Newcomb Stevens IV, 18 months, won the prize through the Finance Authority of Maine as part of a sweepstakes celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Invest in ME program.
2019
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Scientists confirm July set new global heat record
It was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, NOAA says.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine AG says state to join others in fighting restriction rollback on coal-fired power plants
Attorney General Aaron Frey says such plants outside Maine pollute the state’s air and water.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Environmentalists weigh in on right whale rules for lobster industry
Lobstermen packed meetings in midcoast and eastern Maine, but environmentalists took their turn defending the endangered species in South Portland on Thursday night.
Posted inNation & World, News
Maine joins coalition asking Trump administration to rescind rule restricting asylum requests
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joins 21 other states that claim the rule violates two federal laws and is contrary to the nation’s values.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Two plead guilty to drug charges stemming from police pretending to deliver pizza at Waterville hotel
Brooke Knight, 27, of Hartland, and Gibril Darboe, 21, of Bronx, New York, both arrested in March at a Waterville hotel, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges Thursday, as did two others charged by police with drug offenses in other cases.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Peaks Island will go electric to tame golf cart traffic
The City Council will require rental companies to have all-electric carts by 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Sports, Uncategorized
Nike track shoes used in 1972 Olympic trials sell for $50,000
Known as “moon shoes” for their waffle-like bottom, the shoes were the first prototype designed by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Dayton gunman had drugs in system during mass shooting
A county coroner also says that Connor Betts was cut down by a barrage of at least two dozen police bullets that penetrated gaps in his body armor.
Posted inMaine
Final charge dropped against Rockland man who caused school lockdown
Brandon Luzzi, 62, who heard voices telling him to shoot up a school, received mental health treatment and is prohibited from possessing firearms.