Ivory trading that threatens elephants is banned internationally. But the domestic trade of ivory within countries is legal nearly everywhere.
August 2016
Posted inNation & World, News
More fishing gear entanglements jeopardize right whale’s recovery
The journal Frontiers in Marine Science says the number of baby right whales has steeply declined since 2010.
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth begins work toward new Comp Plan
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council has started the process of developing a new Comprehensive Plan. Councilors held a workshop Monday, Aug. 29, to discuss the plan, which was last updated in 2007. They also discussed the process for hiring a new town manager, following Mike McGovern’s announcement last week that he is resigning. Creating a […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Best Buy to close Topsham store
Lagging sales and increasing lease costs prove too much for electronics retailer.
Posted inThe Forecaster
South Portland Fire Department remembers Capt. Wallingford
South Portland Fire Department Capt. Robb Couture pauses for a moment of silence Aug. 27 to honor fallen Capt. Robert Wallingford on the 20th anniversary of Wallingford’s death in the line of duty at the Portland Welding Co. fire in 1996. The ceremony took place on Madison Street, off Wallingford Drive, which was named in […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
‘1 life makes a difference’: Harpswell church embraces Ugandan ministry
HARPSWELL — When Cindy Baumgartner sends an email to 10-year-old Masudi, she likes to envision the journey it takes across the world to his home village of Mukono, Uganda. Baumgartner, who co-owns Glen’s Lobsters on Bailey Island, visited Mukono in 2013 on a mission trip with Safe Landings, the American extension of Noah’s Ark Childen’s Ministry Uganda orphanage. […]
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Brazil’s Senate ousts first female president from office
Dilma Rousseff was accused of breaking fiscal laws in her management of the federal budget.
Posted inMaine, News
NYC comedian says he baited LePage to make racial remarks
Andrew Ritchie says he was vacationing in Maine and couldn’t resist giving the governor a chance to ‘put his foot in his mouth.’
Posted inNews, Politics
Mexico wonders why its president is meeting with Trump
Many Mexicans feel the candidate left Pena Nieto flat-footed by accepting an invitation the Mexican president had made simply for appearances’ sake.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Thibodeau says he is unsure LePage has done enough
The Republican Senate president says Senate members will be discussing whether they think additional steps are needed to ensure LePage’s recent ‘explosiveness’ doesn’t continue.