The words ‘Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit’ appeared on the transition briefing note for Jan. 20 – Inauguration Day.
January 2021
Posted inSports
Tennis players getting on with life while locked down in Australia
Players in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open have been warned that breaching the rules could result in fines or being moved to a more secure complex with police stationed at their doors.
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FBI vetting Guard troops in D.C. after defense officials say they fear insider attack
Such vetting for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration would involve running people’s names through databases and watchlists maintained by the FBI.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Past ideologies have nothing to do with historic Maine flag
As I flipped through the Jan. 14 edition of The Northern Forecaster, I was surprised to read in a letter to the editor that not all of my fellow Mainers share my enthusiasm for Maine’s possible change in the state flag (“Leave the Maine state flag alone,” Jan. 14). Though I disagreed with many of […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
With moratorium nixed, marijuana grower plans expansion into Thorndike
Massachusetts-based Nova Farms is buying Donald and Bertha Maxim’s 170-acre farm on the Gordon Hill Road.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Harris prepares for central role in Biden’s White House
Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Congress: Revise Electoral Count Act
One of the first actions of the 117th U.S. Congress should be to revise the Electoral Count Act of 1887. The act was the basis of the recent certification vote that Congress took on Jan. 6 and the protest/riot that accompanied it. Altering the wording of this act is one way we can safeguard our […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Northern Meetings: Jan. 21-28
Chebeague Island Visit townofchebeagueisland.org for information on Zoom access. Thur. 1/21 4 p.m. Community Advisory Response Team Wed. 1/27 9:30 a.m. Cemetery Committee Cumberland Check cumberlandmaine.com for access to Zoom. Mon. 1/25 7 p.m. Town Council Wed. 1/27 7 p.m. Climate Action Subcommittee Durham Visit durhamme.com for Zoom information. Videos of municipal meetings can be […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the editor, Jan. 21
Input sought on Saco Comprehensive Plan To the editor, Residents of Saco, on Thursday, January 21st there will be a Public “Kick-Off Meeting,” where we will introduce the newly-begun Comprehensive Planning process, review recent trends affecting Saco, discuss what they mean for its future, and start talking about a shared community vision. As a member […]
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Sudanese bury victims of Darfur violence, death toll at 129
Among the dead was a U.S. citizen, Saeed Baraka, from Atlanta, who was visiting family in Darfur.