Bloomberg News
2018
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Housing crunch at issue as Portland council changes short-term rental rules
Property owners will be able to register up to five short-term rentals per year, and the council raised the cap on non-owner occupied units to 400 from the present 300.
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Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Captain of Camden charter vessel awaits trial in Virgin Islands on seaman’s manslaughter charge
An indictment alleges that Richard Smith failed to take appropriate action when a crew member jumped off Smith’s sailing ship and drowned off North Carolina in 2015.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
SMCC opening welding program in Brunswick
New equipment will help train students for potential jobs at Bath Iron Works.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Ex-priest who went to jail in Boston abuse scandal now set to stand trial in Maine
A jury is selected in the trial of Ronald Paquin, who is accused of abusing two boys during trips to Kennebunk during the 1980s.
Posted inNation & World
Saudi king’s speech makes no mention of slain journalist
King Salman expressed support for favored son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is believed to have ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Posted inMaine, News
Biddeford business owners, residents decry plan for paid parking
But city officials say it’s needed to balance competing demands for a finite number of parking spots in the busy downtown.
Posted inNation & World
Communities flee eruption at Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire
GUATEMALA CITY — About 4,000 residents fled Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Monday as red-hot rock and ash spewed into the sky and cascaded down the slopes toward an area devastated by a deadly eruption earlier this year. Guatemala’s volcanology unit said that explosions from the 12,300-foot high mountain shook homes with “constant sounds similar to […]
Posted inNation & World
Colorado man who murdered his 2 girls, pregnant wife sentenced to life
Christopher Watts was allegedly having an affair with a co-worker, but no other motive was offered during his trial.
Posted inMaine, News
Mother of Noyes Street fire victim petitions Portland to create memorial
Lisa LeConte Mazziotti wants the city to build a memorial to the six young adults – including her daughter Nicole Finlay – who died in the 2014 blaze.