PORTLAND — City officials plan to present a fourth option for proposed amendments governing West Commercial Street building heights at a Nov. 22 Planning Board workshop. Just what the option may be was not determined in a 2 1/2-hour community meeting Nov. 3 at Reiche School. “We really want to facilitate a discussion that will lead […]
November 2016
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Clinton wins Dixville Notch, N.H., with 4 votes to Trump’s 2
Two other New Hampshire towns claiming first-in-the-nation status cast and counted their ballots after midnight as well.
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Posted in2016 Election, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Take a look at how #MaineVotes
Voters visit the polls to make their voices heard.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Post-election forum scheduled in Portland
PORTLAND — Election results and implications will be the topic at a Nov. 14 public forum at the First Parish Church, 425 Congress St. Southern Maine Community College adjunct professor Ralph Carmona will moderate and Maine Attorney General Janet Mills, former Maine Democratic Party Chairman Severin Beliveau, Republican strategist Lance Dutson and communications strategist Alan Caron […]
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Maine close to record turnout for presidential election
While the presidential race is driving the big turnout, Mainers also are deciding an unprecedented five citizen-initiated ballot questions and choosing candidates to fill every seat in the Legislature.
Posted inMaine, News
Authorities identify woman, 2 children killed in Old Town blaze
The remains of the victims are taken to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsies, and investigators work to pinpoint the cause of the fire.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Key things to watch today as election results roll in
The action will roll from pre-dawn voting in New Hampshire to late-night poll closings in Alaska, but Virginia and Utah may foreshadow the outcome.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine ports gearing up to export wood chips to Europe
Investors are preparing Eastport and Searsport to send chips to Europe to feed biomass generators there.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Man guilty of burglary, theft warns youths about dangers of addiction
The Madison resident, 28, recalls how painkillers and heroin put him on a rocky path.
Posted inBusiness
Consumer borrowing rose in September
The increase could be a sign that gains in jobs and wages are making Americans more comfortable with debt.