A neighbor shoveling snow notices smoke coming from the eaves of the home after the owners had left for work.
February 2015
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine, Winter sports
Lewiston, Hampden meet for Eastern A boys title
The Broncos are looking for their fourth straight trip to the state final.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland police nab four in prostitution sting
PORTLAND — Four men who thought they were responding to Internet ads placed by prostitutes found themselves charged by city police in a sting operation Monday, Police Lt. James Sweatt announced Thursday. Sweatt said Jason T. Rickett, 31, and Nicholas G. St. Amand, 29, both of Gorham ; Buxton resident Jack L. Chase, 50; and […]
Posted inGirls Basketball, Varsity Maine, Winter sports
Maranacook, Madison one win away from regional final
The Black Bears and Bulldogs return to the Augusta Civic Center floor Friday.
Posted inMaine
Sugarloaf skier remains in critical condition
Kyle Henderson, 20, of Nova Scotia, was found by another skier injured on the Boomauger trail.
Posted inNation & World, News
Winter in the U.S. has been a tale of two nations
It’s hard to believe in the East, but last month was the 24th-warmest January since 1880.
Posted inBusiness, News
Striking workers set to vote on proposed contract with FairPoint
The telecom company and unions reach a hard-fought tentative deal that would end more than four months of labor unrest. If it’s ratified this weekend, workers will be back on the job Wednesday.
Posted inMaine, News
Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum will stay in Portland until 2017
The excursion railway plans to move its operations to Gray to make way for redevelopment of the city’s eastern waterfront.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Four arrested in Portland on charge of engaging a prostitute
The men each responded to an ad on the website Backpage.com, police say.