The mass incarceration and speed of guilty verdicts raise concerns about the innocent and worries that detained militants are recruiting in prisons to build new extremist networks.
March 2018
Posted inBusiness, News
Here’s how each Maine county fares as home sales, prices rise in tight market
Sales volume was up 6 percent from a year earlier, while the median sale price was up 8 percent.
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Posted inBusiness
Tariff details unknown, allies await confused
With the import levies on steel and aluminum set to start in two days, there are still no working details.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
USDA awards $1.5 million loan for solar project
The award will help offset the cost of a 1.5-megawatt solar farm installed at the former Navy base in Brunswick.
Posted inBusiness
Up against online shoppers and chains, small toy stores thriving
They focus on personal service and toys customers can’t find elsewhere.
Posted inMaine
Portland police open officer jobs to non-citizens, recent pot users
The policy change is aimed at filling vacancies at a time when departments nationwide are struggling to recruit qualified candidates.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Frozen Four: Breaking down the final four of the NCAA Division III hockey tournament
Lake Placid to play host to powerhouses and first-timers.
Posted inMaine, Politics
LePage wants to more than double pay of Maine’s next governor
The current gubernatorial salary is the lowest in the nation, but lawmakers have shot down previous attempts to change that.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Singer Selena Gomez responds to ‘thick’ remark with her own post
The singer says the beauty myth is an obession and she’s not trying to ‘prove anything to anyone.’
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
Kennebunk theater group shutting down after loss of operations director
The director of operations of MaineStage Shakespeare left his job at Kennebunk High School because of a social media controversy.