Students recognized for academic achievement.
June 2016
Posted inCommunity
Maine Maritime Academy class of 2016 graduates
Students awarded diplomas May 7 in Castine.
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Posted inMaine, News
LePage fails to convince legislators to call special session
The governor and top lawmakers continue to be at odds over whether the Legislature adequately funded several bills before the close of the session.
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine existing-home sales jump 25 percent from a year ago
High demand and low interest rates fuel the May surge and the 2.8 percent rise in the median price.
Posted inMaine, News
Former Sacopee Valley High ed-tech pleads not guilty to sex charges
Zachariah Sherburne, 23, is charged with gross sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor in an incident involving a student at the school.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. and Japan request urgent UN meeting on North Korea launch
The North Korea is under a United Nations ban on all ballistic missile activity.
Posted inNews, Politics
Top Senate Democrat calls Collins ‘no fly, no buy’ proposal a step in right direction
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid urges the Republican-controlled Senate to hold floor votes on the bipartisan gun control measure.
Posted inMaine, News
Brunswick police officer accused of sending obscene selfie to undercover agent
Garrett G. Brosnan, 25, has been charged with attempting to send the sexual image to someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House adjourns but some Democrats continue sit-in for gun control vote
Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree was among the group of lawmakers who started the protest, and she remained on the House floor at sunrise this morning as the protest entered its 20th hour.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Maine, News
Snapping turtles crossing
You’d think swerving out to avoid a turtle would put a better shine on your day than swerving onto the roadside to crush one, writes Dana Wilde.