The Portland Yacht Club and Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association hosted the Pilot Races this past weekend. The two-day event included racing in three divisions – PHRF racers, cruisers and Etchells. The top three finishers in each class were: Class A (PHRF racers) – Kaos, Keemah, Big Dog Party; Class C (cruisers) – Morning […]
2011
FDA to release new cigarette warning labels today
In a major change, labels will depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use.
Course ready for Charlie’s Maine Open
The Falmouth Country Club has benefited from the weather for the start of the Maine Open.
Assad’s overture fails to placate Syrian protesters
The Syrian president makes vague promises of modest potential reforms.
Mass extinction looms for world’s oceans, report says
Sea changes are occurring faster than the previous worst-case scenarios.
Libya says NATO killed more civilians
The alliance says Monday it conducted a ‘precision strike’ near Surman on a ‘legitimate military target.’
Ex-caseworker fined $4,500 for giving pills, porn to Maine inmate
The Hallowell woman admits smuggling contraband into the Maine State Prison and says she will seek therapy.
Cumberland scheduled to fix zoning glitch
Planners intend to remove ‘retail’ and ‘associated retail’ from the list of permitted uses along Route 1.
Tom Caron: Together, Bruins show how to win
Today is the first day of summer. After a long, hard winter and an unusually wet spring we finally get to breathe a sigh of relief and think about the lazy, hazy, crazy days ahead. For the 2011 Bruins, it will be a very short summer. After a two-month run to the Stanley Cup, the […]
Three groups submit redistricting proposals for Maine
Maine must redraw its districts before the next congressional election due to a shift in population.