Authorities are conducting an internal investigation of 62 current and eight former workers after social media posts mocked lawmakers and migrants.
2019
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Some Iranian women take off hijabs as hard-liners push back
A few daring women are removing their mandatory headscarves, risking arrest by Iran’s morality police, whose job is to enforce the strict dress code imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Hearings on CMP performance problems to start Tuesday in Portland
The first of 3 Public Utilities Commission hearings will be held on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville’s Paul J. Schupf Art Center gets $100,000 gift from Kennebec Savings Bank
Waterville Creates! and Colby College are working to raise $18 million for the art and film center, which will bring together the Maine Film Center, Common Street Arts, Railroad Square Cinema and a gallery of Colby Museum of Art.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Millennial entrepreneur enters race for Portland mayor
Thaddeus St. John, 26, owner of Lincoln and Maine Inc., hopes to bring transparency to Portland’s politics.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel
New Portland man hospitalized after motorcycle crash
Cedric Collins, 28, of New Portland, was taken by Life Flight to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with a severe head injury Sunday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Extra pogy catch could ease bait worries for lobster industry
Maine gets approval to fish for another 4.7 million pounds of pogy, or menhaden, but will likely need more bait fish as the lobster season hits its stride.
Posted inElections, News, Politics
Retired major general enters race to take on Sen. Susan Collins
Jonathan Treacy filed papers Monday to become the fourth Democrat vying for the chance to challenge Maine’s senior senator in next year’s election.
Posted inSidelines, Sports
Sidelines: Waterville golfer tests his skills at US Amateur qualifier
Playing against the best is the best kind of playing, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inMaine, News
Governor’s opioid summit brims with ideas for solutions to crisis
The summit convened by Gov. Janet Mills attracts about 1,000 people and highlights ideas for addressing the epidemic of opioid use disorder.