Archive for January, 2008

His lottery ticket was a $1,000 winner, but police have seized it saying it was bought with proceeds from an illegal drug sale.  Michael David, who had been staying at an Ellsworth motel, sold four 10-milligram methadone pills for $15 each last week, Police Chief John Deleo said. He then went to a [...]

When Elizabeth Emerson confessed to a newspaper that her only real indulgence has been an occasional chocolate bar during her 87 years, she wasn’t prepared for the sweet response that followed.  The 87-year-old Emerson was featured in a New York Times story about the impact of soaring fuel prices, [...]