Alexander Mitchell, a 20-year-old transient, pleads not guilty to six charges and is ordered held on $20,000 cash bail.
May 2014
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Massachusetts judge refuses to halt marijuana licensing
A Suffolk Superior Court judge denies requests by three potential medical marijuana providers to issue a preliminary injunction.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Political leaders seek resignation of N.H. police commissioner
They join Wolfeboro residents in calling for Robert Copeland to step down.
Posted inNation & World, News
Incorrect subsidies for health plans defy easy fix
WASHINGTON — The government may be paying incorrect subsidies to more than 1 million Americans for their health plans in the new federal insurance marketplace and has been unable so far to fix the errors, according to internal documents and three people familiar with the situation. The problem means that potentially hundreds of thousands of […]
Posted inNation & World, News
India opposition leader elected premier
Narendra Modi wins in a landslide that sweeps the long-dominant Congress party from power.
Posted inNation & World
Nation Dispatches
SAN DIEGO Investigators look for cause behind outbreak of wildfires Investigators worked to determine whether an unusually early and intense outbreak of wildfires in Southern California this week was ignited by something as ordinary as sparks from cars or something as sinister as an arsonist. State fire officials said the first of at least 10 […]
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ lacrosse: South Portland surges past Yarmouth
The unbeaten Red Riots score 10 straight goals in a 10-7 win.
Posted inNation & World, News
Turkish mine officials accused of negligence
But Turkey’s government denies that negligence was the cause of the country’s worst mining disaster.
Posted inSports
Sports Digest: Heath hits three homers to lead Maine in doubleheader sweep over UMBC
Scott Heath also picks up the win in the second game on Friday.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Portland bag fee might help, but we must stop littering first
When the wind blows mightily, instead of new spring leaves on Portland’s trees and shrubs, our city’s landscaping is festooned with plastic bags, as is every chain link fence in Portland and environs. Plastic bags and every description of trash fly through the air. On one particular day, a berm between Hannaford and Back Cove […]