Pardon us, but there’s no deflating the focus whenever Andrew Luck and the Colts head to Gillette Stadium. Like everyone else, Pro Picks would be leaving its readers flat if it didn’t mention the saga of footballs without enough air that penetrated the AFC championship game in the 2014 season when New England hosted Indianapolis. […]
October 2018
Posted inElection 2018, Maine
Yarmouth voters will decide two referendum questions in November
The first would prohibit town and school employees from serving on the Town Council, and the second would increase protections for renters.
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Posted inElection 2018, Maine, Schools and Education
Yarmouth voters will decide $60 million bond questions in November
About $52 million would go to school projects and $8.5 million would pay for a new public safety center.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
USM president says retired professor went ‘rogue’ in offering trip to lobby Collins as college course
Glenn Cummings says the ‘pop-up’ course was pulled as soon as he found out about it – hours before a group of demonstrators was to leave for Washington on a chartered bus.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Senate easily passes sweeping opioid legislation, sends it to Trump
The bill, which passed with only one senator opposed, combines dozens of proposals sponsored by hundreds of lawmakers.
Posted inElection 2018, Elections, Politics
Interactive maps: See how much people in your town have given to the candidates for governor
The maps below show contributions by town from donors to the four candidates for governor through Sept. 18, based on reports filed with the Maine Ethics Commission. For detailed information about the specific individuals and businesses making these donations, visit our campaign finance database. Note: due to inconsistencies or missing data in address records for […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
U.S. fishermen lose quota in new fishing pact with Canada
The loss will present a hardship for New England fishermen, who are already coping with the collapse of the cod stock, says one Maine fisherman.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Houston moves to halt the opening of a robot brothel
A Canadian company is trying to open an establishment in which people would be able to use humanlike dolls on the premises.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
Annual Maine pot convention offers bumper crop of cannabis expertise
The more than 30 speakers scheduled to appear in Portland over two days include the cultivation editor of High Times.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick library series to examine housing affordability
BRUNSWICK — As homelessness becomes more of an issue in town, Curtis Memorial Library will be holding a series of community conversations this fall on affordable housing. All the sessions will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at the library. “Housing Vulnerability & Homelessness” will launch the series Thursday, Oct. 18. “The Local Landscape” will be Tuesday, […]