A record-breaking 196,969.25 pounds of food was donated for The Good Shepherd Food Bank.
2018
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Stocks slide, then jump again in late afternoon
The Dow opened Thursday down by 300 points, one day after hitting its biggest point gain, but then turned around and is on track to extend Wednesday’s gains.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Bath Iron Works receives $26 million Navy contract for ship modernization
The contract for ‘planning yard services’ on DDG-1000 destroyers could be extended to $87 million.
Posted inCommunity
Carrabec Community School walks to North Anson Fire Department
Students, staff, others sang Christmas carols around the Christmas tree.
Posted inNews
Detention hearing delayed for couple accused of sex trafficking
Sou Chao Li and his wife, Derong Maio of Concord, New Hampshire, will remain in custody.
Posted inNation & World, News
Indonesia expands ‘no-go’ zone around island volcano
Indonesia has widened the no-go zone around an island volcano that triggered a weekend tsunami that killed at least 430 people.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
2018 was a banner year for legal marijuana industry
The marijuana industry had seminal year in 2018, with legalization spreading in the US and across Canada, billions invested in cannabis companies and even a cannabis-based drug getting regulatory approval.
Posted inNation & World, News
Step by step, Oregon man becomes first person to cross Antarctica alone
Colin O’Brady, of Portland, Ore., finished the bone-chilling, 930-mile journey across the continent in 54 days.
Posted inEditorials
Our View: Mentally ill shouldn’t languish in Maine jails
A motion from a patient’s lawyer makes the argument that we can do better.
Posted inLifestyle
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Paintings of Portland’ and ‘Loch Garman: A Novel of Viking Age Ireland’
Maine authors offer an excellent art history of Portland, along with the seventh book in James Nelson’s ‘The Norsemen Saga’