I proudly support plans for affordable housing in Westbrook on city-owned surface parking lots. A recent University of New Hampshire poll states that the top three concerns of Mainers are affordable housing, cost of living and homelessness. This housing will be part of the solution to those concerns, and it will be within walking distances […]
2023
Posted inMaine
Abandoned memories up for auction in Augusta
The state treasurer’s office says it’s holding over $309 million worth of unclaimed cash and items left behind in abandoned safe deposit boxes. For the first time in some 20 years, it will auction them off.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in 3 months, Air National Guard chief says
The U.S. could have the first Ukrainian pilots trained on F-16 fighter jets before the end of the year, though it will be longer than that before they are flying combat missions
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Cape Elizabeth Town Council holds a workshop with town assessor
Town Assessor Clinton Swett began mailing the value-change letters to all residents Sept. 8.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Red Sox fall into last-place tie after doubleheader sweep by Yankees
Boston can’t rally in the ninth to lose Game 1, 3-2, and falls in the second game, 4-1.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson postpones visit to Portland
Williamson’s campaign said her visit was put off because she is ill, and that she plans to reschedule a visit to Portland.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Chelsea man who killed 3 pedestrians in 2021 Augusta crash loses appeal to state’s high court
Robert Santerre, the driver who struck and killed two women and a baby walking alongside Cony Road in 2021, had appealed his nine-year license suspension to the state Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
SAD 51 board reconfirms Gray Road parcel as intended site of future school
The Cumberland-North Yarmouth School Board held a second vote on the 72-acre site to accommodate new members seated after the initial vote.
Posted inBusiness
Autoworkers plan pickets and pinch pennies as strike nears
Union members are preparing for a strike they see as inevitable, even as small signs of progress between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers appear.
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Journalist sues NFL, alleging institutional discrimination
Jim Trotter, who worked for NFL Media until his contract was not renewed, says he was let go because he repeatedly voiced concerns regarding equity and racial injustice.