The nations’ fisheries overlap in the eastern reaches of Georges Bank, an important fishing area located off New England.
2016
Posted inPolitics
Collins, King push for VA outpatient clinics
The pair joined with other senators to introduce a bill that would authorize leases on 24 Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, including a proposed expanded outpatient clinic in Portland.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World, News
Studies link almost all human DNA to single exodus from Africa
Human DNA accumulates tiny changes over time, and new studies use those changes like a clock to estimate how long ago two populations split off from each other.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Maine, News
Beauty in a trash line web
A tiny spider’s work of art prompts questions about its beautiful, symmetrical orb web, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Judge: 20 years in prison may not be enough to protect public from Waterville rapist
Justice Murphy delays sentencing for Mark Halle, who assaulted his 73-year-old neighbor in Waterville on Feb. 7.
Posted inMaine, News
Wilton residents approve changes to TIF expenditure rules
Voters at a special town meeting amended the terms of the town’s two tax increment financing districts to allow the Wilton Selectboard to release TIF funding without having to ask to use it at a town meeting.
Posted inNation & World, News
Catholic saint’s heart on display in Lowell, Mass., for 1st time outside Italy
The heart also will be displayed in Boston later this week.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Westbrook track coach says he had sex with student, affidavit shows
Timothy Even, 27, denied having a relationship with a 17-year-old girl until police confronted him with graphic text messages they had exchanged.
Posted inCommunity
Readfield historical tour set for Oct. 15
Event will begin at the Union Meeting House.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Husband of missing Fairfield woman charged with murder
State police arrested Luc Tieman and charged him with murder a day after police discovered Valerie Tieman’s body in woods. Meanwhile, friends said that Luc Tieman was unfaithful to Valerie and wooed other women even as he suggested his marriage was ending around the time she disappeared.