BATH — City councilors knew as they wrapped up their busy August meeting that their September slate was already packed. A smattering of ordinances concerning issues like a retail marijuana moratorium extension, rules for bed-and-breakfast inns, creation of new parking, and a contract rezoning – all of which received unanimous first passage Aug. 1 – are scheduled […]
2018
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
25th annual sale to benefit Orr's, Bailey FD
HARPSWELL — The saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” and the Orr’s & Bailey Island Fire Department is hoping that’s especially true this weekend. From 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12, the department will hold its 25th annual yard sale and auction at 1600 Harpswell Islands Road. Patrons will […]
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Election night: Ohio and Kansas races too close to call
Whitmer wins Democratic showdown in Michigan.
Posted inNation & World
New Jersey man accused of leaving pit bull in cage at water’s edge
Authorities have arrested 36-year-old Aaron Davis.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Twitter CEO defends decision not to ban Alex Jones material, ‘Infowars’ show
Jack Dorsey says Jones hasn’t broken any of his company’s rules and that it’s up to journalists to validate or refute his conspiracy theories.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Social media lets us watch bigots reap what they sow, in real time
It’s good to remind these people that the world they seek is one that millions of us simply won’t accept.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Bystanders credited with saving life of Portland boy who nearly drowned
NEW GLOUCESTER — Emergency responders are crediting bystanders who trained in CPR with saving the life of a 4-year-old Portland boy who nearly drowned Monday afternoon while swimming in Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester. The boy was swimming at a floating dock about 150 feet off Outlet Beach wearing inflatable armbands. The boy, whose name was not […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
U.S. Supreme Court nominee takes hard line on federal regulations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh worries about federal agencies running amok. He has argued that judges have given federal agencies leeway to push policies that go well beyond what Congress allowed. That view has endeared him to conservatives, who believe unelected bureaucrats are foisting radical regulations on Americans with little accountability. Liberals fear […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Public can receive free Maine lighthouse specialty license plates
BIDDEFORD — In honor of National Lighthouse Day, The Maine Lighthouse Trust is offering what it hopes will be Maine’s first lighthouse specialty license plate for free. Visitors to www.MaineLighthouseTrust.org will have the cost of the specialty license plate pre-purchase paid for at no cost to them. The Maine Lighthouse Trust is required to have 2,000 Maine […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Erich Reimer: New York Times’ editor hiring fiasco and reflecting on double standards
The public square has been alight in recent days as controversy has brewed over The New York Times’ hiring of Harvard Law-educated Sarah Jeong and her history of questionable Tweets. Based on Twitter’s publicly available information, since joining the platform in June 2009 she has sent out over 103,000 Tweets. It seems many dozens of those have […]
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