PORTLAND (AP) — Maine shrimpers are all but resigned to another year of being unable to pursue their quarry in the Gulf of Maine, with a regulatory board set to decide this week whether to allow a season this winter. Maine shrimp are fished in the Gulf of Maine and were a popular winter seafood […]
November 2016
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State colleges see first enrollment boost in 13 years
ORONO (AP) — Officials say enrollment at public universities in Maine is growing for the first time in 13 years. The 2016 fall semester enrollment report showed a 1.6 percent increase with a total of 29,465 students. That’s an increase of 471 students from the fall 2015 semester. Officials say an increase in enrollment of […]
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Group raising money to oppose offshore wind project
MONHEGAN ISLAND (AP) — A small group called Project Monhegan hopes to derail testing of two full-scale floating wind turbines 2.5 miles off Monhegan Island, Maine. The group says the Aqua Ventus pilot project would do “irreparable harm” to the island community that’s 10 miles offshore, and it’s asking the University of Maine-led consortium that’s developing the […]
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Killer of South African anti-apartheid leader dies in prison
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says a man who spent more than two decades in prison for the 1993 assassination of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani has died in a hospital. The justice ministry said Thursday that Clive Derby-Lewis, who was granted medical parole in May 2015, died in Pretoria. Derby-Lewis, 80, had been suffering […]
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Royal Bank of Scotland compensates small business customers
LONDON (AP) — Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside 400 million pounds ($497 million) to compensate small and medium-size businesses that say they were mistreated by the lender after the 2008 financial crisis. RBS says it will set up an independent process to review complaints from businesses that believe they were mistreated and that […]
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A place to play
SANFORD — Until a week ago, children who live at the family shelter on Riverside Avenue had a rusty old swing set to play on. Now, they’ve got a brand new swing set and a playset with a slide — a place to be a kid, a place to get some exercise, a place to […]
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Its Election Day — vote!
SANFORD — Election Day has dawned in America, and while all eyes will be on the presidential race, there are many more races on tap — including a slew of local ones. In the Journal Tribune circulation area there are four Maine Senate races and many, many Maine House races. There are five state referendum […]
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Iraqi experts probe mass grave site found near IS-held Mosul
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi investigators were probing a mass grave on Tuesday that was discovered the previous day by troops advancing further into Islamic State-held territory near the city of Mosul, where soldiers have captured a sliver of land but later halted their advance. The chilling find was the latest instance of mass graves being […]
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Moving forward with love
Believe it or not, this election season may actually be on the brink of ending – though that’s certainly a somewhat optimistic prediction. Regardless, this is an election that demands something different going forward. Most of us, it’s probably fair to say, are voting against rather than for someone – even voting against two someones. […]
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Editorial roundup
The Providence Journal (R.I.) Oct. 7, 2016 Why did a small majority of Colombians vote “no” last weekend to a plan for peace? They concluded it would be nothing more than a faux peace. For some time, the general consensus had been that voters in a referendum would strongly approve the Colombian government’s deal to […]