PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Commission will hold meetings in across the region through September. The commissioners normally meet on the second Monday of each month at the County Courthouse in Portland. During the “2018 Summer Tour,” commissioners will meet in communities where federal Community Development Block Grant funding has been applied to a recent […]
May 2018
Posted inNation & World, News
He searched for his Japanese birth mother. He found her – and the restaurant she had named after him
Air Force Col. Bruce Hollywood never wanted to find his birth mother until he had a heart attack in the parking lot of the Pentagon.
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Posted inNation & World, News
North Korea releases 3 American prisoners ahead of planned Trump-Kim summit
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is returning with the three detainees who were considered ‘prisoners of war’ and had not been seen since June.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump lawyer sold ‘insight’ into his high-powered client
One pharmaceutical company admits it paid Michael Cohen $1.2 million, although it says it ended the arrangement after only one meeting.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Proposed Bath budget down less than 1%, taxes up 2.5%
BATH — Next year’s city budget could drop 0.83 percent, while overall taxes – including school and county assessments – could rise 2.48 percent. The proposed fiscal year 2019 spending plan goes to a public hearing during the City Council’s meeting on Wednesday, May 16. The City Hall gathering begins at 6 p.m. The council […]
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
David Rockefeller art auction fetches $646 million on just the first night
Proceeds from the former Maine summer resident’s collection will go to philanthropies he and wife Peggy supported in their lifetimes. Tuesday evening’s sale focused on 19th- and 20th-century art; art of the Americas will go on the block tonight.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: We’re at a point where the public must learn how to authenticate information
That role of journalists is scarce on social media, and soon you’ll see scary new ways to manipulate reality.
Posted inAuto, CAR TALK
Technology for solar just isn’t there yet
But expect progress in the new few years.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Cleanup team tangles with 2 tons of ‘ghost gear’ off Cape Elizabeth
Divers, lobstermen and environmentalists pull a huge blob of debris from Dyer Cove. Such lost fishing gear poses a threat to marine life, fishermen and boaters.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Three Maine high schools among top 500 in U.S.
Yarmouth, Cape Elizabeth and Falmouth high schools earn recognition in the latest annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.