Arrests No arrests were reported from Dec. 29, 2011 to Jan. 5. Summonses 1/1 at 3:27 a.m. Emma Daponte, 18, of Deepwood Drive, Portland, was issued a summons by Officer Ryan Martin on Long Meadow Road on a charge of consuming liquor as a minor. 1/1 at 3:27 a.m. John Pedersen, 19, of Long Meadow […]
2012
Posted inBusiness
GM likely to recapture global sales lead
GM won’t release global sales numbers until later this month, but it’s on pace to finish 2011 at around 9 million cars and trucks, at least 800,000 more than its German and Japanese rivals.
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Posted inNews
Courtney says run against Pingree ‘pretty unlikely’
The Maine Senate majority leader says he can’t match the financial resources available to Rep. Chellie Pingree, who is married to billionaire Donald Sussman.
Posted inNews
Obama names new chief of staff
William Daley will be replaced by Budget Director Jacob Lew at the end of January.
Posted inNews
Driver swapping texts with partygoers at time of crash
Kristina Lowe, 18, of West Paris, faces charges associated with the crash, though what charges specifically and when they will be lodged depend on the investigation and her condition.
Posted inLife & Culture
Drought threatens last whooping cranes
The devastating drought in Texas has made food and water scarce, raising worries that the conditions could threaten the only self-sustaining flock of cranes left in the wild . . .
Posted inThe Forecaster
Arts Calendar Jan. 11-22
Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Ajkun Ballet Theater, New York City-based dance company, holding auditions in February and March 2012 in New York City; FMI visit ajkunbt.org. Books & Authors Friday 1/20 Brown Bag Lecture with Crash Berry, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 or crashberry.com. Wednesday 1/11 McKay Jenkins […]
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, The Forecaster
Ellen M. Hooper, 72: Mother, grandmother and great-grandmother
PORTLAND — Ellen M. Hooper, 72, of Portland, died Jan. 5 after a brief illness. She was born in Lubec on July 11, 1939 to John and Irene (Cook) Appleby. She grew up in Lubec and attended local schools. In 1958, she married George B. Hooper and they raised three children. Hooper is survived by […]
Posted inNews
Maine getting $3M more for Irene repairs
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that the state is getting $2.97 million more in federal funds to help pay for damage to roads and bridges caused last August by Tropical Storm Irene. For more details, read Jonathan Riskind’s Maine on the Hill blog.
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
The Universal Notebook: Too much information
Last night my lovely wife Carolyn called her sister Janice in Tokyo. As I wandered out into the kitchen to get a snack during the Celtics game, there was Janice, having just gotten out of bed because it was already tomorrow in Japan, jabbering away on daughter Tess’ laptop. I caught a glimpse of myself […]