It’s the first Little Egret recorded in Maine.
2011
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Crack offenders now eligible for early release
About 12,000 of the roughly 200,000 people incarcerated in federal prisons nationwide will be eligible to have their sentences reduced because of today’s vote. Thirty-four people in Maine will be eligible.
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Senate to work next week on debt limit impasse
The Senate had been scheduled to take a week’s break but instead will meet beginning Tuesday.
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SAD 61 budget up for second vote today
The $26.6 million budget is $262,000 less than the budget rejected in May.
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OOB town manager resigns
Town Manager Jack Turcotte will work through the end of July.
Posted inNews, Sports
Mainer Furbush to makefirst Major League start
Lefty Charlie Furbush of South Portland is scheduled to make his first Major League start for the Detroit Tigers Monday night against the Los Angeles Angels.
Furbush, who had been pitching in middle relief out of the bullpen, was promoted to the starting rotation today, according to the Detroit News.
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‘Skills gap’ leaves firmswithout worker pipeline
John Russo’s chemical lab in North Kingstown has been growing in recent years, even despite a deflated economy, and he expects to add another 15 to 20 positions to his 49 employees over the next year.
But the president of Ultra Scientific Analytical Solutions has found himself in a vexing spot, struggling to fill openings that require specialized training in a state where the jobless rate is close to 11 percent, the third-highest in the nation.
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Gold medalist Goodale retires from rowing
Camden’s Anna Goodale, a member of the gold-medal winning U.S, women’s eight crew in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, has retired from competitive rowing. Goodale said today that after the U.S. won the world championships last November in New Zealand, she wasn’t sure she wanted to continue any longer and soon after notified team officials […]
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Gorham police log – 6/30
Log On the moo-ve Cows were loose and roaming, a Wood Road caller said on May 23 and a Flaggy Meadow resident had a cow in their backyard. Whoa, partner A horse was on the side of Burnham Road at 10:18 p.m. on May 24. Rec theft A radio was stolen from the Recreation Department […]
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Westbrook police log – 6/30
Arrests June 20 Kevin P. Rafferty, 64, transient, for criminal trespass at Amato’s, Main Street. June 21 Joshua R. Mershimer, 26B Cumberland St., Westbrook, for domestic violence assault at Cumberland Street. Corey J. Toderico, 34, 64 Spring St., Westbrook, for violating condition of release on New Gorham Road. Mark Steven Giamattio, 24, 7225 Alfred St., […]