Hi Stephanie,
What logging framework do you have configured? This issue only arises on
certain configurations. Have a look at Romain's logging blog here:
http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/openejb-tomee-and-log-framework/
and try to find a workaround.
The SNAPSHOT should be online and may just be a temporary problem. Try
again, but just add it to your maven config and not download it directly.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId>
<artifactId>apache-tomee</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
However, the directory view on
https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/openejb/apache-tomee/1.6.1-SNAPSHOT/
is working (the actual archive links change with every build).
Andy.