FREEPORT — The Town Council accepted $20,000 from the Maine Department of Transportation to offset the effects of a tree-removal project completed last year along Interstate 295. Councilors on Tuesday unanimously approved the agreement with little discussion. The money will be used to install fencing and landscaping on the town side of the fence that runs along I-295, but […]
August 2016
Posted inMaine, News
Historic schooner runs aground off Mount Desert during regatta
The Coast Guard transports 25 guests aboard the American Eagle to safety.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Affirming Trump should stain any Republican’s permanent record
The attack on Khizr and Ghazala Khan represents a breathtaking new low.
Posted inMaine, News
Project at Portland Co. site involves moving historic brick building
The former storehouse is in the way of a needed street extension, developers say in requesting permission to move it 230 feet.
Posted inMaine, News
L.L. Bean in discussions over access to old Flying Point cemetery
The company says the sides haven’t reached an agreement over re-establishing a way for people to cross its paddling center to visit Mann Cemetery.
Posted inMaine, News
Odors from Portland sewage plant have many residents crying foul
An $11.4 million upgrade of the facility on the East End gets noses bent out of shape, and there’s no immediate end in sight.
Posted inMaine, News
Owners of golf course and stable feud over land in Boothbay Harbor
A 9-foot-tall fence goes up, hoof prints appear on a tee box and a war of words breaks out as a land dispute between neighbors ends up in court.
Posted inNews
Robert Carswell, who served 3 Democratic presidents, dies at 87
A noted negotiator, he helped solve the Iranian hostage crisis and New York City’s fiscal crisis.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Uninsured patient rule puts Bangor detox center in jeopardy
The state rule would require the facility to take 40 percent of its patients without insurance – and prove costly to any contractor.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Sanders’ group can be a force for change if it sticks together
Other insurgents have wound up footnotes when there was no one to build upon what they started.