Farley Mowat never shied from controversy.
May 2014
Posted inBusiness
Yellen takes upbeat tone on U.S. economy
Fed chief Janet Yellen sees signs of ‘solid growth’ ahead, but warns the jobs situation ‘is far from satisfactory.’
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Posted inNation & World
Victory for Assad as Syrian rebels surrender in Homs
The last rebel fighters leave a shattered city once called the ‘capital of the revolution.’
Posted inSports
Sports Digest: Southern Maine opens baseball tournament with 3-1 win
The Huskies top Plymouth State on two homers by Forrest Chadwick.
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Steve Solloway: Turning Orono into a must-see place for basketball recruits
Hello Bob Walsh. Welcome to Ice Station Orono, where the wind howls along with lonely basketball fans, and where hope waits to be unfrozen. Shake hands with Jack Cosgrove, the football coach and your new University of Maine colleague. Meet Richard Barron, the women’s basketball coach and Red Gendron, who is rebranding the hockey team. […]
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Putin shifts his tone amid Ukraine unrest
The Russian president seems to be trying to rein in the escalating violence.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Portland Framed to celebrate (and fund) creativity
Friday night’s event at the Westin Harborview is a first for Creative Portland.
Posted inNation & World
Lawmakers near compromise on surveillance-reform legislation
Phone-data gathering by the NSA became an issue last year in the Edward Snowden case.
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On the Move
NEW FACES • John Costello was hired as jail administrator for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Major Costello worked at the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office in Massachusetts for 28 years. He retired as superintendent of the Middlesex County Jail. • Dr. Christy Meade joined the medical team at Vascular and Interventional Physicians, a section of […]
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V-notched lobster decline is a threatening sign in Maine
Maine’s lobstermen must mark and return egg-bearing females to the water, but compliance is falling and that puts the industry at risk.