FALMOUTH — After roughly two years of meetings with the Town Council and Planning Board, backlash from neighbors, and a handful of revisions, Rivalries sports bar and restaurant is set to open next month off U.S. Route 1. Lance Meader of Falmouth, who owns the Portland-based business, said on Monday there haven’t been any major delays recently, […]
2016
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Madam speaker: Gideon prepares to work without LePage
FREEPORT — One of Gov. Paul LePage’s wishes is unlikely to be realized after state Rep. Sara Gideon became the Democratic nominee for speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. Gideon, 44, was nominated by House Democrats Nov. 18, and is expected to be elected by the full House Dec. 7, since Democrats in the chamber […]
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath Iron Works president to leave shipyard at year's end
BATH — Bath Iron Works will greet the new year with a new president, parent company General Dynamics announced Monday. Fred Harris, president of BIW and General Dynamics NASSCO, which is based in San Diego, will retire after three years in the position. Dirk Lesko, who has served as vice president of surface combatants and […]
Posted inNews, Politics
After abruptly canceling, Trump will meet with N.Y. Times after all
The president-elect’s last-minute cancellation of a meeting with reporters and columnists was announced in a tweet in which he complained of ‘not nice’ treatment from the newspaper.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Kanye West hospitalized in Los Angeles, cancels tour
Reports cite stress and exhaustion after days of erratic and angry behavior that made a hot topic on social media.
Posted inNation & World, News
Driver charged in Chattanooga school bus crash that killed 5 children
The 24-year-old bus driver was going too fast with 35 elementary school students aboard, police say.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: City of Saco should rethink its policy on private roads
The city of Saco should rethink its policy regarding private roads. Why change the policy? The major reason is that these private roads might require upgrading to current standards. The cost of the upgrade might not fall on individuals who created the roads and live along them – it would fall on Saco taxpayers. Upgrading […]
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Letter to the editor: Portland councilors made right call on reporting energy usage
Thanks to the Portland city councilors who voted recently to require the owners of certain commercial properties to begin reporting their buildings’ energy usage. There are tools available to make the process doable, and the delay in implementation will give building owners ample opportunity to learn how the reporting systems work. Over time, benchmarking should […]
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Letter to the editor: High schools must teach kids how to think for the future
William Vaughan Jr.’s Nov. 14 Maine Voices proposal for preparing high school students for the future is asking school systems – boards of education, administrators and teachers – to use their crystal balls to determine the curriculum. It seems to me that the role of education is not to be a predictive science preparing students […]
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Letter to the editor: Immigrants are still welcome in Maine
The country continues to reel from the shocking impact of the recent presidential election, and many minority communities are experiencing a heightened sense of insecurity as a result of the discriminatory policies being proposed by the incoming administration. The threat of mass deportation weighs heavily on the minds of many immigrants throughout the country. And […]