They are native, but they’re nasty. They seem like a creature from a horror movie, slithering out of the mud and breaking into innumerable progeny when you try to grasp them. There’s something about eyeless creatures that adds to the creepy factor. These are milky ribbon worms, Cerebratulus lacteus, are “the other” voracious predator that […]
2021
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Triple-A season pushed back a month to provide alternate sites for MLB teams
The first season of Worcester Red Sox is delayed a month, but the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs remain on schedule for a May 4 opener.
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Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook schools to get independent audit of curriculum equity
The superintendent says he expects the review will result in changes to instruction content to make sure ‘all stories are told, all voices heard.’
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Gray manager proposes $9.9 million budget, a 9.5% increase
The town manager’s February proposal includes a 38% increase to the capital improvements budget and cuts the parks and recreation budget by 40%.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House cancels session because of ‘possible plot’ to breach Capitol
The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Start time change for Portland schools under consideration again
Parents will be surveyed on the prospective change to a later start time for middle and high school students and an earlier start time for elementary students.
Posted inTimes Record
BIW adding addition for employee breakroom, bathrooms
The three-story building will be located at the Bath shipyard.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Democrats agree to narrow who gets $1,400 checks in COVID-19 relief bill
A Democratic official says President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have agreed to tighten the upper income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus checks in the party’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.
Posted inNation & World
Pentagon delayed sending troops to Capitol over concerns about optics, general says
The Defense Department took more than 3 hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot on Jan. 6 after the Capitol Police chief pleaded with the Army for help.
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Sen. Collins to back Haaland for Interior secretary, sealing her approval
The announcement makes Haaland’s confirmation by the Senate nearly certain and follows Haaland’s endorsement last week by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.