PORTLAND (AP) — Hundreds have gathered in Maine’s largest city to demonstrate unity and protest the election of Donald Trump as president. Participants met at Portland’s Monument Square on Wednesday evening and marched toward Portland City Hall carrying signs that said “not my president” and “keep hate out of Maine.” WMTW-TV reports that several speakers […]
November 2016
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Maine elects first African-born Muslim to higher office
PORTLAND (AP) — The first African-born Muslim to hold elective office in Maine is moving on to a higher post after another win. Forty-seven-year-old Pious Ali made Maine history when he was elected to the Portland Board of Education in 2013. Voters in Maine’s largest city elected Ali as an at-large City Council member on […]
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Clinton supporter Stephen King ‘shutting down’
BANGOR ( AP) — The bitter defeat in the presidential race has many supporters of Democrat Hillary Clinton shell-shocked in Maine. Among them is Stephen King. King, the best-selling author, tweeted early Wednesday that he’s going offline, saying there will be “No more book recommendations, politics, or amusing dog pictures for the immediate future. I’m […]
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Panel to decide whether Maine shrimp industry will stay shut
PORTLAND (AP) — A decision is coming about whether New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery will be able to reopen this winter. Prospects for reopening are dim. A scientific panel has recommended the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission keep the fishery closed because of concerns about poor reproduction in a warming ocean. An arm of […]
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Maine CDC informed of possible prion disease at hospital
PORTLAND ( AP) — Maine’s largest hospital has notified the Maine Center for Disease Control of a patient who has what they believe is a potentially deadly prion disease. The Maine CDC tells WMTWTV they were notified by the hospital on Tuesday evening. Testing is underway to reach an official diagnosis. Prion diseases are rare […]
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Man charged with setting fire to neighbor’s home
ROCKLAND (AP) — The state fire marshal’s office says a Maine man has been arrested on charges he allegedly set fire to his neighbor’s mobile home. Forty- two- year- old Timothy Barbeau, of Rockland, was charged Tuesday with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated attempted murder. He remains held at Knox County […]
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LETTERS
A Gray Day Today is a gray day for our country. I could say dark day but I’m a more optimistic person than that. The signals sent by the results of the presidential election clearly reflect the opinions of many of our fellow Americans. It would be so easy to be angry at them for […]
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
You can’t be a full participant in our democracy if you don’t know our history. — David McCullough, American historian
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Midcoast Maine’s Identification
Situated midway across our continent, Standing Rock North Dakota is a long way from downtown Bath. Yet, twice in recent weeks, citizens of Maine’s Midcoast have gathered here in solidarity with those opposing completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The feared dangers of that distant project have no immediate consequence for this area, but for […]