When Sarah Legare started making purses for friends at her kitchen table, she had no idea her hobby would become a business that takes her all the way to the Emmys. Fast forward 10 years and the Lewiston mom has expanded her business, EllieAnna, to a second shop at 114 Main St. in Freeport. “We’re […]
2019
Posted inTimes Record
Low unemployment and other barriers facing employers: Midcoast Workforce Series, Part I
When I hear politicians talking about low unemployment rates and breaking their arms patting themselves on the back, I giggle. Here’s why: In 1954, for the first time in U.S. history over 3 million babies were born. This continued annually for ten years- a decade of over 3 million births per year. We did not […]
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White House asks Congress for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border
The money is on top of more than Trump’s $8 billion budget request and $6 billion national emergency declaration.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Harpswell seeks bids for road improvements
HARPSWELL — The Board of Selectman on April 25 unanimously approved seeking bids for improvements to Oak Ledge Road, Oakhurst Island Road, and Laurel Cove Road. According to Town Administrator Kristi Eiane, bids are due back to the Town by May 20. A contract will need to be approved by selectmen before any work can begin. […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Aquaculture licensing process headlines Harpswell meeting
HARPSWELL — The public will soon get a chance to learn more about aquaculture and the lease application process. Jon Lewis, Aquaculture Program director for the Maine Department of Marine Resources, will discuss how the application process works, and the role the DMR and municipal officials, in a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Harpswell […]
Posted inTimes Record
Bath man killed in crash in Hampden Tuesday
HAMPDEN (AP) — Maine State Police have identified a driver whose vehicle veered off I-95, struck trees and burst into flames in Hampden. Officials say the lone occupant of the SUV who died in the crash was 53-year-old Mark Aubut, of Bath. Investigators say other drivers reported seeing his SUV traveling with its emergency flashers […]
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Letter: Mills must support ‘red flag’ gun bill
How can we prevent gun deaths in Maine? More than 170 Mainers were killed by guns in 2017–and nearly 90% of those deaths were suicides. Maine’s gun death rate per capita is more than three times that of New York or Massachusetts, according to the CDC. Fifteen other states, including Florida and Vermont, have found […]
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Maine Senate backs bill to extend statute of limitations on sex crimes
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would extend the state’s statute of limitations on sexual assaults from eight years to 20 years. The measure, if approved by the House and signed by Gov. Janet Mills, would put Maine more in line with other states’ sex crimes statutes. The Senate passed […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston High School senior seeking asylum in Maine competes in national poetry finals tonight
Joao Victor, 18, is one of nine students competing Wednesday night in the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C.
Posted inTimes Record
Maine wardens find 2 women stranded on remote logging road
Game wardens on Tuesday found two Millinocket women who were stranded Sunday on a remote logging road when their car broke down. Wardens in an aircraft spotted the women standing near their disabled car on Caucomgomac Road in T6 R15 around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Aprylle Tapley, 40, and her friend, 44-year-old Tammy Michaud, were last […]