Police say speed and alcohol may have led to the Wednesday night accident.
2013
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Depot talks back on track between train officials, Brunswick residents
PORTLAND — For the first time in more than a year, operators of the Amtrak Downeaster met with an advisory group on Tuesday to discuss the layover and maintenance facility planned in Brunswick. Construction of the $12 million project is tentatively scheduled to start in November, pending an environmental review by the U.S. Federal Rail […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
State budget could mean tax cuts in Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth
SCARBOROUGH — Town managers here and in Cape Elizabeth are expecting very little impact on their budgets in the wake of the state budget adoption. If anything, both towns could see a slight reduction in property taxes. The $6.3 billion state biennial budget was adopted June 26, and its details provided good and bad news […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Proposed restrictions on Fort Williams artists raise free speech issue in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — A public hearing grew tense Monday when a local artist and his wife accused the Town Council of undermining the U.S. Constitution. Kris and Marilyn Kristiansen took turns at the podium to lambaste the council and the Fort Williams Advisory Commission for proposing new rules to limit the number of open-air art […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Study: Youth attitudes shift in Great Recession
It appears the latest recession ‘has caused a lot of young people to stop in their tracks and think about what’s important in life,’ says Jean Twenge, a psychology professor who co-authored the study.
Posted inNation & World, News
Asiana passengers called 911 begging for help
San Francisco officials said ambulances could not come too close out of concern that the plane would explode.
Posted inNation & World, News
N.H. house explodes, bursts into flames; 1 dead
The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined. The state Fire Marshal’s Office is among the agencies investigating.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
George H.W. Bush to help honor 5,000th ‘Point of Light’
He will join President Barack Obama on Monday to celebrate the ‘Point of Light’ milestone.
Posted inMaine, News
Osprey chicks knocked out of Freeport nest recovering
Wolfe’s Neck State Park Manager Andrew Hutchinson said Wednesday the 5-week-old chicks were knocked 50 feet to the ground by the July 5 storm.
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Ex-Army inspector accused of stealing troops’ IDs
The inspector is accused of using the information – including Social Security numbers and dates of birth – to apply for loans in the officers’ names, the federal indictment said.