The Christmas spirit has not yet arrived in Augusta. In one day last week, the major problems of the LePage administration burst onto the headlines again as another federal agency sharply criticized the performance of the Department of Health and Human Services. And also last Monday, Gov. Paul LePage sounded a surprising retreat in his […]
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Falmouth Police Beat: Dec. 24
Arrests 12/13 at 3:18 a.m. Christopher Cotnoir, 38, of Hillside Street, Auburn, was arrested on Gray Road by Officer Dennis Ryder on charges of failing to stop for an officer, operating with a suspended or revoked license, and exceeding the speed limit by 15 to 19 mph. 12/15 at 4:26 p.m. Donald McInnis, 67, of South […]
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Esposito a Fitzy finalist
Portland standout Joe Esposito, already named Maine’s football Gatorade Player of the Year, was named last week as a finalist for the prestigious James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy, given to the state’s top senior football player. Esposito is joined as a finalist by Thornton Academy quarterback Austin McCrum and Brunswick running back Will Bessey. Esposito, a […]
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City Council again delays vote on Elks Lodge zoning
PORTLAND — It will take almost another month before the City Council decides whether to grant a zoning change sought on outer Congress Street. Whether to allow an extension of office park zoning on land owned by the Portland Elks at 1945 Congress St. remained unresolved Monday after a third vote to postpone the matter. Councilors […]
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Franklin Towers resident dies after apartment fire
PORTLAND — A Franklin Towers resident has died from burns he received in his apartment Dec. 18. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Monday that 80-year-old Myron H. McLaughlin died at Maine Medical Center, where he was being treated for burns he sustained over 60 percent of his body. McCausland said state fire marshals […]
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Silence deafening about plight of Middle East Christians
Compared with all of the talk of whether to continue to admit Muslim refugees and asylum seekers into the United States, another important aspect of the Middle East inferno is getting relatively less attention. Christians are quite literally being exterminated in the Middle East, and I can find very little evidence that our president really […]
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People and Business: Dec. 23
Recognition Chris Libby of Scarborough has been named Caregiver of the Month for December by Comfort Keepers, a provider of in-home support services for older adults in southern Maine. Carmen Fortin of Harpswell, a registered nurse clinical educator at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, has been presented the Maine Emergency Nurses Association Special Merit […]
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Freeport Police Beat: Dec. 24
Arrests 12/18 at 2:04 p.m. Jessica Alexander, 39, of Main Street, Thomaston, was arrested on Main Street by Officer Paul Chenevert on charges of theft by unauthorized taking and violating conditions of release. 12/20 at 1:52 a.m. Samantha Sturgis, 28, of Northern Avenue, Auburn, was arrested on Interstate 295 by Officer Nathan Leger on a […]
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Portland students start the march to college
Led by kindergartners from Reiche Elementary School, 93 seniors from Casco Bay High School parade down Congress Street from the Portland Museum of Art to the downtown post office on Friday, Dec. 18, to mail college applications. The afternoon event was the school’s third annual “March to the Post Office” to celebrate every senior completing […]
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Community Calendar: Dec. 23-Jan. 10
Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 12/31 Polar Bear Plunge and 5K, East End Beach, Portland, benefit Natural Resources Council of Maine, register online at nrcm.kintera.org/dipdash. Bulletin Board Saturday 12/26 State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, office hours, 10 a.m. to noon, Bow Street Market, Freeport. Open to all from Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, North Yarmouth and Pownal who have […]