The owner says he has also given $20 million to help endow the newly created Institute for Journalism in New Media.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Police find puppy stolen from Oxford pet store
Police say a surveillance video posted on social media generated tips that led to the puppy’s recovery.
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Suicide blast that kills 10 in Istanbul may be linked to Islamic State
The bombing targets the heart of the Turkish city’s tourist district, and nine of those killed were German.
Posted inBusiness, On the Job
On the Job: In T-shirt business, he leaves an imprint
Loyal Citizen Clothing co-owner Jeff Lauzier loves his moonlighting gig: screen-printing T-shirts with original designs from history.
Posted inMaine, News, Sports
Two Maine figure skaters on the edge of a dream
A ninth-grader from Yarmouth and a seventh-grader from Westbrook hope to capture the state’s first figure skating medal in eight years at the nationals.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Demolition plan highlights history of Portland buildings
A group of buildings on Forest Avenue could soon be demolished to make way for a CVS Pharmacy.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Power rates on the line as CMP, Emera Maine ask to generate power again
The distribution companies say prices could fall if they can return to producing some of their own electricity, but skeptics say that’s just as likely to raise rates as lower them.
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Blair Walsh’s field goal miss a real kick in the gut
Walsh, of the Minnesota Vikings, is the latest kicker to miss a key field goal attempt in the playoffs, and he has plenty of company historically, too.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: It is not racist to say drug dealers are scumbags
There you go again, Portland Press Herald, insulting and putting down one of your regular readers by calling me a racist (“Our View: Gov. LePage should not speak for Maine on race,” Jan. 9). I have no qualms talking about drug dealers and white Maine women in the same sentence. In my experience, drug dealers […]
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Letter to the editor: LePage’s loose lips will always be the problem
Gov. LePage said his mouth got ahead of his brain. Right. In a race between his brain and his mouth, my money will always be on the mouth. Sigmund Roos Concord, Mass., and Phippsburg