The contest is organized by The Maine Academy of Modern Music. Each band includes students from high schools around southern Maine.
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Posted inBusiness
Eurozone unemployment at record 12%
Spain and Greece have mass unemployment and many other countries are seeing their numbers swell to uncomfortably high levels.
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Posted inCapitol Ticker
Morning Briefing: Medicaid, minimum wage, exploited cabbies and stolen cheese
Moving parts: A bill that would expand publicly funded health insurance for low-income Mainers will get its public hearing in the Legislature’s Human Services Committee Tuesday afternoon. LD 1066, sponsored by Rep. Linda Sanborn, D-Gorham, is the bill that directs the state to participate in the federal health care law’s program to expand Medicaid. The […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Peaks Island homeowners warm up to weatherization program
PORTLAND — While memories of this winter are receding, Peaks Island residents are gearing up for the next one through a program that may create warmer, more energy-efficient homes for 20 percent of island households. As many as 100 of the island’s 500 year-round homes and cottages will be expertly weatherized at low cost, thanks […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Fire damages Falmouth home
FALMOUTH — The state fire marshall’s office is investigating the cause of a Monday afternoon fire that did significant damage to a home at 18 Birkdale Road. Firefighters from Falmouth, Portland and Cumberland arrived around 4 p.m. after a passerby reported smoke coming from the roof of the home at the Falmouth Country Club. When […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Possible human remains found in new 9/11 debris
The last sifting effort ended in 2010. This time, crews were able to dig up parts of the trade center site that were previously inaccessible to workers.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Freeport teacher to head Portland charter school
PORTLAND — The embattled Baxter Academy for Technology and Science is moving forward with the appointment of school leadership in the wake of the termination of its executive director, a lawsuit against the school, and a call for a state investigation into its authorization to operate. Last week, the charter school’s board announced that it has […]
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Conn. lawmakers unveil bipartisan gun control plan
The legislation, which includes a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines, is hailed as “a message that should resound in 49 other states and in Washington.”
Posted inNation & World, News
Ga. city council votes to require gun ownership
The Nelson, Ga., city councilman who sponsored the measure said he knows the ordinance won’t be enforced but he still believes it will make the town safer.
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Pittston man in critical condition following dirt bike crash
Police say the 22-year-old man was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.