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Joe Harrington brought Morse basketball (almost) to the NBA
The All American player was drafted but never made it to the court.
Mortgage interest tax deduction: It’s not what it used to be
The passing of the Tax Cuts and Job Act will significantly change mortgage deductions.
Exploring the icescape of winter on Casco Bay
Frozen bays can make for difficult commutes to the islands of Maine.
Letter to the editor: Where is our solidarity?
General Dynamics is asking the Maine legislature for $60 million in corporate welfare. It’s top CEO made $21 million last year and they have so much cash on hand that between 2009-2016, GD bought back $12.9 billion of their own stocks driving up market share. There are now 43,000 kids living in poverty in Maine. […]
Letter to the editor: Jobs used as bait to justify General Dynamics tax break
The politicians and representatives who want to give the money of Maine’s citizens to General Dynamics most likely have never worked in a dingy, filthy, dangerous, factory-like work environment. No human being should need to work in such an environment! The inexperienced might say, they have a union with great pay and benefits and so […]
Congressional competition takes Brunswick student's art to Washington
BRUNSWICK — A high school student will have her art displayed on the national stage this year, after winning the 2018 Congressional Art Competition for Maine’s 1st District. On Feb. 7, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, announced that Galen Gaze, a senior at Brunswick High School, had won the annual competition with a piece titled “Toucanana.” Four […]
Brunswick, Yarmouth, Westbrook students among Maine's top youth volunteers
BRUNSWICK — Several Maine teenagers have been recognized for their volunteer work by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a national program honoring young people for outstanding community service. Maine’s middle-level state honoree is Blakely Austin, an eighth-grader at Brunswick Junior High. The state’s high school honoree is Lillian Sherburne of Boothbay Region High School […]
Brunswick, Yarmouth, Westbrook students among Maine's top youth volunteers
BRUNSWICK — Several Maine teenagers have been recognized for their volunteer work by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a national program honoring young people for outstanding community service. Maine’s middle-level state honoree is Blakely Austin, an eighth-grader at Brunswick Junior High. The state’s high school honoree is Lillian Sherburne of Boothbay Region High School […]
VIA PRESS HERALD: Former BIW union official gets 18 months for embezzling $280,000
Ryan Jones of Biddeford is ordered to repay the money he took from Local S6.