Richard Bertrand Spencer is seen as dangerous because he can appear innocuous.
November 2016
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Three UMaine football players earn first-team all-CAA honors
Six other Black Bears are honored as third-team selections.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
New $4 billion USS Zumwalt breaks down again, needs tow through Panama Canal
The stealth destroyer, built at Bath Iron Works, apparently lost propulsion in one shaft while in the Panama Canal.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Downeaster adds Brunswick-Boston roundtrip
U.S. Sen Angus King, I-Maine, arrives in Brunswick Monday, Nov. 21, to mark the inaugural third daily roundtrip of the Amtrak Downeaster between Brunswick and Boston. He was joined by Marty Eisenstein, chairman of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority; TrainRiders Northeast Chairman Wayne Davis, and Patricia Quinn, NNEPRA executive director. The new late-morning […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Vandal carves TRUMP into dashboard of car with anti-Trump bumper sticker
Megan Dyke’s car was parked in her Portland driveway when someone also peeled the “#NeverTrump fight hate” sticker from her bumper and slashed her seats.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Dow closes above 19,000 for first time as record-setting drive continues
Retailers report strong earnings, but health care stocks slump.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland marijuana moratorium passes 1st test
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city will likely follow Portland and Cumberland and enact a six-month moratorium on licenses to dispense and/or operate recreational marijuana businesses. The City Council measure passed unanimously, with Councilor Claude Morgan absent, in a first reading Nov. 21. It must be approved in a second reading before the temporary ban is enacted. […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Petition seeks 'sanctuary' status for Bowdoin College
BRUNSWICK — Following at least 100 colleges and universities across the country, a group of Bowdoin College students are circulating an online petition that would make the college a “sanctuary campus” and protect students at risk of deportation. The action comes at the same week that Portland announced it would cooperate with federal officials if President-elect Donald Trump […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland to hold Christmas tree lighting Nov. 27
CUMBERLAND — The town will hold its 37th annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony Sunday, Nov. 27. The Cumberland Band kicks things off at 4 p.m. with a concert in the sanctuary of the Cumberland Congregational Church, 282 Main St., which is followed by a community Christmas carol singalong led by the Greely High School Madrigals […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump Foundation’s tax filings reveal apparent admission of violating ban on ‘self-dealing’
During the presidential campaign, The Washington Post reported on several instances in which Donald Trump appeared to use the charitable foundation’s money to buy items for himself, or to help one of his businesses.