The latest on the coronavirus pandemic around the U.S. and the world. WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and the White House reached tentative agreement late Wednesday for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package, but deep disagreements over the scope of the $1 trillion in federal aid have forced a shift in strategy. Facing […]
2020
Posted inMaine, News
Missing Newburgh woman found alive
The Maine Warden Service spent Tuesday searching for 58-year-old Cindy L. Dunton, who police say suffers from dementia.
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Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Twitter says it’s cracking down on QAnon conspiracy theory
Twitter says it will crack down on accounts and content related to QAnon, the far-right U.S. conspiracy theory popular among supporters of President Trump.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Power line is a good deal for Maine, and here’s why
Maine already has over 4,000 miles of transmission lines, and this new line will add 53 miles. It’s time to get the project up and running.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
George Smith: ‘This Day in Maine’ takes you through our state’s history
The book from Joseph Owen is a real treat.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Schools and Education
With master’s students back in class, MECA already in first phase of reopening campus
The art school in downtown Portland plans to bring back all 500 of its students by September.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
After 33 years, cobbler is stepping away from landmark shop in Westbrook
Paul Rowland is selling his trailer and property, and moving Paul’s Shoe Repair to his garage in Lisbon, where he and his wife moved to be closer to their children and grandchildren.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: July 22
July 22, 2010: The only financial backer of a proposed $1 billion liquefied natural gas terminal in the small Canadian-border city of Calais withdraws from the project. The pullout of investment bank Goldman Sachs and its subsidiary, GS Power Holdings, LLC, was one of many problems that doomed the project. A group called Calais LNG […]
Posted inFeature Obituary, News
Joseph Lynch, 76, boilermaker with Local 29, who had a passion for the outdoors
Family members affectionately remember the Portland native as a rebel who lived life to its fullest.