PORTLAND — Will local Question 1, the Fair Rent ordinance stabilize city neighborhoods or destroy them? “Rent stabilization protects working and middle-class housing, with housing being a crucial resource in the city,” Jack O’Brien of Fair Rent Portland said Monday. O’Brien, a professor of statistics at Bowdoin College, is leading the grassroots effort to pass the measure […]
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North Berwick mountain biker dies on trail in New Hampshire
Robert Summa was found by a member of his group near an area called Pudding Pond at about 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Bridge project planned for busy Blackstrap Road in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — The Maine Department of Transportation will spend about $800,000 to rehabilitate the aging Lambert Street Bridge on Blackstrap Road. Work will begin sometime next year, Garrett Gustafson of MDOT said Monday. The goal of the project is “to maintain the structure and extend its life,” by about another 20 years, Gustafson said. Only a […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Witness in Sanborn murder trial recants testimony, says he lied to investigators
Glenn A. Brown, the second key witness to recant, testified in 1992 that he saw defendant Anthony H. Sanborn with a knife looking for Jessica Briggs, but on Tuesday he said that was untrue.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Documents shed light on LePage’s refusal of federal funds for job training
The U.S. Department of Labor releases correspondence between the governor and the labor secretary following a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Halloween cards from around the world boost Biddeford boy battling brain cancer
‘Brocktober’ rolls on for Brock Chadwick, 7, who was diagnosed earlier this year with a rare form of cancer.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Driver escapes after truck ends up in ocean at Falmouth Town Landing
FALMOUTH — A driver whose brakes failed ended up in the ocean near the pier at Town Landing Monday night. The driver, who was identified as Bernard Schneider, 66, suffered no serious injuries and was not taken to the hospital after being evaluated at the scene, according to Lt. John Kilbride of the Falmouth Police Department. Kilbride […]
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Podcast: Like a Boss – Chuck Hays, Maine General Medical Center
Listen in as Lisa talks healthcare with the President and CEO of Maine General Medical Center in Augusta
Posted inNation & World
China’s 8½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth. No one knows where it will hit.
And no one seems to think it’s going to fall into the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility all by itself.
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Tennessee boy and his stuffed bunny reunited thanks to Portland businesses
Bean, a stuffed bunny blanket, was found after Portland Downtown put out the call for a search on social media.