The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court is pressing for more funding for courthouse security and for higher wages for the state’s judges
2020
Posted inMaine, News
Portland program will link recent immigrants with experienced peers
Part of a growing national network, the Natural Helpers will have people who immigrated years ago help more recent arrivals navigate their new community.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties, payments
Prosecutors say Charles Lieber was paid $50,000 a month by the Wuhan University of Technology and in exchange published article and apply for patents on behalf of the Chinese college.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville planners reelect Paul Lussier chairman
The Waterville Planning Board on Monday night also voted to approve, with a condition, a request by the Alfond Youth Center to reconfigure vehicle and pedestrian access to its building on North Street.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions
The epidemic comes just as hopes were rising that Chinese tourism to the U.S. would rebound following two years of the trade dispute.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Portland’s Defendify raises $2 million to expand cybersecurity business
The company produces software especially for small businesses to protect their data in an increasingly complex information economy.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
A burst of new spending last year and the repeal in December of several taxes used to help finance the Affordable Care Act have combined to deepen the deficit spiral, with trillion-dollar deficits likely for as far as the eye can see, a report says.
Posted inNation & World, News
Magnitude-7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica
Several South Florida buildings were evacuated as a precaution, and the quake also hit the Cayman Islands, leaving cracked roads and what appeared to be sewage spilling from cracked mains.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Times Record
Richmond residents weigh in on TIF district extension
If the TIF district extension is approved by voters, residents will have a chance to make changes to how the money is spent.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, Times Record
China man, Augusta woman accused of sexual exploitation of child
Jared D. Jandreau, 35, of China, and Jessica E. Cox, 31, of Augusta, were indicted Friday by a Kennebec County grand jury.