Youree Dell Harris asked TV viewers to call her. Nearly 6 million did and were charged about $60 each, the FTC says.
July 2016
Posted inGolf, Sports
Ted Brown’s rocky golf journey goes smoothly in Augusta
Canadian hadn’t played competitively in 2016 before coming to Maine.
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Posted inGolf, Sports
VIDEO: Ted Brown wins Maine Open
Ted Brown talks about winning his first Charlie’s Maine Open
Posted inBusiness, Lifestyle
Craft breweries use beer tap handles to grab attention
Some beer drinkers can be swayed by an intriguing handle, and that matters as more craft breweries crowd the market.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Cain says Democrats ‘ultimately coming together’ despite convention tension
The candidate for Maine’s 2nd District U.S. House seat advocates more election process transparency but doesn’t see tension between the Sanders and Clinton campaigns hurting the party or her race against Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Moratorium sought on supertankers carrying ‘tar sands’ oil in U.S. waters
TransCanada’s plan to pipe the heavy crude to Saint John for shipping down the East Coast raises spill concerns in Maine and elsewhere.
Posted inPolitics
Maine delegation casts 18 votes for Sanders, 12 for Clinton
Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett announces the vote from the convention floor.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Augusta police officers patrolling downtown on bicycle
The program is an attempt to improve public safety and community relations.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Skowhegan police avoid ‘clearly justified’ deadly force in arrest, chief says
Mykel Rollins, 28, allegedly answered the door with a knife, but police defused the situation without injury, one of many instances of officers avoiding justifiable use of deadly force, according to Chief Don Bolduc.
Posted inSports
Creech leads by three strokes at Maine Women’s Amateur
The defending champ was the only golfer under par on Tuesday.