For a third night, nearly 200 migrants spent the night on the rocks only a few miles from the posh resorts of the French Riviera.
2015
Posted inFlashback, Life & Culture
Flashback: the Falmouth Route 1 strip, in 1985 and in 2015
Two photographs of Route 1 near Fundy Road in Falmouth show the benefits of a recent beautification project.
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Posted inNation & World
Two shark attacks in N.C. sever limbs
A 12-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were swimming in waist-deep water in Oak Island.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Crazy cartoon sends climate warning better than dry data
A Rockland couple uses humor and parody to focus attention on a serious subject – global warming’s threat to Maine’s lobster industry.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News, That Moment
Tears of joy: From Supreme Court steps to vows in a sunlit Portland chapel
Celebrating their love, two Portland men begin married life after seven years together.
Posted inMaine, News
Barred from working, facing aid cutoff, asylum seekers in Maine fear ‘disaster’
If Augusta and Portland officials decide not to fund General Assistance, it could mean life on the streets or in a shelter for Hamet Ly and others like him.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland City Council again faces heated rezoning issue
Neighbors say rezoning the former convent property in Deering Center to allow double the housing units would hamper safety along Stevens Avenue.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Uncertainty remains over county jail funding, oversight
Lawmakers will likely keep funding the same, but the bigger fight is over control and that may not be resolved this session.
Posted inCommunity
Events
BIDDEFORD Two health education programs offered this week Southern Maine Health Care will offer the following health education programs this week: • A “Safe Baby – Infant Safety & Infant/Toddler CPR” class from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. This is a noncertificate American Heart Association course. Cost is $20 to $35. Registration is required. Call 283-7350. […]
Posted inNews, Politics
Democrats rally early to position Cain for 2016 run against Poliquin
The party plans hearty backing for Emily Cain after raising little money for her 2014 run for the 2nd Congressional District seat.