Scarborough wraps up the busy summer season with a final celebration for residents and visitors alike with the 27th annual Scarborough Summerfest event. Scheduled for Friday, Aug. 18, festivities will begin at 5 p.m. on the Clifford Mitchell Sports Complex by the high school. Community Services has been organizing entertainment and vendors all year long […]
2023
Posted inSports
MLB roundup: Guardians trade pitcher Civale to Rays for first-base prospect
Aaron Civale posted a 1.45 ERA in six July starts and worked six scoreless innings Sunday in a win over the Chicago White Sox to improve to 5-2.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Swastikas, racial slurs spray painted at Augusta’s Mill Park
Police are investigating the vandalism as a felony act and, potentially, a hate crime.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Boater accused of threatening game warden with gun at Sebago Lake
The Maine Warden Service says Timothy Flick pointed a pistol at a game warden who was responding to complaints that a boater was acting erratically.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies of cancer at 70
Reubens died Sunday night after a 6-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Legislature did listen to majority on abortion
Mike McClellan, in his July 26 Letter to the Editor (“Legislatures need to work for the people, not lobbies“), seems confused about what working for the people looks like. Protecting public health via vaccines is a very proper role for government. Controlling women’s lives by forcing them to give birth is not. A majority of […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Martin’s Point Health Care to pay $22 million to settle Medicare fraud claims
An agreement announced Monday, the largest Medicare fraud settlement in state history, includes a $3.8 million payment to a whistleblower who sued Martin’s Point in 2018 alleging that it was miscoding the health conditions of Medicare Advantage patients.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: If you break it, you own it
When entering an antique store, the owner will state, “If you break it, you own it.” So, if we break Central Maine Power, we own Pine Tree Power. What will owning PTP mean to most Mainers? According to Heather Martin’s opinion piece (“Consumer-owned utility would be powerful improvement,” July 26), PTP “will be a not-for-profit […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Mar-a-Lago manager makes 1st court appearance in Trump documents case
Carlos De Oliveira is accused of scheming with Trump to try to delete security footage sought by investigators probing the former president’s hoarding of classified documents at his Palm Beach club.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Writer said ‘equal protection’ not ‘equal rights’
My July 19 letter, “Affirmative action ruling a good thing for everyone,” supported the Supreme Court’s rejection of race as a factor in college admissions (aka affirmative action). The court cited it as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment equal protection clause. My letter suggested that the pursuit of equal protection under the […]