The project in Jamaica Bay will buffer New York from storms while cleaning the water and creating wildlife habitat, officials say.
2016
Posted inNews, Politics
Special session on governor killed as Republicans resist
Democrats say the rival party is failing to hold LePage accountable for improper comments and conduct, as top legislators disagree on what sanctions to consider.
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Posted inMaine, News
Body recovered from Kennebec River in Waterville
Police did not have the identity of the person whose body was found Tuesday after being reported shortly before 8 a.m.
Posted inMaine, News
New gateway sign proposed for Gardiner
The sign, proposed for the Libby Hill Business Park, would welcome motorists traveling north on I-295.
Posted inLifestyle
With 176-point ‘braconid,’ word whiz clinches Scrabble world championship
Title winner says it doesn’t hurt to have a photographic memory.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta woman sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually abusing boy
The remainder of the four-year sentence for Loni D. Ingalls was suspended, and the initial period of incarceration is to be followed by two years’ probation.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage says he’ll speak only to talk radio, not news media
The Republican governor says he wants to ‘move on’ after leaving a lawmaker an obscenity-laden voicemail.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Elite Airways adds new Florida route from Portland jetport
The direct flights between Portland and Sarasota begin Nov. 17.
Posted inMaine, News
Eighteen Maine drug prevention groups win $125,000 each in federal grants
The $2.25 million allocation aims to combat drug abuse by young people.
