PORTLAND — Twenty-five years ago this Friday, Maine’s most infamous drug smuggler received a headline-making criminal sentence that many considered a slap on the wrist. While several members of his marijuana-importing business were sentenced to years in prison, Harvey Prager lived in his Portland home with his wife and children and took care of dying AIDS […]
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March against biotech foods PORTLAND — On National Food Day, Saturday, Oct. 12, a peaceful march against biotech GMO foods will be held at 2 p.m. in Market Square. There will be a GMO-free picnic before the rally. For more information locate March Against Monsanto-World Food Day Portland ME on Facebook. To coordinate car-pool help, […]
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March against biotech foods PORTLAND — On National Food Day, Saturday, Oct. 12, a peaceful march against biotech GMO foods will be held at 2 p.m. in Market Square. There will be a GMO-free picnic before the rally. For more information locate March Against Monsanto-World Food Day Portland ME on Facebook. To coordinate car-pool help, […]
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Pirates opener: ‘They love their hockey in Lewiston’
LEWISTON — So the local boys were wearing red and black instead of blue and white. So there was an oversized pirate working the crowd instead of Lewy and his gap-tooth snarl. It’s pro hockey, by God, and it’s back in Lewiston. “Go Pirates!” was how Matt Butler put it. “Aaaaaargh!” How hungry for hockey […]
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Portland committee approves clinic buffer zone
PORTLAND (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is applauding approval by a Portland City Council committee to create a buffer zone around a Maine clinic to separate anti-abortion protesters from patients. The council’s Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved establishing a buffer zone on Tuesday after hearing from about 40 […]
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AHL hockey: Monarchs edge Pirates in shootout
Buoyed by a Kyle Hagel scrap and ensuing penalty kill, the Pirates came from behind in the third period to force overtime before Manchester’s Brandon Kozun buried his team’s second goal of the shootout to lead the Monarchs to a 3-2 win. “Overall we were very pleased,” Pirates coach Ray Edwards said. “The issue for […]
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Portland conference addresses growing female population in prisons
PORTLAND — The number of women held in the Maine state prison system has grown nearly sixfold since 2002, a stark increase that experts say is sparking new conversations about the best way to rehabilitate female criminals. Portland’s Holiday Inn By the Bay is the setting for the 2013 biennial Adult & Juvenile Female Offenders […]
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Portland committee approves abortion clinic buffer zone
PORTLAND (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is applauding approval by a Portland City Council committee to create a buffer zone around a Maine clinic to separate anti-abortion protesters from patients. The council’s Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved establishing a buffer zone on Tuesday after hearing from about 40 […]
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Portland man faces federal drug charges
PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland man is facing federal charges for allegedly running an interstate marijuana smuggling operation and laundering more than $100,000 through a Maine attorney. According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, 29-year-old David Jones was arrested Friday on a charge of possession with intent to distribute more than 100 […]
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Portland officials to discuss clinic ‘buffer zone’
PORTLAND (AP) — A large crowd is expected when a Portland City Council committee holds a public hearing on proposals to establish a buffer zone around a Planned Parenthood facility. One proposal would create a 25-foot buffer around the Congress Street clinic’s entrance. The other would effectively ban demonstrators from gathering on the Congress Street […]