CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 34 points, Kevin Love added 27 and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their 12th straight home game, 115-112 over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night as injured point guard Isaiah Thomas moved even closer to his return. James had 11 points in the fourth quarter and dropped a pair of free […]
2017
Posted inJournal Tribune
Sexual misconduct complaints rare for Maine legislators
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Over the last decade, the Maine Legislature has received two complaints of sexual misconduct or harassment against legislators, records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press through a public records request show. Both complaints were against House lawmakers. The Maine Senate has not received any such complaints since 2008. The Maine Legislature’s […]
advertisement
Posted inJournal Tribune
Maine explores secure options to serve mentally ill youth
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Department of Corrections representatives say they are exploring using secure, regional psychiatric facilities to serve young people with serious mental illness. The Bangor Daily News reports Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick said Thursday the move could ease pressure on Long Creek Youth Development Center staff. A recent report by the Center for Children’s Law and […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Attorney accuses state of racial profiling
PORTLAND (AP) — An attorney claims state police engaged in racial profiling when they stopped a van filled with immigrants on Interstate 295 in Maine. Attorney Robert Andrews presented his argument Wednesday during a court hearing for his client Mario Ernesto Garcia-Zavala. The 22-year-old pleaded not guilty to illegally re-entering the U.S. following a September […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Game warden’s plane breaks through ice, pilot OK
EAGLE LAKE (AP) — Authorities say a Maine game warden pilot landed his small plane on thin ice covering a lake, and the aircraft broke through, partially submerging it, but the pilot escaped injury. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says Jeff Spencer was returning from a bear data-gathering flight in a Cessna […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Celebrating Nolan
The Windham Town Council approved a proclamation designating Dec. 25 as “#Fight Like a Cyr” Day in honor of 11-year-old Nolan Cyr, who returned to his Windham home cancer-free earlier this month after battling osteosarcoma.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Younger riders need to step up, snowmobile clubs say
Volunteers work on one of three bridges they repaired earlier this month to get snowmobile trails in New Gloucester ready for riding. The Royal River Riders Snowmobile Club asks that all vehicles stay off the trails until they are posted open. Check the club’s Facebook page for updates. STANDISH — Local snowmobile clubs are ready […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Cumberland opts not to share firetruck with Gray
GRAY — If the town is going to move forward with a new ladder truck, it will likely be doing it alone. While there had been some discussion about potentially sharing the cost and use of a new truck with the Town of Cumberland, officials in Cumberland have decided not to further pursue that possibility. Cumberland […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Cumberland opts not to share firetruck with Gray
GRAY — If the town is going to move forward with a new ladder truck, it will likely be doing it alone. While there had been some discussion about potentially sharing the cost and use of a new truck with the Town of Cumberland, officials in Cumberland have decided not to further pursue that possibility. Cumberland […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Cumberland opts not to share firetruck with Gray
GRAY — If the town is going to move forward with a new ladder truck, it will likely be doing it alone. While there had been some discussion about potentially sharing the cost and use of a new truck with the Town of Cumberland, officials in Cumberland have decided not to further pursue that possibility. Cumberland […]