The police chief who has been bitterly criticized for not arresting a neighborhood watch volunteer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager temporarily stepped down Thursday, saying he had become a distraction to the investigation.
March 2012
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Windham-Raymond enrollment forces $1.2M budget hike
WINDHAM – Citing higher enrollment at Windham High School, Sandy Prince, superintendent of Regional School Unit 14, has presented a budget proposal 3.1 percent higher than this year’s spending plan. The $1.18 million hike would bring Windham-Raymond’s school budget to $39.15 million. Prince unveiled the budget at the March 14 School Board meeting. Using enrollment […]
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Thousands expected at rally for slain Fla. teen
Meanwhile, the parents of a black teen fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain were meeting today with U.S. Justice Department officials.
Posted inNews
Inquiry questions $102M loan to Maine wind project
Until Sunday, U.S. Senate candidate Angus King co-owned Independence Wind, the company developing a 22-turbine project in Roxbury.
Posted inNews
UMaine system chancellor halts discretionary raises
James Page, who became chancellor Tuesday, will examine all compensation policies as part of a full review of system operations.
Posted inBusiness, News
Banks lend again, but their customers are wary
Since the credit crisis of 2008, everyone has been waiting for the banks to start lending money again. It’s finally happening, but there’s a catch: Businesses are afraid to spend it.
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Maine high court rejects murder appeal
Maine’s highest court upheld the conviction of a Portland man who’s serving a 40-year sentence for fatally stabbing his girlfriend in 2009.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Making up for Mother Nature
WINDHAM – Without his vacuum pump system, Mark Cooper, owner of Cooper Maple Products in Windham, says the 2012 maple harvest would be a dud. “Most definitely it’s helping,” Cooper said last Friday, prior to a week of very warm weather in the Lakes Region. “Everything we have on vacuum is a bit slower but […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Making up for Mother Nature
WINDHAM – Without his vacuum pump system, Mark Cooper, owner of Cooper Maple Products in Windham, says the 2012 maple harvest would be a dud. “Most definitely it’s helping,” Cooper said last Friday, prior to a week of very warm weather in the Lakes Region. “Everything we have on vacuum is a bit slower but […]
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Mayors join forces, warn of cuts’ impact
The cities are Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Biddeford, Lewiston, Portland, Saco, South Portland, Waterville and Westbrook.