BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved – for the second time – borrowing $621,000 for several capital improvement items. The council previously approved the bond in two separate votes – in May and June – which the City Charter requires of ordinances. But the city had failed to publish a “notice of final passage” in a […]
2017
Posted inNation & World, News
SUV rams into pedestrians on city sidewalk in Australia
Two of the 14 injured are in critical condition, including a preschool-age boy with head injuries. Two men are in custody.
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Posted inLife & Culture
Horoscopes for Dec. 21, 2017
Libra and Gemini get the five-star days. Congrats, guys.
Posted inLife & Culture, Link
Can’t-miss winter events: The 2018 edition
Plenty of winter fun, from Snodeo to ice bars to free sledding.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Attorney alleges racial profiling by state police in Portland traffic stop
In federal court, the lawyer for a Honduran man seeks a dismissal, but a state trooper defends his actions in stopping a van with a cracked windshield on I-295.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
York County casino drive spent $146 per vote in futile bid to win voter approval
Backers poured $8.8 million into a petition drive and referendum campaign that captured only 57,000 votes, likely the most costly campaign per vote in state history.
Posted inMaine
With donations down this year, the Toy Fund itself is asking for help
Readers have donated $81,114 so far this year, compared to about $114,000 raised by this time last year.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Two Republican ‘moderates’ betray the label by backing tax reform bill
It’s bewildering that Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Bob Corker of Tennessee chose collapse over their stated convictions.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Dana Milbank: Democrats had unpopular Obamacare, now Republicans have the ‘Trump Tax’
They’ll be blamed if the economy doesn’t boom, wages don’t soar and the middle class doesn’t thrive.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Money earmarked for prayer room at USM could be much better spent
The Portland school plans to spend $100,000 to renovate a building whose fate is still uncertain.