(Ed. Note: For additional photos from this meet, see the web version of this story at theforecaster.net) While they fell short of team state titles, the Falmouth and Greely indoor track powerhouses had another solid day at the Class B championship meet Monday at Bates College in Lewiston. The Greely girls had the best performance, […]
February 2012
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North Sports Roundup
Hartman leaves Yarmouth for Portland Yarmouth High football coach Jim Hartman is leaving the program to become the new coach at Portland High School. Hartman was the coach when the Clippers became a varsity program in 2007 and guided them to the past two Class C state titles and 24 straight victories. Hartman, a Portland […]
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Sailboat built with advanced materials
THOMASTON – Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding is using several advances in construction and materials to build the Paris 63 Kiwi Spirit for Stanley Paris’ attempt at an around-the-world solo voyage. The sailboat’s hull was made in a fiberglass form, said Lance Buchanan, the project manager. The form was waxed so the hull could be removed easily, then […]
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Morgan’s path
Maine businessman Dodge Morgan circumnavigated the globe in American Promise, departing from Portland on Oct. 14, 1985. Here is a selected snapshot of his journey from his book, “The Voyage of American Promise”: Day 12: American Promise needs repairs; departs anew on Nov. 12, 1985 Day 17: Doldrums Day 19: Crosses equator Day 30: Horse […]
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Portland food-cart sites available, but sellers not biting
Portland has looser rules but vendor interest is low, and there’s no big rush in Westbrook or Cape, either.
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Maine AG critical of federal mandate on contraceptives
But a women’s lobby says he voted to pass a state law that was similar.
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Home safe
BRUNSWICK — Susan Donahue and Lisa Tenaglia had never met in person but they knew just how the other felt. Their sons, U.S. Marines, were coming home from Afghanistan after their first tour of duty. “It’s like being 5 and waiting for Santa Claus for the first time in your life,” Donahue said, two hours before […]
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Dodge quits GOP
HARPSWELL — A primary challenger to U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe and a self-proclaimed tea partier has unenrolled from the Republican party in the wake of the state GOP’s recent caucuses. Andrew Ian Dodge of Harpswell announced on Tuesday that he was severing ties with his party but said he plans to remain in the Senate race […]
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Legislators mull ethics law change
AUGUSTA — Legislators were urged Wednesday to approve a bill submitted by Gov. Paul Le- Page to close an ethics law loophole that has allowed high-level state officials to avoid reporting millions in state payments to organizations run by themselves or their spouses. The governor proposed the bill, LD 1806, shortly after publication of a Maine […]
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Pine Tree Zone studies yield inconclusive results
HALLOWELL — There are two ways the state spends money. One is by paying for goods and services, from roads to colleges to Medicaid. The other way is by not collecting taxes on some business, services and goods. This is known as foregone revenue or “tax expenditures,” expenditures being accountantspeak for spending. One source of foregone […]