The creator of ‘New Albion’ latched onto the Trump campaign, volunteered for Rand Paul and ran a failed anti-fracking campaign as an independent in Pennsylvania.
2018
Posted inMaine, Politics
Jackman residents say town manager’s racial comments don’t represent them
Business owners and residents believe the select board should fire Tom Kawczynski for white separatist website and posts.
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Pence: U.S. embassy to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019
A Palestinian spokesman says the speech shows the U.S. is part of the problem, not the solution.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Sens. Collins and King help to broker Senate agreement for ending government shutdown
As many as 25 senators met over the weekend, often in Collins’ office, to hammer out a proposal to temporarily fund the government and hold a floor debate on immigration legislation by Feb. 8.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Trump imposes tariffs on solar panels and washing machines
Companies riding the wave of the solar energy boom feared that the move would undercut them.
Posted inMaine
Four Coast Guard icebreakers expected this week as flood concerns rise
Tuesday’s forecast calls for rain and warmer weather that can lead to additional flooding of the beleaguered Kennebec River.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Man accused of killing Maine teen in 1980 told others about the crime, prosecutor says
The trial of Philip Scott Fournier, 57, charged with murder in the death of 16-year-old Joyce McLain of East Millinocket, begins in Bangor.
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Mount Vernon library addition gets main beam installed
The project, approved by residents more than two years ago, is expected to be completed at some point in June or later.
Posted inMaine Crime
New York man linked to Waterville drug bust indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges
Ambrose Wan, 33, was arrested last September in Waterville and now faces federal charges carrying heftier prison sentences.
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Gulf of Maine lobster population past its peak, study says, and a big drop is due
Scientists say warming waters in the Gulf of Maine will lower lobster populations 40 to 62 percent over the next 30 years, but conservation measures the state adopted decades ago will mitigate the impact.