In an emotional Facebook post, a police officer describes delivering news of the crash to the next of kin.
August 2016
Posted inBusiness
Uber loses bid for China business, plans to merge with main rival
Didi Chuxing says it will take over Uber China and operate it as a separate brand.
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Posted inMaine, News
Maine boat captain accused of holding machete to man’s neck in Boston
Boston police say Stephen Thuotte, of Porter, assaulted a Brunswick, Maine, man at the Boston Fish Pier.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Brunswick woman taking gamble that stem cells will restore vision
Charlene Ouellet is paying $21,000 for an experimental and controversial procedure by a doctor in Florida.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Firestorm spreading over Trump ‘insults’
Leaders in both parties are outraged at his treatment of the Muslim family of a fallen soldier.
Posted inMaine, Maine Cannabis Report, News
Medical marijuana caregivers face restrictions in Saco
Councilors are considering the state’s first ban on in-home growing of pot by caregivers, but it may violate state law and would be hard to enforce.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Pundits puzzle over Trump visit to Portland
Why a blue city, come Thursday, when there’s a reddish 2nd District nearby?
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Ads use real-life stories to recruit tourists to ‘Work in Maine’
The campaign posts banners showing a scientist and a consultant who gave the state a shot and decided to stay.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland council to consider one-way dispute again
Petitioners hoping to reverse the council’s recent decision to restore two-way traffic on Ocean Street fall short in a signature drive.
Posted inCommunity
Briefs
PORTLAND Red Claws, Dunkin’ Donuts offering basketball clinics The Maine Red Claws will partner with Dunkin’ Donuts to offer free youth basketball clinics across the state for children 7 to 14. The one-day clinics will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will teach fundamentals of basketball. Instruction will be by former Red Claws […]