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MUNJOY HILL NEWS (blog)
Mainers Pack Monument Square Saying NO to Monsanto Today
on May 25, 2013, at 5:10 p.m.
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,429) Under dreary skies and with cold winds whipping around them an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred people from all over Maine, packed Monument Square this afternoon to “Say No to Monsanto.” The organizer of the local event was Whitely Neuman, a Portland activist. The rally was being ...
William Kayatta is sworn in
William Kayatta is sworn in as Maine’s judge on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals at USM in Portland Friday afternoon.
MUNJOY HILL NEWS (blog)
Business Beat: Union Bagel Co. Opens on East End
on May 24, 2013, at 7:53 p.m.
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,428) It was almost closing time this afternoon at the brand new Union Bagel Co. and the bagel baskets were all but empty – only about 6 baked-on-site bagels remained unsold. In other words, THIRTY-FIVE dozen bagles were sold on the opening day of the company. It’s located ...
By the time new federal judge from Maine was confirmed, he ‘had no practice left’
PORTLAND, Maine — By the time the U.S. Senate got around to confirming attorney William Kayatta Jr. as a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, he had done more than clean out his desk at the Portland law firm Pierce Atwood. In the nearly 13 months while his nomination ...
Kittery man accused of requesting nude images of Tennessee girl facing charges
KITTERY, Maine — A Kittery man is facing federal charges after requesting nude images of a juvenile girl from Tennessee, according to police. Jermany Scott Claus, 39, is accused of enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The TBI procured federal ...
Unum reports steady growth, taps Maine native as CEO of US operating unit
By Ellis Smith, Chattanooga Times Free Press on May 24, 2013, at 9:13 a.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Unum Group on Thursday trumpeted the success of its conservative business model, which has continued to deliver steady returns and rising profits for the Chattanooga-based insurer in spite of a spotty job market. Shareholders have returned the favor. Unum’s stock has jumped 40 percent over the past ...
Man accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl reportedly is father of her child
By Liz Markhlevskaya, Foster's Daily Democrat on May 24, 2013, at 6:32 a.m.
ROCHESTER, N.H. — The man indicted on a felonious sexual assault charge earlier this spring reportedly impregnated a girl who was too young to give consent to sexual acts, police said Tuesday. Justin Sanchez, 22, formerly of Sanford, Maine, and now an inmate at the Strafford County jail, is being ...
Portland’s Congress Square at a crossroads, pedestrian-friendly zone could be the answer
PORTLAND, Maine — A plan to redevelop Congress Square Plaza into event space for the incoming Westin Portland Harborview Hotel has been divisive. Consensus is easier to come by concerning the streets that pass by. The intersection of High Street, a thoroughfare that pipes heavy commuter traffic from South Portland ...
Memorial Day Weekend events
on May 23, 2013, at 6:43 p.m.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY Prayer services will be held at 12 Catholic cemeteries in Aroostook County over Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, as follows: 11:30 a.m. May 26, St. Mark’s Cemetery, Ashland; 9:30 a.m. May 27, Old Holy Rosary Cemetery, Caribou; 10 a.m. May 27, New Holy Rosary Cemetery, Caribou; noon May ...
SETH AND THE CITY (blog)
Mainers looking long and hard at vacations in Kissimmee, Fla.
on May 23, 2013, at 3:47 p.m.
A few weeks ago I met with Lauren Salisbury, a media relations person from Osceola County, Fla. She was in the process of visiting the places from where Kissimmee tourists are most likely to hail, and that journey led her to Maine, among other places. Lauren told me that about ...
Limington man accused of choking girlfriend facing domestic assault charge
LIMINGTON, Maine — A 911 hang-up led to multiple charges filed against a 37-year-old Limington man accused of assaulting his girlfriend, according to police. York County sheriff’s deputies responding to the 911 call met with Joseph Caroto and a female caller on Tuesday. Caroto gave police a false name and ...
