Its valuable brand comes under fire from a national group that’s unhappy with board member Linda Bean’s financial support for Donald Trump.
2017
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Enraged about dead phone battery, man threatened grandparents with vase, knife, sheriff says
Brandon Gignac, 21, of Cornish was arrested and charged with domestic violence terrorizing and is being held at the York County Jail.
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Posted inNews
Vermont group to commission $1 million sculpture to honor snowboard’s inventors
The Londonderry Arts and Historical Society says it wants to install a sculpture to commemmorate the site of the first Burton Snowboards factory.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics
Honoree Meryl Streep critiques Trump, calls for empathy at Golden Globes
‘When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose,’ Streep said while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Posted inNews
Fire ignites explosions at Liberty manufacturing facility
A man inside Magnum Manufacturing Inc. was injured in the fire, according to officials.
Posted inLife & Culture
Horoscopes for Jan. 9, 2017
Libras should take charge and do some work for themselves.
Posted inMaine, News, Sports
Father-son coaching bond stretches from Maine to NBA
Bob Brown taught players for 52 years, including his boy, Brett, now the head man for the rebuilding 76ers.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Finding money to repair Portland church’s bell tower a tall order
The small but caring congregation at the landmark in Deering Center needs to raise up to $1.5 million for critical restorations.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Portland School Department’s role in political push for borrowing questioned
The superintendent helped an outside group send pro-renovations fliers home in student backpacks, but two city councilors say that’s improperly supporting the campaign.
Posted inMaine, News
Plan calls for new building with 45 condominiums in Portland
The four-story structure would be located where the Eastern Prom meets Washington Avenue, near an area that is experiencing a bit of a renaissance.