The man told doctors that he could not explain his urge to swallow knives.
August 2016
Posted inBusiness
Marketing innovator to leave post at Hannaford supermarkets
Mary Wright, who joined the Scarborough-based grocery chain in 2004, takes a new job with a California company.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland panel selects New York artist for Congress Square project
PORTLAND —New York-based sculptor Sarah Sze has been selected to create art for the redesign of Congress Square. The unanimous vote came at a Public Art Committee meeting Monday in City Hall. Sze’s commitment to collaborate with design consultants Wallace Roberts & Todd of Philadelphia was cited in the choice. Committee members said they were […]
Posted inBusiness
Parent company of Circle K stores buying Texas rival
Quebec’s Alimentation Couche-Tard hopes to acquire CST Brands for $4.4 billion.
Posted inNation & World, News
Former host’s lawsuit describes Fox News as a ‘Playboy Mansion-like cult’
Andrea Tantaros charges that behind the scenes the network is ‘steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny.’
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Mainers use 3-D technology to reach out to Dominicans
PORTLAND — Dean Rock is always happy to lend a hand – or 15. The Cumberland resident, who owns a 3-D printer, uses the device to print prosthetic arms for those in need. Rock is part of e-NABLE, a group of volunteers who print prosthetics and give them to people free of charge. “If you need a […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland officials tour schools targeted for renovations
PORTLAND — City and school officials on Monday evening toured two of the four elementary schools at the center of a proposed $70.6 million renovation project. The School Facilities Ad Hoc Committee, which earlier this month toured Presumpscot and Lyseth elementary schools, spent Monday night at Reiche and Longfellow elementary schools. Major renovations at each […]
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News
‘Wessie’ mystery goes national after discovery of snakeskin in Westbrook
A sample of the skin has been sent to a Texas researcher in an effort to determine the type of snake that shed it.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Students, teachers have a few more days to enjoy Maine’s summer weather
High pressure remains in control into the weekend with only minor disturbances expected.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Anchors aweigh for MS research
Sailboats race in the MS Regatta in Portland on Saturday, Aug. 20, part of the annual MS Harborfest, a three-day festival of sailboats, tugboats, and lobster boats, combined with a shoreside benefit auction, that celebrates the waterfront and benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (Melanie Sochan / For The Forecaster) A sailboats makes its way to […]