BOSTON (AP) — New England’s largest colleges reported about 40 percent more sexual assaults last year compared with 2012, an increase experts attribute to heightened awareness of the problem and more victims coming forward. Reports of “forcible sex offenses” climbed to 289 last year, up from 206 in 2012, according to a Boston Globe review […]
October 2014
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Hunters find body in Plymouth
PLYMOUTH (AP) — Maine police say they’re investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Plymouth. Police say the man’s body was found Monday morning near his home. Police say there were no signs of foul play. State police spokesman Steve McCausland says hunters found the body. Police say the body has […]
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Phelps suspended for 6 months after DUI arrest
Michael Phelps’ comeback took a major hit on Monday, with USA Swimming suspending the 18-time Olympic champion for six months and forcing him to withdraw from next year’s world championships. Phelps also lost six months of funding from the sport’s national governing body as a result of his second DUI arrest. The 29-year-old swimmer is […]
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Tiny plant unearths memories of woodland walks
I can’t recall too many woods walks where I haven’t come upon a patch of wintergreen and been reminded of my mother and of the great influence her own love of nature has had on my own. Also sometimes colloquially referred to as checkerberry, which is what she always called it, this humble, little plant […]
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Three win Nobel for LED lights
STOCKHOLM — Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that spurred the development of LED technology used to light up computer screens and modern smartphones. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says their […]
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USM announces staff, program cuts
PORTLAND (AP) — The University of Southern Maine will cut 50 faculty positions and two academic programs as it tries to close a $16 million budget gap, the school announced Monday. The moves, which are expected to cut $6 million off the deficit, are the first of a three-step plan to downsize the public Portland […]
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Maine PUC warns of soaring energy costs
AUGUSTA (AP) — State energy officials are telling mid-size businesses in Maine that their electric bills could more than double this winter. The Maine Public Utilities Commission said Monday that a medium-sized business such as a grocery store or a small sawmill could see energy costs jump from $870 in September to more than $2,000 […]
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Patriots’ demise delayed for another week after win
For a team and a quarterback that were supposedly both done, a convincing 43-17 victory over a previously undefeated opponent seems like a funny way to show it. The obituary for the Patriots dynasty and Tom Brady’s status as an elite quarterback were both complete after the Patriots were embarrassed both offensively and defensively by […]
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Flags at half-staff to honor Maine House clerk
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Maine House Speaker Millie McFarland. MacFarland died late last month at a hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, after a long battle with cancer. She was 58. She worked in the Maine House for more than 30 years.
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Lawyer: Pot clouded mind of bombing suspect’s pal
BOSTON — A prosecutor told a jury Monday that a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lied repeatedly to the FBI during the investigation into the deadly attack, while the friend’s lawyer said he was a frightened 19-year-old whose memory was clouded by heavy marijuana use. The starkly different descriptions of Robel Phillipos […]