BRUNSWICK — The Town Council stuck to its tax increase goal Monday night, adopting a total budget with a 2.99 percent hike. Councilors adopted a $38.1 million school budget, which is $520,000 less than the $38.6 million spending plan recommended May 9 by the School Board. With the 2.99 increase, the tax rate will be $18.92 […]
May 2018
Posted inNation & World
Trump Jr: Can’t recall any discussion of Russia probe with father
The Senate Intelligence Committee releases more than 1,800 pages of transcripts of interviews with the president’s son and others who attended a June 9, 2016, meeting in Trump Tower.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Native education: BJHS holds Wabanaki Cultural Day
BRUNSWICK — The junior high school was abuzz with more than just typical Friday excitement May 11, when seventh-graders broke away from their standard classroom routine for a special reason. The afternoon marked the school’s first-ever Wabanaki Cultural Day, and allowed the students to try their hands at traditional native crafts and activities. Teachers also got […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Initiative in RSU 1 aims to provide school supplies to all students
BATH — Summer vacation is only a month away, but the Midcoast Community Alliance is already focused on going back to school. The organization hopes to raise enough money and materials to supply school supplies to every student – pre-kindergarten through grade 12 – in Regional School Unit 1 next year. “Back to School: Set for […]
Posted inMaine
Three trailers filled with trash catch fire in Westbrook
It took hours for firefighters and workers using an excavator to put out the stubborn fire Wednesday morning.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Video: Police work to identify vandals who slashed tires on all of Poland school district’s buses
A security video from early Wednesday morning shows two people running around the buses, causing an estimated $12,000 in damage.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
North Yarmouth hearing gives Wescustogo project mixed reviews
NORTH YARMOUTH — With a town referendum four weeks away on whether to rebuild Wescustogo Hall and renovate a pared-down North Yarmouth Memorial School, opinions on the project were mixed at a public hearing this week. A $3.43 million bond for the project, discussed at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting, goes to voters June 12. Fire […]
Posted inNation & World
Kensington Palace silent on reports Meghan Markle’s father needs heart procedure
He has told TMZ celebrity he needs treatment for blocked coronary arteries including receiving a stent.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Poor People’s Campaign reminds us about the forgotten virtue of morality
The campaign urges us to see how people from all walks of life are plagued by ‘interlocking injustices.’
Posted inJournal Tribune
Mock crash exercise emphasizes training
SANFORD — This didn’t really happen — it was a mock crash — but such events do take place in Maine and in locations across the nation. The driver of a sedan is distracted by texting and slams into the side of a schoolbus loaded with youngsters. There is silence, quickly followed by screams and cries. […]