The Gray, Raymond, and New Gloucester fire and rescue departments all responded with their cold water rescue teams to 24 Inlet Pond Road in Raymond on Notched Pond on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. At the time of the call, it was reported that a dog was in the water, through the ice, approximately 150 feet […]
2015
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Freeport’s Nancy Randall Clark, ‘a force of nature,’ dies at 77
Nancy Randall Clark, a community leader in Freeport for decades and the first female Maine Senate majority leader, died late Monday night at her home on Randall Road in South Freeport. She was 77. Her longtime caretaker, Tamantha Wilson, was with her. The Rev. David Bowling of the South Freeport Congregational Church, where Clark was […]
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Posted inNews, Special Features
Photos of the Year: Explore our staff’s best work for 2015
Lobstering, sports, tall ships, storms and even Sultan made the list of top images.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Proposal to fund police diversion programs for heroin users just a start, lawmaker says
State Rep. Mark Dion says Medicaid expansion would pay for more than his plan’s handful of programs, but the governor has opposed the Medicaid option.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
New laws will put more cash in Mainers’ pockets
Starting Jan. 1, income taxes will decline and fewer heirs will have to pay estate tax, but hotels and some groceries will cost more.
Posted inNation & World
Deadliest day of the year is almost here
After reviewing 57 million death certificates, a professor finds that deaths peak each year on Jan. 1.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
Suddenly, a frenzy of new food choices on Portland’s Washington Avenue
New restaurants, a distillery and a cafe with desserts join the mix of urban businesses on part of the strip as the Old Port gets saturated with similar offerings.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine deals in 2015 involve forestland, chipmakers, banks and hospitals
The largest is a planned $87.4 billion acquisition of Plum Creek that would give Weyerhauser control over 860,000 acres near Moosehead Lake.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: It’s illogical to try to keep Syrian refugees out of U.S.
I find myself a bit perplexed at the many people demanding that Syrians be barred from entering the United States. These refugees are screened far more thoroughly than most of Washington’s security staff. That level of screening, however, is not applied to home-grown terrorists, like the 20-year-old who killed 20 children in Connecticut. Or the […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Donating to Salvation Army a great way to help others
Did you recently lose your regular donation place? Do you have decorations that you just don’t need? Do you have items you’ve been meaning to get rid of that have been sitting in your house for a long time? If the answer to any of these is “yes,” then why not donate them to The […]