One thing you won’t be able to do – for the seventh straight year – is usher in the new year with a city festival in downtown Portland.
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Posted inSports
Portland Pirates Thursday
WHO: Providence Bruins (15-10-0-2, second in AHL’s Atlantic Division) at Portland Pirates (16-11-1-1, first in Atlantic Division) WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Cumberland County Civic Center RADIO: WPEI (95.5 and 95.9 FM), WOXO (92.7 and 100.7 FM) BRUINS NOTES: Providence, which has earned points in 9 of 11 games, has beaten the Pirates twice this season. […]
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Posted inNation & World
National debt: The buck stops here
Scott Soucy says the nation’s debt is everyone’s problem and he has a plan to solve it, $1 at a time.
Posted inNation & World
‘Thunderbirds’ creator Gerry Anderson, age 83
His hit show introduced the puppetry technique of ‘supermarionation’ and made sci-fi mainstream.
Posted inBusiness
With lives at stake, rules for rear-view safety stall
Backing-up accidents kill an average of 228 people annually, but officials keep delaying new regulations.
Posted inNation & World
Russia set to ban adoptions by Americans
President Putin indicates that he’ll sign the measure, viewed as retaliation for a U.S. human-rights law.
Posted inNation & World
Military police chief joins Syria defectors
Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal is one of the highest-ranking officers to flee into Turkey.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: Lawmakers fail to meet expectations
A reader believes the U.S. is in ‘dire need’ of a strong third party.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Teachers, armed and trained, are in the best position to protect kids
Willing teachers should be allowed to apply for a state police-administered training program.
Posted inBusiness
Coffee cups at Starbucks to come with political plea
Workers in the D.C. area will write ‘Come Together’ as a call for lawmakers to reach a ‘fiscal cliff’ solution.