“It was then that Hook bit him. Not the pain of this but its unfairness was what dazed Peter. It made him quite helpless. He could only stare, horrified. Every child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly. All he thinks he has a right to when he comes to you to […]
2015
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Jurors in North Yarmouth bee farm murder trial hear gunshots on 911 call
Merrill ‘Mike’ Kimball, 72, maintains he acted in self-defense when he shot Leon Kelley at Brown’s Bee Farm in 2013.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Aroostook County woman charged with trafficking bath salts
Police say they searched the Mars Hill home of Leda Giggey and found a small amount of baths salts, prescription pills and $1,500 in cash.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Researcher: Portland schools' changing demographics present diversity challenge
PORTLAND — A recent report says the city’s public schools are going through a “rapid” racial change that requires more emphasis on diversity. Jennifer Ayscue, author of the September 2014 UCLA Civil Rights Project report,”Diversity in the Distance: The Onset of Racial Change in Northern New England Schools,” presented both state and city findings during […]
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Bills target UMaine System funding challenges
The Legislature has failed ‘as we have cut and cut and cut funding,’ says Rep. Diane Russell of Portland.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Portland to get new restaurant, bar at former Sangillo’s site
The owner aims to attract ‘a lot of working people’ and make sure potential troublemakers ‘know they’re not welcome.’
Posted inBusiness
Michelle Singletary: Now automated, IRS still scary
If there’s a discrepancy with documents the agency gets and what’s on your tax return, you get a CP2000 form.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Record cold morning across parts of Maine.
4 below zero, that’s the new record established this morning in Caribou. Not only was this a record for today, it also set a new benchmark chill for the month of April. Now, certainly Caribou isn’t close to Portland or southern Maine. You’d need to drive about 300 miles to get there. If you went […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland's Franklin Street fixes could cost $27 million
PORTLAND — Changes recommended for Franklin Street could be pedestrian and bicyclist friendly, an economic catalyst, or even promote social justice. But one thing is certain: They will be expensive. In its meeting April 1, the public advisory committee studying the future of Franklin Street endorsed recommendations that could cost $26.7 million. The proposals will […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Capitol Notebook: Maine, the way politics shouldn't be
The tone of Maine’s political conversation has reached a new low. A strange incident in Saco last week, and the bizarre reactions to it, paints a bleak picture of our rapidly sinking political dialogue. Last Thursday, as Gov. Paul LePage spoke at a forum promoting his plan to cut the state income tax, a former […]
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