The forum at USM’s Portland campus will address risks from sea level changes and severe weather events, among other topics.
April 2013
Posted inNews
Maine man gets 16 years for killing Fla. firefighter
Daniel Porter, 25, killed Jerry Perdomo, 31, over a drug debt.
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Posted inNews
Barney Frank blasts Republican ‘extremists’
WATERVILLE — When Congressman Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, retired in January, he cited the difficulty of getting things done in Washington as a reason for not seeking reelection.
Posted inNation & World, News
Studies lacking on pot’s health benefits
Literature on the effects of cannabis is contradictory, leaving the medical community in a bind.
Posted inNation & World, News
Colorado avalanche deadliest in 50 years
Four snowboarders and a skier die during an event organized to promote backcountry safety.
Posted inNews
Washington veteran blasts gridlock
WATERVILLE — When Congressman Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, retired in January, he cited the difficulty of getting things done in Washington as a reason for not seeking reelection.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Complying with court ruling on young killers
The U.S. Supreme Court threw a sensitive issue back to the states last week, and Nebraska is one of many states trying to deal with it.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Are officials’ private lives as important as skills?
A major shift in politics seems to be under way. Elected officials and candidates for office are more often being judged not by their accomplishments or lack of accomplishments but by their private lives.
Posted inSports
MIKE LOWE — PATRIOTS BEAT: Many draft questions remain for Patriots
It’s never easy to predict what Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots are going to do in the NFL draft. This year, it’s darn near impossible.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
More seniors want to keepworking — and need to
Celebrating the 65th anniversary of Israel, one cannot help but be struck by the incongruity of conflating an ancient people with a birthday befitting a baby boomer.