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Posted inNation & World, News
Teen birth rate in rural America is nearly two-thirds higher than in urban America
Municipalities of all sizes experienced steady declines in teen birth rates between 2007 and 2015, federal data show.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Success of Fort Andross in Brunswick confirms developer's vision
BRUNSWICK — Coleman Burke purchased the business complex known as Fort Andross in 1986, two years before the 300th anniversary of the structure’s construction. Burke, managing partner of a New York-based commercial real estate firm, came to Maine in the 1980s in search of waterfront properties. While he had the Atlantic ocean in mind, the Androscoggin would […]
Posted inMaine, News
Maine group honors 15 projects for restorations, preservation
Sites where historic significance was protected include St. Andre’s Convent in Biddeford, a Harpswell lighthouse and Thompson’s Point.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Hollis woman was shot by man trying to defend her from boyfriend’s assault, police say
State police arrest Ryan Gilliken, who shares a home with the woman and her three children, on assault charges; no charges have been filed against the man who shot and wounded the woman.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland eyes timeout for marijuana discussion
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council next week is expected to take an initial vote on a six-month moratorium that would temporarily halt licenses for retail marijuana businesses. All but two councilors at a Monday, Nov. 14, workshop supported the moratorium, proposed in the wake of the statewide referendum vote Nov. 8 to legalize the possession, […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
‘Post-truth’ chosen as word of year by Oxford Dictionaries
It’s often used to describe the current state of politics, and is defined as belonging to a time in which truth has become irrelevant.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Poll finds tempered optimism after Trump victory, but doubts about mandate
The poll finds Americans still reeling from the long campaign, with more than 7 in 10 saying it made them angry and more than half feeling stressed out by campaign news.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: United we should not stand behind the scoundrel who won the election
When the nation as well as basic decency loses, it’s no time to cheer the bigoted, misogynistic victor.