LOS ANGELES – Jared Goff hit Cooper Kupp in stride with a 70-yard touchdown pass that was just as gloriously wide-open as Rams coach Sean McVay had predicted when they drew it up this week. While his teammates celebrated, Goff ran to the sideline and pointed at McVay, who accepted the challenge with a celebratory chest […]
September 2018
Safe, not sorry: Football game called off because of concerns over hand, foot and mouth disease
Friday night’s Scarborough-Massabesic contest was canceled because Massabesic High has reported cases of coxsackievirus, school officials say.
Cruise ships are cleaning up with natural gas
Most burn diesel and ship oil, fuels that create unhealthy plumes of sooty black carbon when they burn.
Experts pitch oyster aquaculture in Brunswick, but avoid discussion of proposed 40-acre lease
BRUNSWICK — With the debate over a large-scale proposed oyster farm looming in the background, aquaculture experts pitched the benefits of oyster farming to Brunswick residents during a forum Thursday. Though the event didn’t address any specific aquaculture farms, the specter of an application for a 40-acre lease in Maquoit Bay off Mere Point loomed […]
As parents petition against proficiency-based education, MSAD 75 weighs grading options
Topsham — Some parents in Maine School Administrative District 75 want the district to abandon proficiency-based education, and have started a petition hoping to convince district officials to backtrack. The parents say they’re concerned about how a full switch to proficiency-based education will translate to a transcript for college. Brandy Robertson gave the example of […]
N.H. sheriff warns of phone scammers posing as law enforcement
Strafford County Sheriff David Dubois says the scammer is using fake phone numbers that make it seem like the calls are coming from the department.
Vermont officials warn waterfowl hunters of algae blooms toxic to their dogs
Authorities say the blue-green plants in freshwater lakes and ponds can emit neurotoxins.
Suspended Brunswick lawyer pleads not guilty to theft charges
A Brunswick attorney who was suspended for alleged ethics violations has pleaded not guilty to criminal theft charges. James Whittemore faces two counts of theft by misapplication of property and one count of theft by unauthorized taking. He pleaded not guilty Thursday morning, according to a clerk at the Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court. He […]
Bath Iron Works awarded $3.9 billion contract to build four destroyers
Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $3.9 billion contract to build four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, one each year from 2019 through 2022. “We are pleased with the opportunity for Bath Iron Works to continue our operation in the DDG 51 Program and to deliver much needed capability to our U.S. Navy customer,” said Bath […]
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