A spokesman for the U.S.-led forces said advancing troops and aircraft have destroyed some 70 tunnels the jihadis had been using to launch surprise attacks from inside densely populated areas.
November 2016
Posted inNation & World
Obama tells Pentagon to kill leaders of al-Qaida-linked group in Syria
The move underlines the extent to which Obama has come to prioritize the counterterrorism mission in Syria.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Spurwink awarded $20 million grant for team-teaching program
The largest grant ever received by the Portland organization will help expand efforts at high schools in Maine and in other states.
Posted inNation & World
Gravediggers compete for central Europe championship
The event is meant to promote the funeral industry and bring some levity to a serious profession.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Protests continue, while Trump supporters cry hypocrisy
High school students march through downtown San Francisco, and several thousand people chant ‘Not my president’ in front of Trump Tower in Chicago.
Posted inMaine, News
Passamaquoddy chief deposed in recall vote
Frederick Moore III, the governor at Pleasant Point reservation, contends that he was stopped from confronting drug abuse in tribal government.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Source
Maine’s depleted shrimp fishery to remain closed for another season
However, the amount that shrimpers can take for scientific surveys and then sell more than doubles.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Harold Stover’s original works for organ gently take hold of your attention
During his Noonday Concert on Thursday, Stover played three of his own scores whose strengths are in their subtleties.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Waterville pair had $13,000 worth of narcotics, police say
A man and a woman face drug trafficking charges following a two-year investigation.
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Five Falmouth athletes sign Letters of Intent
Five Falmouth athletic standouts, joined by their parents, signed National Letters of Intent Thursday to compete in college. Robbie Armitage, left, will play baseball at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Adelaide Cooke, will compete in track and field at the University of Albany (New York). Cam Guarino, will pitch at the University of New […]