Changing the governing of Maine’s unorganized territory should result in more effective local control.
2012
Posted inBusiness, News
As pot dispensaries spread, so do objections
Medical marijuana is now legal in Maine and 16 other states, but areas not pleased by legal drug-dealing put up roadblocks.
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Posted inBusiness
Datebook, Jan. 10, 2012
Today CLIMB, Christian Leaders in Maine Business, 7:15 to 9 a.m., Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland. With guest speaker Cheryl Poulopoulos, director of Seaside Pavilion Ministries in Old Orchard Beach. “Preparing Your Presentation and Interviewing Skills,” 9 to 11 a.m., York County CareerCenter, 9 Bodwell Court, Springvale. With Tom Macisso, president of York […]
Posted inNews
Teen passenger killed in Biddeford crash
Chaz Dorais, 19, is killed when the car he was riding in left the road near 214 West St. and hit a garage.
Posted inNews
Major greenhouse project would bring 170 jobs to Windham
Called Sebago Farms, the company would become the town’s biggest taxpayer.
Posted inNews
Kittery police say they have solved outlet store robbery
Kittery police have charged a New Hampshire man in connection with the Nov. 15 robbery at the Osh-Kosh outlet store on Route 1
Posted inNews
Portland woman arrested for selling Oxycodone
Drug enforcement agents say they recovered nearly 1,000 pills that Brianna Roberts, 23, had stashed in baggies and concealed on her body.
Posted inNews
America hits the brakes on health care spending
Health care spending averaged $8,402 per person in 2010 – far more than any other economically advanced country.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland School Board prepares national search for superintendent; 4 positions to be added at elementary schools
PORTLAND — After reviewing five proposals, the School Board is expected to hire an Illinois-based recruiting firm, Proact Search, to find a replacement for retiring Superintendent of Schools James C. Morse Sr., who is retiring in June. Superintendent Search Committee Chairwoman Sarah Thompson said the board received some unsolicited proposals and some recommendations from education […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Reporter goes from Lakes Region to Capitol Hill
STANDISH – Standish native Seth McLaughlin has been busy rising through the journalism ranks over the last decade. As a reporter for The Washington Times, a daily newspaper based in Washington, D.C., the 34-year-old McLaughlin has been following the Republican presidential candidates as they stump around the country hoping to become the nominee, a process […]