Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter this week to President Trump opposing proposed regulations designed to protect endangered North Atlantic rights whales that LePage says will be detrimental to the state’s signature lobster industry. In his three-page letter, LePage called the proposal by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to reduce the number […]
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Briefs: Portland helping more than 200 asylum seekers find homes; Police believe they have identified the body of woman found
Portland helping more than 200 asylum seekers find homes PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials in Maine’s largest city say they’re working on finding temporary and long-term housing for dozens of asylum-seeking families currently taking shelter at the Portland Expo. Portland is housing 200 to 250 asylum seekers at the basketball arena. Officials say they’re working […]
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Maine companies including Brunswick aerospace firm contribute to NASA projects
Seeing their own ingenuity at work, employees at a Maine composites company cheered as a NASA lunar spaceship survived a recent test flight. Fiber Materials Inc. of Biddeford developed an essential component of Ascent Abort-2, the safety system aboard the Orion spaceship, which is expected to bring humans to the moon in 2024. FMI has […]
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Man convicted for killing woman in front of her children
AUBURN — A man who served decades in prison for stabbing his wife 14 times in front of her daughter was convicted Wednesday in a nearly identical crime — stabbing a woman at least 11 times while her twin children watched. Albert Flick, 77, who was previously deemed too old to be a threat by […]
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Two seriously injured in two-vehicle crash on Route 201 in Richmond
RICHMOND — Two men were seriously injured when a pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with another pickup truck on Route 201 Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened near 281 Augusta Road shortly before 2:15 p.m. A maroon GMC pickup truck driven by Timothy Sinclair, 76, of Topsham was traveling south on Route 201. […]
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Bath museum enters final phase of redesign project
BATH — As the second part of a two-phase redesign of its 243 Washington St. campus begins, Maine Maritime Museum has raised nearly $3.4 million toward the 5-acre project, exceeding its goal by almost $35,000. When complete, the project will alleviate some of the accessibility and aesthetic problems at the entrance to the campus, including lack of […]
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Interstate Lobster to demolish, replace Harpswell wharf after receiving grant
HARPSWELL — The Interstate Lobster Inc. in Harpswell has been awarded $155,500 in funding from the Land for Maine’s Future Program, which will be used to demolish, replace and expand the wharf at 241 Ash Point Road. The Land for Maine’s Future Program, under the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, distributed just over $1 million […]
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Free hospice volunteer training course begins Sept. 5
BRUNSWICK – CHANS Home Health & Hospice is offering a free training course for individuals interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. The volunteer training program begins Sept. 5 and runs 10 consecutive weeks on Thursdays from 4-7 p.m. Classes will be held at 45 Baribeau Drive in Brunswick. A completed application and pre-training interview are […]
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Summer at the Freight Shed events planned in Bath
Summer activities are in full swing at Maine’s First Ship’s second annual “Summer at the Freight Shed” series. Visitors are invited to take part in a variety of programs during the day and to attend lectures in the evening. A lecture on Maine’s Great Blue Heron from state Wildlife Biologist Danielle D’Auria is set for Tuesday July 23 […]
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African man who seeks asylum in Maine escaped a massacre, but death followed
PORTLAND — When an armed conflict erupted in his village in Congo, Blaise Matshieba Nduluyele fled from the carnage. Hundreds of people, including some of his relatives, were slaughtered. Death remained close as his family undertook a grueling journey starting in South America and extending through eight countries to safety in the United States. They slept along roads or […]