Reading holds on for a 9-8 win after the game was suspended Tuesday night in the ninth inning because of lightning, then Portland wins the second game.
May 2018
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland police: 2016 killing was self-defense
PORTLAND — A 31-year-old man stabbed in the parking lot of a Brighton Avenue restaurant two years ago was killed in self-defense, police announced Wednesday. Anthony Best died May 20, 2016, at Maine Medical Center after being stabbed in an April 28, 2016, fight outside Denny’s at 1220 Brighton Ave. Police Lt. Robert Martin said in […]
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
No one will be charged in fatal stabbing, Portland police say, because the victim was the aggressor
Anthony Best, 31, of Veazie died weeks after he was stabbed in April 2016 outside the Denny’s restaurant on Brighton Avenue.
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Local standouts inducted into Maine Swim Hall of Fame
Cape Elizabeth’s Emily Caras, left, and Falmouth’s Gina Mancini, along with the father of the late Jason Thomas of Bangor, show off their induction plaques after becoming members of the Maine Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame at a recent induction dinner. Caras was a standout at Cape Elizabeth High School who went on to […]
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
Trek Across Maine gets a new course, and change of scenery, for 2019
The 35th annual long-distance charity bike ride – set for June 2019 – will start and finish in Brunswick.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
John Sullivan, hired in the ’70s to right BIW’s financial ship, dies at 93
He had no shipbuilding experience, but during his tenure the company’s workforce grew by thousands and its safety record improved dramatically.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump reports apparent payment to adult-film star in new financial disclosure
The president reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen more than $100,000 in 2017.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
ACLU, state spar before Supreme Court over Maine’s ban on Medicaid-funded abortions
The ACLU of Maine tells justices that the DHHS is violating women’s constitutional rights by denying funds for the procedure, but the state says no law requires it.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Schools and Education, Science
UMaine researcher gets grant to study aging fat tissue
The goal of the study is to help identify treatments that could potentially stop or reverse conditions including diabetes and obesity.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Witness in murder trial describes sudden robbery, beating death of Augusta man
Michael Sean McQuade had pleaded guilty to felony murder and robbery, and testified Wednesday in the trial of co-defendant Aubrey Armstrong.