Umberhine Public Library gathering site.
November 2015
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Livermore woman pleads guilty to stealing drugs from Manchester Rite Aid
Amanda J. Rickards, 28, also has lost her license as a pharmacy technician.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Panel recommends continuing moratorium on Maine shrimp fishing in 2016
A regional fisheries commission says the prospects for the recovery of the shrimp population are poor because the water is warming.
Posted inMaine, News
Police find man who walked away from Saco nursing home
John Witham, 62, uses a cane and is unable to speak because of a medical condition.
Posted inCollege Connection
In crime debates, let’s use facts vs. fears
While we fear crime is worsening, our children are at significant risk of being gunned down at school, and immigrants are lazy but dangerous criminals, we’re seeking solutions to problems that do not exist, James Cook writes.
Posted inMaine, News
Vigil for Syrian refugees set for Wednesday outside Maine State House
Sass Linneken, program coordinator for Resources for Organizing and Social Change, said the event is a response to Gov. Paul LePage’s opposition to letting the refugees resettle in Maine.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education, Sports
USM announces $1.65 million bequest, largest in school history
The gift from Doc and Melissa Costello will fund improvements to the sports complex that bears their name.
Posted inNation & World, News
Chicago on edge as officials release video of officer fatally shooting black teenager
Prosecutors charge Officer Jason Van Dyke with murder, saying he opened fire from about 15 feet and kept shooting after Laquan McDonald, 17, fell to the ground.
Posted inMaine, News
Passamaquoddy tribal members join effort to find body of missing canoeist
Majik Francis, 23, who lived on the Pleasant Point reservation, was last seen Sunday clinging to a capsized canoe in Half Moon Cove.
Posted inMaine, News
Search continues for canoeist missing in Half Moon Bay
Majik Francis of Pleasant Point was last seen clinging to a capsized canoe on Sunday afternoon.