Officials say speed, alcohol, inexperience and the driver’s lack of a helmet were factors.
March 3, 2017
Posted inNews, Politics
Westbrook lawmaker faces penalty for late repayment of campaign funds
The state ethics commission’s staff contacted Rep. Dillon Bates, a Democrat, nearly a dozen times before the unspent funds were repaid.
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Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Major League notebook: Red Sox pitcher David Price doesn’t need surgery
The left-hander gets good news about his ailing elbow but is told to rest for 7-10 days.
Posted inMaine, News
Water main break closes Pearl Street during Friday commute
The stretch between Oxford and Lancaster streets reopened around 9 p.m.
Posted inNews, Politics
Legislative committee splits on voter ID, clean elections bills
Republicans are once again pushing to require voters to show a photo ID before casting a ballot and want to eliminate public campaign financing for gubernatorial candidates.
Posted inMaine, News
Sugarloaf employee dies in fall while prepping mogul ski course
Alexander Witt, 24, of Farmington hit his head and died at the first-aid clinic at the Carrabassett Valley ski resort.
Posted inNation & World
European lawmakers threaten tighter visa rules for Americans
The vote is seen mostly as a stunt born out of frustration in a long-running spat over which countries get privileged status by the United States.
Posted inNation & World, News
Maine’s attorney general, 18 others, support transgender boy in Supreme Court case
The friend-of-the-court brief filed by the attorneys general supports Virginian Gavin Grimm’s right to use the boys’ bathroom at his high school.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Rep. Poliquin urges Maine Legislature to comply swiftly with federal Real ID law
Maine driver’s licenses no longer provide access to federal facilities, and won’t be accepted as identification for interstate air travel starting in 2018.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
In sign of economic health, Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates
Comments by the central bank’s chair reflect its conclusion that nearly eight years after the Great Recession ended, the U.S. economy has finally regained most of its health.