Potential for Scarborough’s Dunstan Corner a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Bangor-based planner Evan Richert sees plenty of promise in Dunstan Corner. “This may be a once-in-a-generation type of opportunity,” Richert said Tuesday night as the results of a Pilot Communities study by Sustain Southern Maine were discussed at a Town Hall forum. The results were drawn from ...
Saco man found in car with lights off at intersection facing multiple drug charges
SACO, Maine — A local man who was sitting in his car at a Saco intersection for no apparent reason early Sunday is facing multiple drug charges, according to police. Josh Poissant, 25, of Saco had been sitting in his car with the lights off at the intersection of Cumberland ...
Maine man charged in Tennessee child pornography case
By The Knoxville News-Sentinel on May 23, 2013, at 6:12 a.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Tennessee authorities have charged a Maine man with allegedly enticing a Monroe County, Tenn., girl to send him explicit photos. Jermany Scott Claus, 39, was booked into custody of the U.S. Marshals Service in Portland, Maine, following a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe launched earlier this week, ...
OSHA, police say Berwick concrete facility not to blame in fatal accident
By Foster's Daily Democrat on May 23, 2013, at 5:44 a.m.
BERWICK, Maine — A local concrete mixing facility was found to be clear of any workplace safety issues after an accidental death last year. Inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration visited the Redimix Concrete plant at 541 Portland St. on Aug. 24, 2012, after a 55-year-old Merrimack, N.H., ...
MUNJOY HILL NEWS (blog)
Study Group Deadlocked on Proposal for Congress Square Plaza from Rockbridge
on May 22, 2013, at 9:41 p.m.
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,427) It was a close horse race right up until the last vote was taken – whether or not the Congress Square Redesign Study Group would support the proposal for the redevelopment of the Plaza that adjoins the $50 M rennovation of the historic Eastland Hotel into a ...
New Maine State Prison warden named
WARREN, Maine — Rodney Bouffard, who has served as acting warden at the Maine State Prison for the past several months, was named warden Friday. The Maine Department of Corrections announced the appointment in a news release Wednesday. Bouffard was put in the acting position after the Jan. 10 firing ...
USA Telephone customers in Maine lose phone service
By Ann Charlton, York County Coast Star on May 22, 2013, at 5:44 p.m.
KENNEBUNK, Maine — Hundreds of local businesses and thousands of Maine residents found themselves without telephone or Internet service on Tuesday when customers of USA Telephone had their phones shut off unexpectedly. USA Telephone, located in Kennebunk, provides local and long distance telephone service as well as Internet service in ...
Charleston sex offender gets 35 years on child pornography charges
PORTLAND, Maine — A convicted sex offender was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in federal prison in U.S. District Court on four child pornography charges. Carey E. Gonyer, 44, of Charleston also was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Woodcock to a lifetime of supervised release following his prison term. ...
SETH AND THE CITY (blog)
Congress Square Plaza plans get another look
on May 22, 2013, at 3:09 p.m.
In a little more than two hours, the city’s Congress Square Redesign Study Group will meet for the latest discussion of how to use that particular section of currently public space moving forward. As most people know, the owners of the Westin Harborview Hotel — the newly renovated version of ...
Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school
University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron
Millinocket company unearths logging history for niche market
By the time new federal judge from Maine was confirmed, he ‘had no practice left’
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
State House move
Lerner had good reason to take Fifth at IRS hearing
Thousands of runners finish final mile of Boston Marathon
Saturday’s Live Update: UMaine baseball vs. Binghamton, America East championship game, postponed
UMaine baseball’s title quest postponed by rain until Sunday
Maine Democrats stooped to the governor’s level with TV complaint
I’m sick of husband’s eye rolling and grunts, how do I get him to stop?
Have a drink, kiss a fish: Just another Saturday night, Newfoundland-style
I want my husband and I to be fun people again
Bangor High School students re-enact funeral of Civil War soldier
