The helicopter helps lift the plane out of the ice on Eagle Lake, where it had broken through a thin spot while taxiing across the ice.
2017
Posted inLife & Culture
Pope decries ‘cancer’ of cliques at Vatican
Francis has a tradition of giving church officials a tough-love Christmas greeting.
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Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Football awards nominees named
Scarborough’s Owen Garrard and Falmouth’s Jack Bryant are two of the three finalists for the prestigious Fitzpatrick Trophy, given to the state’s top senior football player. Wells’ Nolan Potter is the other finalist. The winner will be announced Jan. 14. Semifinalists for the Frank J. Gaziano Memorial Offensive and Defensive Lineman Awards were also named […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine potato farm fined for failing to seek U.S. workers for packing jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor says Green Thumb Farms of Fryeburg also gave them housing and transportation benefits it hadn’t given U.S. workers.
Posted inNation & World, News
Engineer wasn’t using electronic devices before deadly train crash
Video also shows he did not place the brake handle in the emergency-braking mode as the locomotive was recorded traveling 78 mph.
Posted inCops & Courts
Winthrop teenager indicted on charges of murdering parents, killing family dog
Andrew Balcer is accused of killing both his parents and the family’s Chihuahua on Halloween morning last year.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Five things you can do before Jan. 1 to lower your income tax bill
The basic advice is to do everything you can to itemize deductions now – before they disappear or are limited.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Weather forces postponements of high school sports events
Many events set for Friday and Saturday are affected because of the storm hitting Maine.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Sen. McConnell mocks Steve Bannon’s ‘political genius’
The Senate majority leader criticizes him for ‘throwing away a seat in the reddest state in America.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Federal agency opens door to allowing Cat ferry service in 2018
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will continue screening passengers in Portland if the city can make $2 million improvements at Ocean Gateway.