The sight of the submerged animals at the waterfront is meant to call attention to rising sea levels and climate change.
2018
Posted inMaine, News
Gardiner to consider temporary ban on new medical marijuana shops
The city already is home to two cannabis caregiver shops that would not be affected by the proposal that is retroactive to July 9.
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Posted inFood
Lewiston’s Forage market opens a Portland location
Saveur magazine said the bakery’s hand-rolled bagels baked in a wood-fire oven are among ‘America’s best.’
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Turkey tries to contain currency crisis
The country is struggling with a financial crisis prompted by concerns over economic policies and a diplomatic dispute with the U.S.
Posted inMaine, News
Sanford dig aims to locate evidence of pre-Revolutionary War garrison
Archaelogists are looking for volunteers to help them find evidence of a fort that was established in the 1740s during the French and Indian Wars.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Prosecution rests its case against ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort
A bank executive testifies that a loan application by Manafort was initially rejected, then pushed through by the bank’s chairman, who others have testified sought a plum job in the Trump administration.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Turkey launches crackdown on news, social media
The public prosecutor warns that criticism may be viewed as ‘economic attacks’ on the country.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Body found in trunk of car in Gardiner identified as Massachusetts woman
Maddilyn Burgess, 28, died of blunt force injuries, the medical examiner concludes.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Connecticut driver was drunk, police say, when he crashed into house in Somerset County
Maine State Police said Scott Nicholson, 48, was charged, and no one was injured.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Rep. Poliquin floods 2nd District with unsolicited mailings
The letters tout his record in Congress, but critics view them as re-election campaign materials sent at taxpayers’ expense.