Brunswick’s Myles Silverman was recently named to the US Snowboard Racing team. Silverman will take a leave of absence from Hobart College in Geneva, New York to train in Steamboat, Colorado.
2015
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland council OKs snowmobile club's use of part of town trail
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council voted 5-2 Monday to allow a local snowmobile club to access part of the Town Forest trail. The decision came despite a Conservation Commission recommendation against allowing the club to use the trail. The Moonlight Skimmers Snowmobile Club wants to use the “outer loop” of the trail from Marker 3 […]
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Posted inNation & World, News
National parks set visitation records
Overall attendance is on track to hit 300 million in 2015, besting last year’s all-time high of nearly 293 million.
Posted inBusiness
DuPont moves ahead on job cuts ahead of Dow merger
About 1,700 positions in Delaware will be eliminated.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine pellet producer reduces operations
A warmer-than-usual winter and the loss of a key customer has reduced operations at Northeast Pellets to three days a week.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. official: 10 Islamic State leaders killed in airstrikes
Col. Steve Warren says they were killed mainly by drone strikes in Iraq and Syria.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
‘Vote Donald Trump’ lights up California freeway traffic sign
A hacker must have figured out the password in order to tamper with the program, officials say.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Democratic lawmakers criticize Casco Bay Bridge privatization
PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will award a five-year, $3.8 million contract to Florida-based FDI Services to operate and maintain the Casco Bay Bridge. The decision, announced Monday, drew criticism from some Maine legislators. House Majority Leader Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, chided MDOT in a press release, stating that “it should have consulted with the […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
No injuries in Portland West End fire
PORTLAND — No injuries were reported in an early morning fire Tuesday in the West End. Assistant Fire Chief Keith Gautreau said the fire at 19 Dow St., a six-unit apartment building, was reported just after midnight. It seemed to have originated in a ceiling above a second-floor unit, although the cause of the fire was […]