WCSH:
With high prices, salmonella scares and other worries, more and more people are looking for food grown close to home. For Maine’s small farmers, the growing interest in local food could mean real growth for their business.
This is a great example of what Lew talks about in his essay today.
What is the government doing about the “salmonella scare”? Still investigating.
MDEA Director Roy McKinney reports that his agents made 360 drug arrests during the first six months of the year.
McKinney said 130 of those arrests involve cocaine and crack, and another 129 arrests were for prescription drugs.
360 arrests, including several detailed in the linked article. And not a single victim identified or even mentioned.
Russell Edward Coughlin, of 21 Peabody Pond Road, was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.
Coughlin had been on probation after being previously convicted of drug trafficking. A spot home visit by a parole officer on Wednesday night revealed that Coughlin was actively trafficking in narcotics, namely cocaine and marijuana, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities also seized money, drugs and a loaded firearm from his home.
No victim here either.