Jennifer Day was sexually assaulted as a young teenager at a friend’s sleepover 35 years ago. To this day, she has not reported the assault to police. So when President Trump questioned in a tweet Friday why Christine Blasey Ford didn’t immediately report the alleged attack by a drunken, teenage Brett M. Kavanaugh at a 1980s house […]
September 2018
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Big changes about small fish might be in store for fishermen
The little herring is one of the most important fish on the East Coast, and federal fishing managers on Tuesday will consider a host of potentially major changes to the industry that harvests the species. Atlantic herring is a small, schooling fish that is the target of an industry that collects more than 100 million […]
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Judge finds DA candidate violated bar rules
PORTLAND — A judge has ruled district attorney candidate Seth T. Carey violated several Maine Bar Rules, including unlawful conduct stemming from his unwanted sexual advances involving a woman who lived in his Rumford home. “In this case, the court concludes that the nature of the conduct in question reflects adversely on Carey’s trustworthiness and […]
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Portland-based program aims to fill the diaper gap
PORTLAND — At around $900 a year, or about $80 a month for one child, the cost of diapers is a big hit for families also struggling to put food on the table and pay other essential costs. The high cost also means that one in three U.S. mothers struggles with diaper need, according to the […]
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Curtis Library to host series of affordable housing forums
BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library will be hosting three forums on affordable housing. Each session will feature expert speakers followed by audience Q&A. Community members and librarians planned this series to bring attention to rising home costs and the resulting increase of rental rates and resulting cost burden to low and middle-income families, and what can be […]
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Dog-gone it! Dog ban starts Oct. 6 at Crystal Spring outdoor market in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — One Monday morning this summer, Jacqui Koopman, the manager of the wildly popular Saturday morning market at Crystal Spring Farm, walked into her office and announced she’d had it. Maybe it was the pooping that pushed her over the edge. Possibly the peeing. Lunging and snarling were also a problem. “We have got […]
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Worker shortage delays completion of Bowdoin building
BRUNSWICK — Classes are well underway at Bowdoin’s Roux Center for the Environment, but construction on the college’s first new academic building in more than a decade is still underway due to a shortage of workers. A sketch plan for the three-story building was approved by the Planning Board in 2016, and a groundbreaking was held in May 2017, […]
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Awards pile up for teacher at Portland's Casco Bay High School
PORTLAND — Teacher Mallory Haar at Casco Bay High School is on a roll. Haar has recently won three distinguished awards for outstanding teaching. The latest is a $15,000 Lawrence W. O’Toole Teacher Leadership Award. She also won this year’s Common Good Award in the field of education from Bowdoin College and a Fulbright Teachers for […]
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Woman stabbed in Portland's Congress Square Park
PORTLAND — Police are searching for a white male they believe stabbed a 33-year-old woman Sunday night at Congress Square Park. Police Cmdr. James Sweatt said the stabbing occurred around 9:53 p.m. The unidentified victim was taken to Maine Medical Center and treated for injuries considered to be non life-threatening, Sweatt said. The suspect was last […]
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Freeport Community Services accepting nominations for Carol Kaplan Award
FREEPORT — Freeport Community Services is accepting nominations for the Carol Kaplan Award. The award recognizes an individual who has a demonstrated positive effect on the clients of Freeport Community Services and/or the organization itself. The award will be presented at the FCS Annual meeting in October. The Award is named in memory of Carol […]