FREEPORT — Saying it is “deeply troubled” at the notion it has a political agenda, Maine retail giant L.L. Bean asked for its removal from a boycott list kept by critics of President-elect Donald Trump. In a public statement released Sunday, the company’s executive chairman, Shawn Gorman, said L.L. Bean “does not endorse political candidates, […]
2017
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine scallop fishermen, hurt by weather, get extra day
Fishermen are reporting good catches and prices remain strong.
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Posted inMaine, News
Overnight traffic stoppages planned on Maine Turnpike
One will be on the Falmouth spur, the other at the Exit 63 interchange in Gray, to accommodate road projects.
Posted inLife & Culture
Theater review: Childhood friends share disparate life stories in ‘Love Letters’
The Good Theater production of A.R. Gurney’s work runs through Feb. 25.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Lewiston man injured in Brunswick collision
BRUNSWICK — A Lewiston man was taken to Portland’s Maine Medical Center with trauma-related injuiries Jan. 5 after his vehicle collided head-on with a dump truck on Old Portland Road. Police said Jesse Baum, 34, was recuperating in the hospital in fair condition. Baum had been driving north in a 2004 Nissan Sentra on Old Portland Road […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Balentine's 'hope' is misplaced with Trump
John Balentine wrote a column about choosing hope, about liberals and conservatives seeking each other out (“Here’s Something: This year, choose hope”). He wanted to lay a foundation for all of us acting in a way that would not be toxic to our “pluralistic” society. Does he have any memory of the civility exhibited by […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Synagogue stands with Muslim community
In response to the recent vandalism of the Ahram Halal Market in Portland, Congregation Bet Ha’am, greater Portland’s Reform Jewish community and Maine’s largest synagogue, joins its voice with others to express its outrage over this attack, and our comfort to and solidarity with Maine’s Muslim community. Judaism demands that we welcome the stranger into […]
Posted inPolitics
Trump has taken few steps to disentangle from private empire
The president-elect is expected to give an update on his effort to distance himself from his business at a Wednesday news conference.
Posted inLife & Culture
Read the full transcript of Meryl Streep’s Cecil B. DeMille Award speech
The actress used the opportunity to talk about foreigners, empathy and the press.
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Brunswick school bond doesn't make sense
On Jan. 17 the Brunswick Town Council is conducting a public hearing on a bonding proposal for a new elementary school and repairs to Brunswick Junior High. There are at least a few concerned citizens in town who see this as an important and serious financial burden. We vote in all town budget referendums, unlike […]