The founders of the Ri Ra Irish Pub and Restaurant in Portland plan to open a barbecue restaurant in the city. Whole Hog will be located at 480 Congress Street – at the corner of Congress and Center, just across from the Time & Temperature Building – and serve “authentic East North Carolina style” barbecue. […]
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Donald Trump faults Obama for U.S. response to Russian hacking
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday tried to blame the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S. election — cyberattacks underpinning the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers. Trump’s first response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s initial charges against Russian government officials […]
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Maine Girls’ Academy walked a financial tightrope before deciding to close
The soon-to-be-closed Maine Girls’ Academy was limping along financially in its second year of operation, spending slightly more than it took in, according to federal financial disclosure forms. School officials said last week they were closing the school because of declining enrollment and related financial problems. Despite an immediate surge of supporters coming forward trying […]
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Paul LePage defends hold up on public campaign funds
PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Friday defended his refusal to release over $1 million in overdue public campaign funds to more than 120 legislative candidates and one gubernatorial hopeful. LePage and his finance chief Alec Porteous argued in legal briefs that the courts can’t decide whether a governor should sign a financial […]
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McG United Soccer Academy registration
The Academy opens up its summer session this month on Monday, July 23 and runs through Friday, July 27. All registered players will check in between 8:30 and 9 a.m.. Academy hours run from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. for 5-7 year olds. All others will stay until 2 p.m. The goalkeeper sessions and the Elite 7-10th […]
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Buckfield teacher receives McCarthy Education Innovation Award
PORTLAND — The Gulf of Maine Research Institute honored Buckfield Junior-Senior High School teacher Gretchen Kimball with the fifth annual McCarthy Education Innovation Award. GMRI education staff presented the award during a ceremony at the Maine Science Teachers Association conference held recently. Each year, GMRI presents the McCarthy award to the Maine teacher who best […]
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Why aren't wages rising?
WASHINGTON — It’s a mystery. The U.S. economy seems strong. Since the nadir of the Great Recession, employers have added about 19 million workers. The unemployment rate is 4 percent, near the lowest level since 2000. By standard economic theory, the strong demand for labor should be pushing up wages. But that isn’t happening. Wage […]
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Sweden prepares for Russian aggression
Russia’s heinous 2014 invasion and annexation of Crimea continues to spur military responses in Free Europe. This week, Finland’s and Sweden’s defense ministers signed a defense agreement covering operations in war time as well as peace time training and crisis preparation. Since Moscow’s Crimean caper, closer defense cooperation to the point of military alliance has […]
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Don't cry for Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel is, her supporters like to gloat, the leader of the free world. Just don’t ask her to spend as if she is. Donald Trump has made the German chancellor one of his favorite rhetorical targets, especially over Germany’s anemic defense expenditures. This has led to worries about the future of the trans-Atlantic alliance, […]
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Pitts is kidding us
Somehow I do not think columnist Leonard Pitts solved his problem? in trying to decide whether to be a liberal or a conservative. He is kidding us. He never had a problem with that question. He is a liberal and always has been a liberal as his columns through the years will attest. He is […]