Methylene chloride has been linked to 50 deaths, prompting the EPA to announce upcoming action, but environmental advocates don’t want to wait and are appealing directly to retailers that sell the products.
May 2018
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
#BeBest: Schumer reminds Trump of the first lady’s initiative after president’s tweet
The first lady’s ‘Be Best’ initiative encourages children to ‘choose their words wisely and speak with respect and compassion.’
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Sheriff charges two with theft of bottles and cans from Baldwin charity drive
Returnables were swiped from a ‘Cans for a Cure’ donation site over the last two weeks.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Lawyers for Portland fire victims’ families frustrated by small settlement
Each family that lost a loved one in the Noyes Street blaze will get $45,000, which one attorney calls ‘wholly inadequate,’ because the landlord had few assets other than $300,000 from fire insurance.
Posted inCops & Courts
Police arrest 2, seize heroin and cocaine in turnpike traffic stop
Police believe the men were bringing the drugs from out of state to sell in the Wilton area.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Indoor farming: Locally grown vegetables year-round but at a high price
Energy, real estate costs are holding back a method of food production that uses little water or land.
Posted inNation & World
Trump, North Korean leader to meet June 12; detainees freed
‘We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!,’ the president tweeted Thursday morning.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
These are the 3,400 Facebook ads purchased by Russia’s online trolls around the 2016 election
The ads illustrate the extent to which Kremlin-aligned forces sought to stoke social, cultural and political unrest.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cape Elizabeth schools seek 3% spending increase
CAPE ELIZABETH — Town councilors were greeted Monday by residents waving signs in support of the School Board’s proposed 3.1 percent budget increase. The council’s May 7 public hearing was held to hear input before the $25.6 million fiscal year 2019 budget proposal is deliberated and put to a council vote May 14. The approximate […]
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Inflation muted, April consumer prices up just 0.2 percent
The cost of food was flat, cable TV dropped and the price of gas rose last month.