RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Scott Cole of Bethel as interim town manager. “We interviewed several candidates and felt Cole was the best fit for the interim,” board Chairman Chris Brennick said Selectman Peter Chase added: “This process is only for an interim. We will go ahead with the regular hiring […]
2019
Posted inNews
Calling all snowbirds for an upcoming story
Every time it snows big up here in Maine, you’ll see those dreadful images posted across social media – pictures of beaches and palm trees; of grinning men and women in shorts and goofy hats and not a flake of snow in sight. Our former neighbors, now spending their winters in Florida, Phoenix or L.A., […]
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Posted inBusiness, News
Maine home-buying compromised as federal shutdown enters Day 21
Closures of government agencies are starting to affect the part of the housing market that depends on federally backed loans, making buyers, sellers, renters and brokers wary.
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Collins among group of Republicans meeting over government shutdown
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been keeping his head down, meets with his colleagues on Thursday.
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Scientists seek way to measure pain
WASHINGTON (AP) — Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating levels of pain, first from joint-damaging childhood arthritis and then from fibromyalgia. “It’s really hard when people can’t […]
Posted inSports
Joe Oliver named new Sea Dogs manager
The former major league catcher has been managing in the Red Sox farm system for the past five years.
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Coca-Cola closing Farmington sales center
FARMINGTON — Coca-Cola of Northern New England is closing its Farmington sales office. The 12 employees there will be offered other positions within the company, a spokesman said Thursday. Nick Martin said the decision was “part of an ongoing effort to optimize Coca-Cola of Northern New England’s network of facilities throughout the Northeast.” The closure […]
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Video: Portland police dogs try on new winter boots
The video is just about as cute as you’d expect.
Posted inMaine, News
Truck driver charged in crash that injured baby in Waterboro
Police charge the driver of a box truck that rear-ended an SUV in part because witnesses told police that the truck driver did not appear to make any effort to slow down.
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Eric Brakey launches Free Maine Campaign to fight 'nanny state'
AUBURN — After his unsuccessful bid last year to unseat U.S. Sen. Angus King, former state Sen. Eric Brakey is launching what he calls the Free Maine Campaign to defend the liberty of Mainers. Brakey, 30, said the new organization aims “to protect the freedoms and paychecks of Maine people” with a grass-roots effort to […]