The Maine Historic Preservation Commission has announced the publication of the 2021-26 edition of Heritage for The Future: Maine’s Statewide Historic Preservation Plan. Every five years, the commission, which serves as the State Historic Preservation Office in Maine, is required to develop a comprehensive statewide historic preservation plan. As stated in National Park Services guidance, […]
2022
Posted inCommunity
Registration opens for summer Catholic youth program
PORTLAND — Hundreds of Maine youths can participate in a weeklong Catholic youth program for those in grades one through 12 that is dedicated to teaching the Gospel. Registration is open for Totus Tuus 2022, which will be presented in 10 Maine communities this summer: Farmington, June 19-24; Houlton, June 19-24; Fort Kent, June 26-July […]
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Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Bureaucratic error: Driver in bad crash in Oxford County shouldn’t have had a license
Convicted last summer of vehicular manslaughter, Ethan Rioux-Poulios should have been barred from driving for a decade. But an error by the courts and the BMV allowed him to keep his license. On Friday, he critically injured a woman in a police chase that ended in a wreck.
Posted inSports
UNE speakers share stories about breaking into male-dominated sports
Four-time U.S. Olympic ice hockey player Angela Ruggiero told a large group of UNE students that rejection at a young age made her a gender equity advocate and that she still pushes for it today.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Wex and Idexx won’t say whether they’ll suspend doing business in Russia
The Maine-based companies will say only that they will abide by the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Europe because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Posted inFeature Obituary, Maine, News
Norma Marin, who lived for art, especially her father-in-law’s, dies at 91
She was the daughter-in-law of American artist John Marin and dedicated her life to promoting his legacy.
Posted inMaine, News
Western Maine groundwater levels ‘some of the lowest we’ve ever seen’
At least some part of the region has been in drought conditions since June 2020.
Posted inNation & World
Humanitarian corridors lead mostly to Russia, its ally Belarus
The tactic essentially gives residents a brutal choice between fleeing into the arms of their attackers or dying under bombardment.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Mask mandates going away in schools, but not everyone’s smiling
Officials in many large cities, such as Boston, say they’ll keep the rules for now.
Posted inNation & World
One teen dead, 2 critically injured in shooting outside Iowa high school
The three were hit by gunfire that ‘appears to have come from a passing vehicle,’ police say.