2014 State Scholastic Chess Championships
The Annual State Scholastic Chess Championships consist of Team Events and Individual Tournaments held on separate days. These events are sponsored by the Maine Association of Chess Coaches. The...
View ArticleNetflix strikes deal to pay Comcast to ensure online videos are streamed...
Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast, the nation’s largest home Internet carrier, to ensure its online videos are streamed smoothly. The arrangement highlights the vast power of Comcast, which is in the...
View ArticleFannie Mae payments to Treasury exceed bailout
WASHINGTON — On Friday, Fannie Mae passed a milestone years in the making. The District of Columbia-based mortgage giant announced that by next month it will have sent the Treasury more than it...
View ArticleUS average gasoline prices up almost 12 cents a gallon in past two weeks
The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps rose 11.67 cents in the past two weeks to $3.4111 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc. The survey covers the period ended Friday and is based...
View ArticleHuman rights panel clears Camden inn of discrimination
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday that a Camden inn did not discriminate against a Wisconsin couple based on the husband’s physical disability. The commission voted 3-1 to...
View ArticlePartnership between County secondary schools and Aroostook Aspirations...
Serve-a-thon named after Mapleton woman and community leader Heidi Graham who lost her battle with cancer in 2013 Aroostook County – A first-of-its kind, region-wide project that will engage middle and...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmakers renew call for cancellation of Alexander Group contract
AUGUSTA, Maine — Democratic leaders on the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on Monday were again calling on Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to cancel its nearly $1 million contract...
View ArticleThis time I’m going to nail this newborn thing.
Tomorrow begins my seventh month growing ‘ Little Brother ‘. This is getting serious. Baby clothes are being organized. Gear is getting pulled up from the basement. We’re in the process of trying to...
View ArticleSupreme Court declines to hear gun law challenges
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court disappointed gun rights activists once again Monday, declining to review two cases involving the rights of those under 21 to own handguns. Activists had urged the court...
View ArticlePortland council counters petitioners’ Congress Square Park ordinance with...
PORTLAND, Maine — In the latest move in the ongoing dispute over Portland’s Congress Square Park, Portland city councilors are eyeing an ordinance change that would compete with one being proposed by...
View ArticlePortland council votes to set aside $50,000 to convince a developer to build...
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland City Council on Monday night unanimously voted to set aside $50,000 to distribute to a developer willing build a so-called “housing first” apartment project for homeless...
View ArticleLocal sports results for Feb. 24, 2014
HIgh school hockey Tourney scoreboard Note: Teams traveling from the farthest distance play the early time for semifinals and regional finals. Class A East Tuesday, Feb. 25 Quarterfinals A1: No. 5...
View ArticleEffort to relocate lobsters from Portland Harbor to encroach on scallop...
PORTLAND, Maine — An effort to trap and relocate lobsters from Portland Harbor to make way for dredging work will temporarily infringe on scallop fishing in those areas, state officials said late...
View ArticleBangor Council votes to take possession of abandoned properties, OKs one-year...
BANGOR, Maine — The city will officially take over a pair of abandoned properties in the city with a history of unpaid taxes after the City Council unanimously voted to move ahead with the seizures....
View ArticlePolice seek suspect in Winslow Rite Aid robbery
WINSLOW, Maine — Police are investigating a robbery of the Rite Aid Pharmacy located at 36 China Road, which occurred Monday afternoon, according to a release from Winslow police Lt. Josh Veilleux. The...
View ArticleEastern Maine Class C tourney teams deserve fair treatment
Another Eastern Maine tourney has passed and with it some unfair treatment again for the Class C teams. Each year the Class C teams are forced to play back-to-back semifinal and final games in the...
View ArticleThe Corliss Group travel: Barcelona Tourist Guide –“The Easy Way To Plan Your...
All the essential Barcelona tourist guide and travel information to arrange your trip is on this one website www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com was born out of a personal love for the city and a desire to...
View ArticleWesthill Consulting Travel & Tours Singapore is Proud to Announce...
https://www.diigo.com/item/note/4n553/3w4q SINGAPORE, February 20, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ — Thinking of the first to do in a foreign city on your first day? You may try being adventurous, come what...
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If you guys are looking for learning or enhancing your knowledge with respect to essay writing than you could surely seek help from the Pensters, who offer the candidates with sample essay writing....
View ArticleFugitive Ukraine leader wanted for murder, Russia sounds alarm against ‘mutiny’
KIEV — Ukraine’s fugitive president was indicted Monday on charges of “mass murder” over the shooting of demonstrators as new leaders in Kiev sought urgent Western aid to make up for a loss of funding...
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