Jim Mattis says in his resignation letter that the president deserves a defense secretary who is ‘better aligned’ with his views.
2018
Posted inUncategorized
Maine attorney general joins lawsuit opposing airguns to search for oil in Atlantic
The lawsuit seeks to stop seismic mapping from moving forward, on the grounds that it violates federal laws to conserve wildlife.
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Posted inSchools & Education
Minor injuries reported after school bus and pickup truck collide in Winslow Thursday
Minor injuries were reported after a bus carrying students from Palermo Consolidated School to a basketball game at Temple Academy in Waterville collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of routes 32 and 137.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Candlelight vigil Friday to recognize the plight of the homeless
LEWISTON — The public is invited to participate in a candlelight vigil Friday to remember the homeless during the holiday season. It will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., even if it’s raining. Participants will walk from Trinity Jubilee Center at 247 Bates St. to Calvary United Methodist Church at 59 Sabattus St. The […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Car fire at CMMC parking garage
A Lewiston firefighter inspects the trunk of a car that caught fire Thursday morning on the top of the parking garage at Central Maine Medical Center. (Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover)
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Hallowell to evacuate Front Street on Friday afternoon
Augusta officials make plans to close that city’s Front Street parking and set up barricades in advance of heavy rain expected to create flooding from the Kennebec River.
Posted inBusiness
Developers emphasize industrial, office use in ‘Plan B’ for Falmouth plaza redevelopment
The alternative project would forgo a hotel and multi-level parking garage in favor of manufacturing and warehouse space.
Posted inPolitics
LePage repeats discredited claim that most drug dealers in Maine are minorities
The governor first made such a claim in 2016, but it was disproved by a Press Herald analysis of the governor’s three-ring binder of drug arrest press releases.
Posted inMaine, News
Paul LePage wrongly claims ’97 percent’ of drug dealers in Maine are minorities
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s departing Republican governor is doubling down on his discredited claim that out-of-state black and Hispanic drug dealers are responsible for an overwhelming percentage of drug trafficking in the state. Gov. Paul LePage repeated his claim Thursday afternoon on Maine Public. A caller to the show criticized the governor for blaming out-of-state […]
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Jared Golden plans town halls, listening tour as he prepares to take office
LEWISTON — Standing on a Birch Street sidewalk Thursday, Jared Golden said he has no doubt he will take the oath of office Jan. 3 as the next congressman from Maine’s 2nd District. Though a court fight continues over the constitutionality of the ranked-choice voting system that ended with his victory last month, the 36-year-old […]