PORTLAND — Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch last week introduced a panic-button system that will alert police to domestic violence emergencies. As part of a partnership with security firm Protection 1 and social service agency Family Crisis Services, police will provide the in-home alarm system to victims of domestic violence or threats of violence. The […]
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Forecaster Forum: For the love of guns: A mother's, and legislator's, pledge
I was supposed to participate in, or at least listen to, a conference call with fellow Maine state representatives and the speaker of the House Monday night at 8. Instead, I was in bed, asleep, escaping from the cold, dark night, unable to cope any more that day with the sadness that has enveloped me. […]
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Cold, wet Westbrook students sent home
Canal School students were evacuated, and some dismissed, after a false fire alarm.
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Dick’s stores suspend sales of certain rifles
It says sales of modern rifles will be suspended during “this time of national mourning.” It’s not clear how long the suspension will last.
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Portland city councilors, mayor, administrators get 1.5% pay hikes
PORTLAND — City councilors voted unanimously Monday night to give themselves a 1.5 percent raise. Mayor Michael Brennan, City Manager Mark Rees and City Clerk Katherine Jones also will receive the salary bump. Councilors, who now receive a stipend of $5,600, will see that amount increase by $84 a year. Brennan, whose current salary is […]
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Judge finds Skowhegan man guilty of murder
Superior Court Justice John Nivison, who decided the case in the jury-waived trial, says the state’s circumstantial evidence against Robert Nelson was sufficient.
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Portland schools make $2M investment in technology
PORTLAND — A $2 million investment from the city has allowed the School Department to purchase 660 new computers for elementary school teachers and students across the district. Before the $2 million was allotted from the city’s capital improvement plan, elementary schools were relying on obsolete technology that did not meet teacher’s instructional needs, the department […]
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White House rejects Boehner’s ‘Plan B’
The House speaker’s measure would cancel tax increases due to take effect Jan. 1 on everyone earning $1 million or less.
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Red Sox sign another Drew
The Sox agreed to one-year, $9.5 million contract with shortstop Stephen Drew, the younger brother of longtime Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew.
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Naples woman seriously injured in accident
CASCO – A Naples woman suffered life-threatening injuries in a motor vehicle accident Tuesday morning. Police said Sabrina Cloutier, 33, was a passenger in a 2011 Chevrolet pickup driven by Shawn Trottier, 29, of Naples, when Trottier lost control while heading south on the icy, wet roadway on Route 11 in Casco, just south of […]