PORTLAND — A Cumberland County grand jury this month handed up six indictments against a Falmouth woman accused of dozens of crimes in greater Portland and western Maine. Holly L. Doherty, 47, of Jensen Way, Falmouth, was arrested at Sunday River Ski Resort in Bethel in February for allegedly burglarizing vehicles. Evidence gathered in that […]
May 2014
Posted inMaine, News
Farmer makes his case for selling raw milk: Photo
 A group of small-scale Maine farmers and community activists who support them rallied Tuesday morning at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland before the state’s highest court heard the case of Dan Brown, a struggling farmer from Blue Hill who was fined $1,000 by the state in 2011 for selling raw milk without a […]
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Council cool to $90,000 shellfish coordinator
FREEPORT – The town has put a request to fund a Freeport shellfish coordinator back in the lap of the Shellfish Conservation Commission. The commission met last Thursday night in an attempt to justify the proposal. On May 6, the Town Council indicated it wants an explanation as to why the commission opted against the […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Changes for Portland's El Rayo include July opening in Scarborough
PORTLAND — It’s a time of change at El Rayo, but the Mexican restaurant’s co-owners are confident that their taqueria is not going anywhere; in fact, it’s only getting bigger. On Cinco de Mayo, El Rayo Taqueria said goodbye to its nearly 3-year-old sister Cantina next door on York Street. El Rayo co-owners Tod Dana and […]
Posted inMaine, News
Kennebunk officer takes police chief job in N.H.
Anthony Bean Burpee was appointed by the Gilford Board of Selectmen on Monday.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Richard Connor reflects on sale anniversary
See larger version Rich Connor speaks about the sale anniversary.
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LETTERS: Facts, figures lacking
In the April 30 Tri-Town Weekly article on RSU withdrawal, the last line referenced Peter Murray joking, “(the Freeport Withdrawal Committee) can go as long as we want.” I am not pleased that Mr. Murray finds the future of my children’s education a subject to joke about. I know Mr. Murray and some others have […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: The truth ain’t what it seems
The truth, some idiot of a television scriptwriter once wrote, is out there. Let’s hope it stays as far away as possible. Because if it wanders within range of a politician, there’s a danger it’ll be captured and genetically mutated to suit whatever agenda this particular pol is pushing. Truth, as anyone with more brains […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Book learning
There’s a high school in Aroostook County that has a writers’ conference every year and I’ve been able to attend the last two. The students don’t want to know much about writing, but really want to know how each writer first got published. When it’s my turn, I tell about how I started writing a […]