An Iowa court sentences the Maine man and his son to 3 months, capping a long history of hazards and abuses on farms.
2015
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Mookie Betts shines as Red Sox whip Nationals, 9-4, in home opener
The 22-year-old outfielder, less than a season removed from Hadlock Field, hits a three-run home run, steals two bases and makes a home run-saving catch in center field.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Ex-Blackwater guard gets life in prison; 3 others get 30 years
The men are sentenced for their roles in a 2007 shooting that killed and wounded dozens of Iraqi civilians.
Posted inNews
Grandparents head north, but more visitors to come
Despite a bilge pump problem Sally plans to get under sail again for exploring.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland councilors advance school budget, uncertain about municipal spending
PORTLAND — From the City Council Finance Committee’s perspective, the $102.8 million fiscal year 2016 school budget seemed in good order April 9. The committee, chaired by Councilor Nick Mavodones Jr., unanimously recommended the full City Council pass the spending plan. That would happen May 4, eight days before a scheduled citywide school budget referendum. […]
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine bill would charge up to $2,500 in drunken-driving crashes
The proposal is meant to compensate rural fire departments for the cost of responding to such accidents.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Whittier to resign from North Yarmouth Board of Selectmen
NORTH YARMOUTH — With one seat on the Board of Selectmen already up for election in June, another will be vacant soon after voters go to the polls. Selectman Clark Whittier, whose service on town panels stretches back more than 30 years, announced at the April 7 Board of Selectmen meeting that he will step […]
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Police justified in 2014 deadly shooting, Maine attorney general finds
Steven R. Piirainen was killed during an exchange of gunfire following a standoff in Mexico.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Franklin County once again has fully operational jail
The jail was reduced to a 72-hour holding facility under state consolidation changes in 2008.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
North Yarmouth Town Meeting OKs $2.7M budget, but not without questions
NORTH YARMOUTH — Town Meeting on April 11 approved a $2.7 million municipal budget, and spending $100,000 for the purchase and preservation of undeveloped Knight’s Pond and Blueberry Hill. The town budget, down nearly $117,000 from current spending, by itself would allow the tax rate to drop 19.6 percent, from the current $17.15 per $100,000 […]