Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma is part of a coalition of state attorneys general suing the EPA over the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan.
December 2016
Posted inMaine, News
At Portland’s Pearl Harbor commemoration, veteran recalls thinking, ‘What’s happening to us?’
The remembrance this year is the 75th anniversary of the attack.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Thousands of snow geese die after landing in toxic Montana mine pit
What probably appeared to be an ordinary pond to the geese turned out to be a federally managed Superfund site.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Conservative groups, foreign leaders flock to Trump’s D.C. hotel
The president-elect remains the majority owner of the $212 million hotel as it does business with foreign diplomats and lobbying organizations.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
That overhead bin is now going to cost United passengers
Passengers who purchase the airline’s cheapest fares will only be allowed one personal item that must fit under a seat.
Posted inNation & World
Spread by trade and climate, bugs butcher America’s forests
Hundreds of pests are projected to put 63 percent of the country’s forests at risk through 2027.
Posted inThe Forecaster
McKeen Center accepting grant applications
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College’s Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good is accepting grant applications for up to $2,500 from local nonprofits. For the first time this year, the center is also offering a $5,000 grant for organizations looking to “increase their impact on their constituents,” according to a press release. Organizations in Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick planners likely to avoid marijuana rules
BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board Tuesday indicated it would not recommend many local restrictions on state-licensed retail marijuana shops. In part, the opinion acknowledged that the pertinent questions of the law – where, what kind, and how many retail stores and social clubs should be allowed in Brunswick, if any – are essentially up to the Town […]
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News
In central Maine, vandals release more cows from their farm pens
Police are investigating whether the mischief and vandalism at a total of four farms in Clinton and China are related.
