Islamic State militants overran Saddam Hussein’s hometown last June, capturing around 1,700 soldiers as they were trying to flee.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
USM Composers Ensemble celebrates 10 years with concert April 17
Of the 26 USM students in the ensemble, seven are working toward a bachelor’s degree in music composition, which is being offered for the first time this year at the School of Music.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland budgets would add nearly 3% to property tax
PORTLAND — Property owners face a tax increase of 58 cents per $1,000 of assessed value in the combined fiscal year 2016 budget. The 2.9 percent increase from the current tax rate of $20 was outlined by acting City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian at Monday night’s City Council meeting on the proposed spending for municipal services, […]
Posted inMaine, News
Windham firefighters on scene of dump truck fire
The contents of the truck, construction debris, ignited Tuesday morning.
Posted inNews, Politics
New book by Dick Cheney takes on Barack Obama
The book, co-authored by Cheney’s daughter Liz Cheney, contends that Obama has abandoned a decades-long tradition of American global leadership.
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Kentucky’s Rand Paul: ‘I am running for president’
His challenge now is to convince Republican primary voters and caucus-goers that his is a vision worthy of the GOP presidential nomination.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth Foreside market's new owner promises business as usual
FALMOUTH — What has been a family business will stay that way, just with a new family at the helm. MaryBeth Bachman, a school nurse at Falmouth High School, purchased the iconic Town Landing Market on March 31. Bachman will run the store with her daughter, Sara, and two business partners: her brother Arthur Curran, […]
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Jury in marathon bombing trial adjourns for the day
The judge on Wednesday will answer two questions posed by jurors during seven hours of deliberations in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland council to vote on town budget
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council is expected to vote next week on the fiscal 2016 municipal budget. The panel will also hear a report from the Ocean Access Committee on a management plan for the town’s portion of the former Payson property, and to approve a contractor for this year’s Blackstrap Road improvement project. Next […]