PORTLAND — The Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday again will consider a proposal to build a 400-seat performance hall at the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill. The Friends of the St. Lawrence Church, the nonprofit group that owns and operates the center, is proposing a performance hall where the historic church’s sanctuary once […]
2013
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Memo sets rationale to kill Qaida-linked citizens
A confidential memo says that it is too risky to delay action against individuals who continually target Americans.
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Gun background checks drop by 10 percent in Jan.
The drop comes after a the number of background checks hit a peak in December.
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Morning Briefing 2.5.13
Curtains up: Gov. Paul LePage will deliver his State of the State address Tuesday at 7 p.m.. Adrienne Bennett, the governor’s spokeswoman, has declined to reveal any details of the speech except to say that the governor will likely hit some issues he’s been discussing the last several months — preserving the tax cut package passed […]
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Late week storm could bring significant snow (or just flurries)
Across the state of Maine the weather looks quiet for the next several days with just the chance for a few flurries overnight and early Wednesday. Temperatures will remain cold, but not bitter as a northwest flow of air from Canada continues. You may have heard of a potential storm for Friday. Over the […]
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Police: $30,000 worth of heroin found in Vt. safe
The Vermont Drug Task Force said it had been investigating the suspect for a month and had bought drugs from him.
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Maine man gets 1.5 years for molesting children
Daniel Severance, 30, admitted on Monday to six unlawful sexual contact charges in a deal with prosecutors.
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Obama stands firm on gun control despite long odds
Suggesting he won’t get all he’s proposing, he says, “We don’t have to agree on everything to agree it’s time to do something.”
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Superdome power an issue even before big game, AP finds
Tests on the dome’s electrical feeders showed decay and “a chance of failure,” state officials warned in a memo dated Oct. 15.
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2 women plead guilty in Livermore Falls store fire
The two women took part in a plot to burn the store down so one of them could use the insurance money to open a day care center.