Parts of Interstates 95 and 40 will remain underwater for another week – or more.
September 2018
Maine investigates restaurant for using marijuana on lobsters before cooking them
State inspectors are investigating a Southwest Harbor restaurant for using marijuana to try to sedate lobsters before cooking them. The Maine Health Inspection Program is investigating Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound but it hasn’t issued any findings yet, said Emily Spencer, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health and Human Services, the agency that oversees […]
Southern Maine sees building boom as cities bust out permits
BIDDEFORD — In the next few months, city officials in Biddeford and Saco will review plans for large-scale projects that could transform riverfront properties in each city with new housing and retail space. The projects in York County’s largest cities come at a time when officials in Biddeford and Saco say they have been issuing […]
Details of Thursday hearing for Kavanaugh accuser to be set
WASHINGTON (AP) — Details must be worked out on a tentative agreement for a Thursday hearing for Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegation that the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her decades ago. Talks were continuing Sunday. Lawyers for Ford and bipartisan representatives of the committee […]
Janet Mills’ mission: Break yet another glass ceiling
FARMINGTON — In the summer of 1948, Margaret Chase Smith had reason to celebrate. The four-term congresswoman had just defeated a former governor and the sitting governor to win the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate, which in those days meant she was all but certain to become the first woman to serve in both […]
Zaffie Hadiaris:: A walk through an apple orchard
The history of apple growing throughout America makes for a very interesting story and one that follows the footsteps of pioneers and settlers. We all remember the story about Johnny Appleseed and the migration of apples westward across America. A walk through an apple orchard in Maine, even in our very own community, give us […]
Carl Johnson: 2018 Red Sox epitomize Aristotle’s theory
The phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” often attributed to Aristotle, was explained in iperceptions.com on March 17, 2014 as meaning “when individual parts are connected together to form one entity, they are worth more than if the parts were in silos.” The May 22, 2012 “Strategies Newsletter” produced by […]
New coaches get off to rough starts in 2018
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Jon Gruden was welcomed back to Oakland as a returning hero when he got hired for his second stint as coach of the Raiders. There was a party he hosted for fans at a local sports bar, loud ovations in the preseason and a heightened level of excitement that Gruden could get […]
76ers coach Brown has faith Fultz, Simmons can hit 3s
PHILADELPHIA — Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz are expected this season to join Philadelphia’s Big Three. No, not as franchise cornerstones — the No. 1 draft picks were already part of that trio with All-Star center Joel Embiid. But as long-distance shooters, Simmons and Fultz went 0 for the season on 3s; Simmons, the NBA […]
Interactive map: See where Maine drivers crashed into moose in the past year
There were 251 motor vehicle crashes involving a moose from September 2017 through the end of August.
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