Mowi ASA, the parent company of Ducktrap River of Maine, said its smoked salmon products are indeed ‘sustainably sourced.’
January 2021
College basketball: UConn postpones another game because of coronavirus issues
Third-ranked UConn says it will not play Xavier on Jan. 13, one day after Thursday’s showdown with Baylor was canceled with Coach Kim Mulkey testing positive for COVID-19.
Threatening, homophobic letters mailed to residents in Portland and South Portland
Four people on Tuesday reported receiving threatening, homophobic letters that were addressed by hand to their homes, police said.
Arts Calendar: Jan. 7
Editor’s Note: To submit your in-person or virtual arts event, create a free City Spark account by going to pressherald.com/forecaster-calendar/ and clicking “Add Event.”
Sports Digest: Strasser wins first World Cup ski race of 2021
Linus Strasser gives Germany its first World Cup slalom win in more than three years, surging from eighth place after the opening run.
SoPo revaluation will be a big factor in 2022 budget
SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland City Council raised the curtain on the 2022 budget season with a joint workshop with the school board this week and already the annual real estate revaluation has one official worried about what changes in property values will do to residential tax bills. “There’s going to be a pretty […]
Scarborough school board accepting applicants for new committee
SCARBOROUGH — The Board of Education of Scarborough announced that the deadline to apply for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Steering Committee has been extended to Jan. 20. Formation of this new committee is the first step in an agreement the board has made with Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium, a nonprofit organization, to evaluate and […]
AP fact check: Trump repeats false claims on a day of reckoning
At a rally and on Twitter, the president is pressing his case for overturning the election results as Congress begins counting and confirming the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden.
Aggravated assaults on rise in Westbrook
The newest Unified Crime Report Police finds most other crime rates in the city are stable.
Trump tells supporters they’re ‘very special’ and to ‘go home’ after mob storms Capitol
Social media platforms remove the short video in which the president also spreads false claims about widespread election fraud.