The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday, blames the NFL for its “acts or omissions” that hid the dangers of repetitive blows to the head.
2013
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
US House passes debt limit extension
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the chamber would immediately move to advance the legislation to the White House.
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Maine college system chief relieved to avoid cuts
The chancellor tells state legislators it’s a sign that Gov. LePage values education, even in difficult times.
Posted inBusiness, News
Witnesses: Portland handyman pressured, bilked us
A civil suit against a Portland handyman alleges a pattern of escalating costs and shoddy work.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath enters 20th year with Japanese sister city
BATH — It started as a tragic shipwreck and blossomed into a longtime friendship. Poor weather battered the Cheseborough in 1889, running the Bath-built vessel against a shoal a mile from the shore of Skariki, a small Japanese village. Townspeople managed to rescue and care for a few crew members, fostering a strong connection between […]
Posted inNews
Environmentalists call for Portland to go tar sands-free
Mayor Michael Brennan joins environmentalists to support a proposed prohibition of the use of oil from tar sands in city buildings, vehicles and equipment.
Posted inAmerican Journal
It's so cold in Westbrook …
WESTBROOK – With plummeting temperatures Wednesday in downtown Westbrook, the boyhood home of Rudy Vallee, even the bust of the famed crooner sports a scarf. With plummeting temperatures Wednesday in downtown Westbrook, the boyhood home of Rudy Vallee, even the bust of the famed crooner sports a scarf.
Posted inBusiness, News
Offshore wind energy project faces critical vote
A Norwegian company wants to put four floating turbines off Boothbay Harbor, but a state agency must first agree to new financial terms.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Faces & Places – 1/23
Send your own Faces & Places to [email protected]. Each week, the Tri-Town Weekly will test its readers’ observation skills by publishing a close-up photo of a landmark in Pownal, Freeport or Durham. Readers who think they know where the photo was taken should send their guesses to [email protected]. All correct responses, as well as the […]
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Faces & Places – 1/23
Send your own Faces & Places to [email protected]. Each week, the Tri-Town Weekly will test its readers’ observation skills by publishing a close-up photo of a landmark in Pownal, Freeport or Durham. Readers who think they know where the photo was taken should send their guesses to [email protected]. All correct responses, as well as the […]