2016
Home brewer plans South Portland’s 3rd commercial brewery
SOUTH PORTLAND — A nondescript office building behind the Maine Mall may become home to the city’s third brewery. The new addition to the burgeoning local industry is Island Dog Brewing at 125 John Roberts Road. The business, approved unanimously by the Planning Board Tuesday night, is owned by South Portland residents Jim Denz, his wife Jodie, and […]
Stephen Hawking just gave humanity a due date for finding another planet
But before we have a chance to relocate, he says, we’ll first need to solve the potential threat created by technology.
Winthrop teen charged with murdering parents could face life in prison
Andrew Balcer, 17, appears in court for a brief hearing as the state tries to have him prosecuted as adult in last month’s killings of Antonio and Alice Balcer.
Revised gift policy patches rift between Cape Elizabeth School Board, education foundation
CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board has adopted a revised policy on accepting gifts that brings it into compliance with state law. The Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation, which expressed concern when the policy was first presented in June, takes no issue with the adopted version, Executive Director Ellen Jordan said. “As far as CEEF is concerned, […]
Water main break closes Hussey Elementary in Berwick
School officials believe the break will be repaired in time for school to reopen Friday.
Landmark report by surgeon general calls drug crisis ‘a moral test for America’
Part of the reason for the report is to change attitudes about addiction and the stigma that users feel, and to present evidence that addiction is a treatable brain disease, with new therapies under development.
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Maine women – and men – organize to join Women’s March on Washington
The action is scheduled for the day after Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
Nonprofit seeks to open East Deering substance abuse treatment clinic
The residential home on Portland’s Washington Avenue would be the second such facility for Crossroads for Women.