On Wednesday morning, a 40-foot blue spruce tree was cut from a yard in Portland’s Deering neighborhood and trucked to Monument Square, where it was installed as the city’s 2024 tree for the holiday season. Staff photographer Ben McCanna was there to follow it every step of the way.
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Posted inBusiness, New England
New England states’ renewable energy push blasted as too costly by free-market advocates
Clean energy supporters and environmentalists pushed back, calling the conservative groups’ conclusions inaccurate and misleading.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Shooting leaves one dead in Lincoln
Local police officers responded to a report of a shooting Wednesday morning and discovered the victim’s body.
Posted inNation & World
‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 2, knocks out power to over 500,000 homes in northwest U.S.
The storm system that hit starting Tuesday is considered a ‘bomb cyclone,’ which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
News Center Maine parent company announces marketing layoffs
It’s not clear how many positions will be terminated, but the layoffs are part of a restructuring by the station’s national parent company, Tegna.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House panel was told Gaetz paid 2 women $10,000, in part for sex
The House Ethics Committee – split along party lines – declined on Wednesday to release its investigation probing sexual misconduct allegations into the former congressman and Trump attorney general nominee.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Sarah Lentz chosen to continue leading Portland school board
Abusana ‘Micky’ Bondo will continue to serve as vice chair, pending a formal vote at the board’s next meeting in early December.
Posted inMaine, News
Greene vehicle fire burned 4 acres Tuesday, officials say
About 4 acres burned on Route 202 after a vehicle fire spread to woods and low brush on Central Maine Power property.
Posted inNation & World, News
Man convicted of murder in killing of Laken Riley, Georgia woman whose death became political flashpoint
Jose Ibarra was found guilty of all 10 counts against him, including murder, kidnapping and aggravated assault. He faces life in prison, either with or without the possibility of parole.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Portland man to serve 12 years for possessing child sex abuse materials
Joshua Decker, 36, pleaded guilty in July to possessing child pornography and enticing a minor.