Listening to music. Picking up Skittles for his stepbrother. Friends say that’s how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Sunday afternoon. Starting a fight? Possibly high on drugs? Absolutely not, they say.
2012
Posted inBusiness, News
Warm weather cuts short maple-sugaring season
Temperatures in New England and Wisconsin had already hit the 60s by the time some began tapping their maple trees. Because of that, many maple-syrup producers will make significant less money than they’re used to.
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Red Sox pitcher Jenks faces DUI, hit-and-run charges in Florida
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy saw Jenks’ SUV driving erratically early Friday. Jenks was shaking uncontrollably and had recently left a strip club.
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Tens of thousands in Syria call for fall of regime
Protesters vow to storm the capital to oust President Bashar Assad as the European Union ramps up pressure on the regime by imposing sanctions on his wife and other close relatives.
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Applicants submit plans to manage Raymond Beach
All three plans were submitted by Windham residents. Raymond selectmen will consider the plans at an April 10 meeting.
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A rally cry for religion
United in their opposition to mandated birth-control coverage, demonstrators in Portland add voices to a national protest.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Arts Calendar March 28-April 8
Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Wednesday 3/28 Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is looking for submissions for “Paint for Preservation 2012,” its annual juried wet paint auction. Deadline for submissions is March 28; samples should be submitted on CD or via e-mail; form/instructions at capelandtrust.org/paintforpreservation/2012. Books & Authors Maine Festival of the Book, runs March […]
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Buxton brush fire signals critical fire danger in Maine
“Everything is dry, brown and dead and just ready to burn.”
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Stuck with high gas prices, drivers just pump less
Americans have pumped less gas every week for the past year, and the trend is expected to continue as the national average price for a gallon of gas reaches $3.89, the highest ever for this time of year.
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After 148 years, Maine man returns Confederate flag to Georgia
As Georgia fell to the Union Army of Gen. William Sherman days before Christmas in 1864, a Maine artillery officer seized the Confederate flag of a vanquished Georgia rifleman. For 148 years, that flag never returned home.