Hallmark’s decision to pull, then reinstate an ad featuring a same-sex couple kissing shows how controversy can generate more publicity than simply ignoring it.
2019
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Stocks rise on Wall Street as rally stretches to fourth day
Three major indexes reached record highs Monday, extending last week’s rally.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Defense in mother’s murder trial depicts her as victim of violent, controlling husband
Sharon Carrillo is charged with causing the death of her 10-year-old daughter by participating in months of beatings with her husband, Julio Carrillo, who pleaded guilty to murder.
Posted inTimes Record
Freeport man charged with attempted murder following West Bath attack
State police are withholding details of the attack at this time
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Six people died in crashes Friday, the deadliest day on Maine roads this year
Icy conditions were reported on many roads that day, and the deaths included that of a pedestrian and a man whose car plunged into a brook.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Gorham school employee fighting claim she can’t serve on Town Council
The state teachers’ union sues on behalf of an elementary school ed tech whose job has been cited as a conflict of interest that bars her from taking the seat she won in the November election.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Emotions ‘running really high’ 8 years later as mother of Ayla Reynolds pushes court case
Ayla Bell Reynolds was reported missing by her father, Justin DiPietro, from their Waterville home on Dec. 17, 2011, and her mother, Trista Reynolds, continues to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against DiPietro.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland planning director to leave after 30 years
Charles ‘Tex’ Haeuser, who has overseen planning and development in Maine’s fourth-largest city since 1990, announced he will leave the job in March and possibly pursue consulting work on mitigating climate-change impacts.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Tom Caron: Free-agent frenzy could benefit the Red Sox
Boston wasn’t a player in the big spending at the winter meetings, but the big money contracts given to Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg could make it easier for Chaim Bloom to deal David Price.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News, Uncategorized
Portland man sentenced to 40 years for domestic violence murder
Anthony Leng gets the longest sentence allowed under his plea agreement for shooting his longtime partner, Sokha Khuon, in their house while their sons were at home.