2021
Posted inNation & World
Eight U.S. attorney picks by Biden would include historic firsts
Rachael Rollins, the district attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, would be the first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney in that state.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
People & Business: July 28
Portland nurse wins national award Heidi Cote, clinical nurse III and clinical nurse coordinator at Maine Medical Center, was recognized for her excellence and advocacy with 2021 Distinguished CEN Award by The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. BCEN is the benchmark for board certification across the emergency nursing spectrum; the annual national award recognizes […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Community Calendar: July 28-Aug. 7
Urban cycling Benefits Cross for LifeFlight, self-led “choose your own challenge” event. Hike, bike, swim, run, sail, row or paddle during a fundraiser to benefit LifeFlight of Maine, to Aug. 1-31, crossforlifeflight.org/info. Dempsey Challenge, Sept. 25-26, in-person and virtual events to raise funds in the fight against cancer and support patients, donations also accepted at […]
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Fauci says U.S. going in ‘wrong direction,’ may need booster
Fauci said recommendations on masking for the vaccinated are under “active consideration,” as the delta variant fuels a surge of infections around the nation.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Campaign to preserve island off Harpswell gets $50,000 gift
Freeport-based Maine Beer Co. is making the gift toward the $1.3 million the trust needs to buy and manage Little Whaleboat Island.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
From Augusta – Celebrating big wins in the Legislature and staying focused on what’s next
With my first session in the Maine Legislature now in the books, it’s a good moment to step back and take stock of all the work that we did. I’m happy to report that despite all the ways the COVID-19 pandemic made the lawmaking process more difficult, we kept at it and actually passed historic […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Reckoning with the ‘Trail of Tears’
States are passing laws to protect us from our history. But we should not hide from it.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Developer proposes 140 senior condos for Deering Center in Portland
Site plans have been filed to build the condominiums for people age 55 and older at the former Catherine McAuley High School campus on Stevens Avenue.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the Editor: Collins and backers wrong on voting rights
If Sen. Collins, in her prepared statement and the letters to the editor from her supporters Amy Volk ((July 15) and Stephanie Anderson (July 17) were trying to confuse readers about S. 1 – “For the People Act of 2021,” my guess is that they succeeded. The voting rights bill is not “an unprecedented federal […]