by the 8 00 or 9 00 timeframe. Shaina thank you, jason. The snow on thursday meant a lot of traffic headaches but for many people it also meant the christmas they had been hoping for. Kccis vanessa peng shows us how iowans feel about snow on Christmas Eve. Vanessa just like the ones iowans used to know. It just wouldnt be christmas without snow. Vanessa Mother Nature brought what many had been dreaming of. I think its beautiful. I expect to see snow around this time of year. Vanessa so far this winter, its been relatively mild. When i saw the snow i was like its about time. Vanessa some iowans cant imagine celebrating a green christmas. Its the tradition i mean you think of snow you think of you think of presents you think of family. Vanessa others will take green or white. I would have enjoyed it either way im on the fence abou
Sierra Club Maine in partnership with the Nez Perce tribe of Idaho, Wabanaki Alliance and the Penobscot Indian Nation will host a screening of the documentary “Covenant of the Salmon People” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Brunswick High School’s Crooker Theater in Brunswick. There will be a second screening in Bangor on April […]
The state has limited deepwater options to build a port that can accommodate the huge components of floating offshore wind arrays planned for the Gulf of Maine.