FALMOUTH — In response to several proposed housing developments, including a contract zone that could add 151 units in West Falmouth, the town and School Department are joining forces on a new enrollment projection study. The study should be completed sometime in November, according to Rebecca Wandell, the contractor the school district hired to conduct the […]
2017
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump ad falsely blames Democrats for Republicans’ health care struggle
The spot features grainy images of Democrats, including the cowboy hat-wearing Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson, who recently clashed with Trump over his comments to the widow of a fallen soldier.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Communities ask families to postpone trick-or-treat
Some Midcoast towns are asking families to wait on Trick-or-treating due to storm damage
Posted inMaine, News
Roads remain closed, traffic snarls continue on day after storm
With traffic lights darkened because of widespread power outages, commuters have to creep through busy intersections.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Fair Rent referendum opponents raise nearly $270K
PORTLAND — The campaign to defeat the Fair Rent referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot has crossed the quarter-million-dollar mark in fundraising. Eleven-day campaign finance reports filed Oct. 27 at City Hall by all required candidates, political action committees and ballot question committees put Say No to Rent Control far in the fundraising lead. From Oct. […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Prosecutor in Sanborn murder trial quizzed about police procedure
An attorney for convicted murderer Anthony Sanborn, who is seeking to clear his name, asks former assistant attorney general Pamela Ames about police reports and a key eyewitness who recanted her testimony.
Posted inBusiness
Seaweed growers form exchange
The group wants to develop markets and new products for Maine seaweed companies.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
CMP’s game plan: Restore power to as many as possible, as fast as possible
Preparations to respond to Maine’s largest outage take place at regional service centers and include a huge expansion of crews put to work.
Posted inMaine
The Ice Storm of ’98: Remembering the last time Maine was in the dark
Hundreds headed for shelters after an ice storm coated roads, downed tree branches and power lines and left a high of 360,000 Mainers without power. Some waited weeks for the lights to come back on.
Posted inNation & World
Historians respond to John Kelly’s Civil War remarks: ‘Strange,’ ‘sad,’ ‘wrong’
‘It’s the Jim Crow version of the causes of the Civil War,’ says one.