FALMOUTH — Organic milk producer MOO Milk announced Friday morning that it will close because of obsolete equipment and failure to build a new packaging facility in central Maine. “While we have worked tirelessly to find an alternative solution, including the possibility of building a new facility in central Maine, we realize these options are […]
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Impossibilities abound: South Portland restaurant pins hope on reality-TV makeover
SOUTH PORTLAND — A Food Network reality TV series is coming to Ocean Street next month to try to invigorate the aging Uncle Andy’s Diner. On June 9, “Restaurant: Impossible” host Robert Irvine and crew will take over the 60-year-old diner from owners Dennis and Tina Fogg for a 36-hour, $10,000 marathon restaurant rescue mission before a […]
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Maine’s Togus says wait times for veterans not a concern
Other VA hospitals have been investigated for such problems, but not Togus.
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VA hospital wait-list complaints grow
Top agency officials testify that a nationwide audit has found no proof so far that delayed treatment has led to a patient’s death.
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Portland’s Aroma Joe’s brews up growth
Founded by two sets of brothers born in Berwick, the Portland-based coffee business is expanding.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland pharmacy robber pleads guilty in federal court
PORTLAND — A man who caused a bomb scare and shutdown of Congress Street last month pleaded guilty to robbery charges Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland. Jason Campbell, 39, of 40 Alder St., faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty before Judge Jon D. Levy to […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
2 men sought in Portland armed robbery
PORTLAND — Police are looking for two men in connection with a late-Wednesday night armed robbery outside the Ahram Halal Grocery at 630 Forest Ave. Police said the market owner was closing the store at 11 p.m. and walking out to a dumpster behind the store when he was approached by two men who pointed […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Soldier's son to share, seek Maine history of 'colored' battalion
NORTH YARMOUTH — Although the talk he gives Saturday should prove educational, Dr. James Pratt is also hoping to learn quite a bit himself about the days when his father’s World War II battalion was stationed in New England. The Germans had sent an operative to Vanceboro during World War I to sabotage an international […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Tax-hike ceiling threatens Brunswick capital projects
BRUNSWICK — The town may have to defer paving, vehicle replacement, and other capital improvement projects to realize a tax increase of no more than 4 percent. A plan to cut more than $1 million from the combined municipal-school budget was still being formulated as councilors prepared for a public hearing on the proposed budget Thursday […]
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Brunswick school chief balks at request for 4th school option
BRUNSWICK — The School Board’s desire for another option to ease elementary school overcrowding prompted a sharp rebuke Wednesday from the superintendent of schools. “Frankly, the indecision of the board is creating a very difficult, almost hostile work environment for us,” Superintendent Paul Perzanoski said. “Please, make up your mind, and do it soon, because my […]