2015 – Page 3386 – The Portland Press Herald

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June 10, 2015May 21, 2015

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Maine’s spelling champ eliminated from Bee by slip of tongue, by jingo; U.S. ground forces can fight alongside Vietnamese, White House denies policy shift.

Business, Maine, News

At Maine restaurants, spike in price of eggs holds no sunny side

by Whit Richardson June 10, 2015June 10, 2015

A shortage elsewhere is raising wholesale costs in Maine and may affect other egg products, but so far diners aren’t being asked to pay more.

Sports

Sports Digest: First player signs with new-look Pirates

June 10, 2015June 9, 2015

Wade Megan will join the team, which is now a Florida Panthers affiliate.

Health, Maine, News

Press Herald pressing Maine CDC to identify schools with chickenpox outbreaks

by Joe Lawlor June 10, 2015June 10, 2015

A public records request seeks disclosures to keep Mainers informed about the highly infectious disease, so they can take steps to protect themselves

Nation & World

Bugliosi, prosecutor in Manson case, dead at 80

by The Associated Press June 10, 2015June 9, 2015

In a long and bizarre trial, the then-young lawyer became almost as famous as the infamous killer.

Nation & World

No consensus in what video shows in death of Boston man

by The Associated Press June 10, 2015June 9, 2015

‘Everybody is going to see something different’ in the grainy surveillance evidence.

Business

Company seeks OK to beam Internet from space

by The Washington Post June 10, 2015June 10, 2015

The plan calls for launching a constellation of 4,000 small and cheap satellites that will beam high-speed Internet signals to all parts of the globe.

Letters

Letter to the editor: USM’s new president ‘the best choice’

June 10, 2015June 9, 2015

Thanks to the University of Maine System board for appointing Glenn Cummings president of the University of Southern Maine. Glenn was the best choice from the beginning, given his local, state and federal public service and leadership in educational advancement. He began as a Gorham High School history teacher and earned a doctorate in education. […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Good people sometimes  live to regret using their guns

June 10, 2015June 9, 2015

I can’t let an idea in M.D. Harmon’s column June 5 (“Driving is only a privilege, but gun ownership is a right”) go unchallenged. The topic is guns: carrying them around in Maine, whether concealed or unconcealed. To help make his case for allowing Mainers to carry concealed weapons without a permit, Mr. Harmon cites […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Poliquin should add his support to land and water fund

June 10, 2015June 9, 2015

The op-ed “Maine Voices: Maine’s fabled forests enjoy long history of bipartisan support” (June 3) had a really important take-home message. While we’re in the middle of a messy conflict between Gov. LePage and the many Mainers who love the Land for Maine’s Future Program, there’s great work being done to ensure that our forests […]