The first snowfall of the season blankets Mill Creek Park in South Portland on Monday afternoon, Dec. 5. (Courtesy Russ Lunt)
December 2016
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
More than 200 Christmas wreaths stolen from York County farm
Co-owner Frank Boucher says the robbery came at a bad time because the farm is getting ready for an open house this weekend that’s traditionally when it sells most of its wreaths, trees and other holiday items.
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Posted inMaine, News
Nonprofits push legislation to reduce waiting lists for adults with intellectual disabilities
Leaders say higher reimbursements would let them hire more workers and assist more of the 1,264 people seeking services.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Damaging Bill Cosby testimony can be used at criminal trial
In it, he acknowledges offering drugs to women he wanted to seduce.
Posted inBusiness
McDonald’s revamps $4 billion McCafe brand
The effort is part of a bid to challenge coffee competitors Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
UNE researcher discovers potential blood test for aggressive breast cancers
Srinidi Mohan, an associate professor of pharmacy, happened upon a promising molecular marker while doing unrelated research on nutritional supplements.
Posted inMaine, News
Numbers of destructive spruce budworms remain low in Maine
The average number of moths caught in traps throughout northern Maine fell from 2015 to 2016, although experts say another outbreak is all but inevitable.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: MADD ratings on efforts to fight drunk driving used flawed arguments
A Nov. 30 editorial in the Portland Press Herald highlights a report by Mothers Against Drunk Driving that claims to judge states based on their vigor in tackling drunken driving. According to this year’s MADD report, Maine has fallen into the middle of the pack. However, the report uses flawed metrics. MADD’s narrative behind two […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: To lost-your-way Democrats: ‘Remember who you are’
Many years ago, I voted for Bill Clinton. I thought I could trust him. He seemed honest, fair and a champion of the middle class. In 1994 he signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, against the warnings of every labor union in the country. I realized then that we had been betrayed. The same […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Sheriff’s office an invaluable partner in addressing domestic violence
In the early morning hours of Nov. 27, many lives were changed by the actions of Norman J. Strobel, a man determined to make his former partner suffer for leaving him. The tragic shootings have profoundly affected many lives. Acts of violence happen every day in our neighborhoods and communities; however, they are often concealed […]