Beginning Monday, Aug. 28, the portion of the Crystal Spring Farm Garden Trail that crosses Mare Brook in Brunswick will be closed for culvert remediation work. The trail will reopen Friday, Sept. 1. Restoration work is necessary because the culvert system is currently rusted and undersized, increasing the velocity of water flowing downstream and affecting […]
2023
Posted inSports
Parade to honor Gray-New Gloucester/Raymond Little League team on Sunday
The New England champions were the first team from Maine since 2005 to play in the Little League World Series.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Harpswell wants extra input on comprehensive plan update
Harpswell is creating a new comprehensive plan for 2024 to guide future decisions and policies, drafted by the Comprehensive Plan Task Force. The task force held an in-person “Visioning Session,” but is still seeking additional input from the public, including a survey on the community’s vision for Harpswell. Residents can join discussion boards relating to […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
South Carolina’s new all-male high court reverses course, upholds 6-week abortion ban
The chief justice provides the lone dissent, arguing that the 2023 law is nearly identical to the 2021 law it struck down, and that the law provides no clarity on when the ban begins, exposing doctors to criminal charges.
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U.S. intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane
Details of the U.S. assessment surfaced as Putin on Thursday expressed his condolences to the families of those who were reported to be aboard the jet and referred to ‘serious mistakes.’
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At least 1 dead, 1 missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
Forecasters are warning the storm could drop up to 12 inches of rain in the Dominican Republic, with a maximum of 16 inches in some regions.
Posted inMaine, News
Two crew members killed in Tuesday plane crash in Litchfield
The victims, who were not identified publicly Wednesday, were the only people aboard the Beechcraft turboprop, which was destroyed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Judge vacates manslaughter conviction of Portland man who killed sister’s boyfriend
Mark Cardilli Jr., who confessed to shooting 22-year-old Isahak Muse in 2019, will get a new trial after a judge ruled Tuesday that Cardilli’s attorneys failed to properly make a self-defense argument.
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Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000
A $100,000 bond was also set for Trump-allied lawyer Sidney Powell, one of several people accused in a breach of voting equipment in rural Coffee County, in south Georgia.
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India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
The successful landing comes just days after Russia’s Luna-25, which was aiming for the same lunar region, spun into an uncontrolled orbit and crashed.