SOUTH PORTLAND — When City Councilors discussed their potentially illegal health care insurance benefit in November, a majority of them told residents that if they had a problem with the benefit they should take action to get it changed themselves. Now those residents have done just that. During a council meeting Monday, councilors were presented […]
2011
Scarborough rejects plan to limit shellfish licenses
SCARBOROUGH — For the second year in a row, councilors rejected a plan from the town’s Shellfish Committee that would have reduced the number of recreational shellfish licenses sold by the town. “I think this was likely changed for the wrong reasons,” said Council Chairman Ron Ahlquist. The committee had proposed the number of residential […]
ON THE RIGHT LANE – An accident waiting to happen
Since I don’t want to discuss politics just before Christmas, I will touch on another subject that most of us run into every day and that’s bad drivers. Unfortunately, some of us have literally been run into by those same bad drivers. What I find somewhat amusing is what groups get the blame for being […]
Scarborough's canning king, Harold Snow, left legacy in Pine Point
SCARBOROUGH — Of all the lasting memories, when Ariana Bratt remembers her grandfather, she says she’ll think of his giant hands. “He built so much with those huge hands,” she said. Bratt’s grandfather, Harold Snow, was always building, always tinkering, she said. His mechanical mind left an indelible mark on Scarborough, in the memory of […]
Investment group to buy Chicago Sun-Times
A new investment group led by a Chicago entrepreneur and a former Newsday media executive has agreed to buy Sun-Times Media Holdings, the company that owns the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Bucksport student accused of online threats
An 18-year-old high school student is facing charges of stalking and threatening a teenage girl online.
Americans frustrated by congressional stalemates
Around the country, people of different backgrounds, incomes and political leanings say they’re angry and downright disgusted by the posturing in Washington.
McCain: Republican stance on payroll tax a mistake
Sen. John McCain says Congress’ failure to reach agreement on legislation extending a payroll tax cut for working Americans “hurts the Republican Party.”
3 dead in three separate fatal crashes
The three accidents Wednesday happened during a day of snow and freezing rain, but investigators did not immediately blame weather conditions.
Maine’s highest court dismisses suit against sheriff
In an unusual case, Washington County sheriff Donnie Smith was sued for slander by an agent from Drug Enforcement Agency. The supreme court upheld a lower court’s ruling.