A vigil is held in Rockland, while Coast Guard crews on the water and in the air focus on a debris field near the ship’s last known location.
October 2015
Posted inMaine, News
Coast Guard finds human remains, lifeboat as search for El Faro survivors continues
Efforts to locate the ship have been suspended; searchers are now focused on finding ‘any signs of life.’
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Posted inNation & World
Thousands without drinking water after South Carolina flood
The 16.6 inches of rain that fell near downtown Columbia on Sunday was the rainiest day in one single spot in the United States in more than 16 years.
Posted inNation & World
Three scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on Third World diseases
One of the recipients, Tu Youyou, is the first-ever Chinese medicine laureate.
Posted inNation & World, News
Turkey vows to protect borders after Russian jet incursion
The Obama administration doesn’t believe the Russian incursion was an accident, and officials are in urgent talks with allies about what to do.
Posted inEditorials
OUR OPINION: Gun owners’ support needed to stop mass killings
Conservatives hold the key to unlocking a stuck political process.
Posted inMaine, News, Susan Kimball Reports
Portland coffee bean wholesale business growing to help Rwanda
The founders of Rwanda Bean Co. pledge to return 50 percent of the company’s profits to a farming community in the East African nation.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine Med to start using operating rooms in new $40 million wing
The much larger spaces better meet the needs of today’s surgeries and will be used primarily for brain and spine procedures.
