A recent poll shows Rep. Chellie Pingree leading Republican Isaac Misiuk, 66 percent to 13 percent.
October 2014
Posted inNews, Sports
Michael Phelps suspended for drunken-driving arrest
The penalty from USA Swimming forces the 18-time Olympic champion to withdraw from next year’s world championships.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Rail groups try to end federal rule requiring notices to states of large Bakken crude shipments
The companies say local communities are already told about hazardous cargo.
Posted inSports
Pitcher’s throwing error helps Nationals stay alive with 4-1 win
Washington finally scores on an off-target throw by the Giants’ Madison Bumgarner, and forces a Game 4 Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness
Report: Hewlett-Packard to split into two companies
The breakup would create one company that sells HP’s computers and printers and a second that focuses on technology services, including data storage, servers and software.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Spanish nurse is first person to contract Ebola outside Africa
The nurse was part of a team that treated two missionaries who returned to Spain after being infected in West Africa.
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine businesses can expect electricity rate shock this winter
Maine households will also pay more when the standard-offer rate for electricity is reset in March.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland principal wins $100K for school projects
PORTLAND — After a month of online voting, a city high school principal has won $100,000 for his school. Derek Pierce, of Casco Bay High School, won the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s third annual Larry O’Toole Award, which gives a grant to a New England educational organization to advance student-centered learning. For the first time, this year’s winner […]
Posted inMaine, Maine Governor's race, News, Politics
Cutler: State should investigate purchase of Verso mill power plant
The independent candidate for governor said the state should look into buying the power plant at the mill, which could be a major economic development asset for the region.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Out & About: 'The Rainmaker' leads deluge of events
There’s a veritable flood of fine offerings from many different lands in the performing arts this mid-October, so many that it’s impossible to deal with more than a handful in this space. Tops in my opinion is “The Rainmaker,” a powerful American romantic comedy that opens the 2014-2015 season at Portland’s Good Theater. Portland Symphony […]