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Pondering in black and white
on May 23, 2012, at 2:17 p.m.
Being a photo journalist, I usually have a camera with me as I move about the Forest City. Here’s a picture I snagged from the window of my truck while waiting at a red light. I thought it looked better in black and white. Maybe this man is pondering the ...
Harvard student’s death ruled accidental drowning
The Associated Press on May 23, 2012, at 2:14 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine medical examiner’s office says a Harvard Business School student’s death was an accidental drowning. Nathan Bihlmaier of Cambridge, Mass., went missing early Sunday after he was told to leave a waterfront bar for being visibly intoxicated. The 31-year-old’s body was recovered from Portland Harbor by ...
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Republican candidates tout records, set sights on DC in Chamber forum
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Reduction in the federal deficit, less government regulation of small business, and the sentiment that unenrolled candidate and former Gov. Angus King is a liberal posing as an independent were threads of a forum of Republican U.S. Senate candidates Wednesday morning. The forum, held by the ...
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Mother doesn’t want tragic night of drinking to taint legacy of man found in Portland harbor
on May 23, 2012, at 10:16 a.m.
In the aftermath of the search for soon-to-be Harvard Business School graduate Nathan Bihlmaier, 31, whose body was found in Casco Bay after two days of searching by multiple agencies, close friends and family members of the man have understandably kept to themselves. Many — between 18 and 20, according ...
Body of South Berwick restaurant owner found washed up on NH shore
The Associated Press on May 23, 2012, at 9:01 a.m.
RYE, N.H. — Police have identified the body of a man found washed up on the shore in Rye, N.H., as the owner of a Maine restaurant. Police say Lyndsey Altshul, 52, was discovered Tuesday morning in the area of Foss Beach. The Portsmouth Herald reports Altshul was the owner ...
Autopsy planned on Harvard student’s body recovered from Casco Bay
AUGUSTA, Maine — An autopsy is expected to shed more light on the death of a Harvard Business School student whose body was recovered from Portland Harbor three days after he was told to leave a waterfront bar for being visibly intoxicated while celebrating his coming graduation. The Maine medical ...
Maine home sales, prices continue to increase
The Associated Press on May 23, 2012, at 5:27 a.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — A realty group says home sales in Maine have gone up for the ninth straight month. The Maine Association of Realtors says home sales rose by nearly 9 percent in April while the median sales price increased more than 4 percent, to $167,950. The group says home ...
Hannaford fund donates $246,000 to 690 Maine schools
on May 22, 2012, at 9:10 p.m.
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Hannaford Supermarkets announced May 9 that the 12th annual Hannaford Helps Schools program raised more than $750,000 to benefit students in five states, including more than $240,000 in Maine. In Maine, 690 schools received a total of $246,537 toward the purchase of needed items such as computers, ...
Former judge, Maine Public Utilities Commission panelist joins University of Maine School of Law
PORTLAND, Maine — Bangor native Vendean Vafiades has joined the University of Maine School of Law as director of advancement and external affairs, according to a law school press release issued Tuesday. A former District Court judge, Vafiades, 62, of Augusta most recently served on the Maine Public Utilities Commission. ...
Biddeford doctor reprimanded over narcotics prescription practices
BIDDEFORD, Maine — A physician affiliated with Southern Maine Medical Center has been reprimanded by state licensing officials in the wake of a patient’s apparent overdose death. Stephen H. Doane, a Biddeford internist and geriatrician, was ordered by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine to stop prescribing controlled drugs ...
Graduation will be ‘tinged with sadness’ after student’s death, Harvard dean says
PORTLAND, Maine — The dean of the Harvard Business School said Tuesday the death of student Nathan Bihlmaier will cast a shadow over the school’s commencement activities this week. Nitin Nohria told reporters in Portland on Tuesday afternoon, just two hours after Bihlmaier’s body was found by searchers in Casco ...
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AT&T officials visit Cheverus, release study: 43% of teens admit to texting and driving
on May 22, 2012, at 3:14 p.m.
The folks from AT&T have been visiting high schools all over the nation as part of a program to urge teen cellphone carriers not to use the phones — especially for texting –while operating a motor vehicle. Today, they were scheduled to be joined at Cheverus High School by representatives ...
Woman illegally fired after being struck by co-worker, commission decides
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday that the firing of a woman who was hit by a fellow employee was illegal and racist. Massachusetts agency Employment on Demand hired Therese Nymahoro of Westbrook, who is black, to work as an assembly worker in Saco in May ...
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Body pulled from Casco Bay confirmed to be missing Harvard student
PORTLAND, Maine — Police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the body pulled out of Casco Bay at 11:45 a.m. was that of Harvard Business School student Nathan Bihlmaier, 31, of Cambridge, Mass. Bihlmaier had been missing from the Old Port since early Sunday morning and was soon to graduate. Police said ...
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Northern Arizona University dean chosen as new USM provost
on May 22, 2012, at 10:07 a.m.
Dr. Michael Stevenson, dean of Northern Arizona University’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, has been tapped to serve as the next University of Southern Maine provost and vice president of academic affairs, according to an announcement by the school this morning. Stevenson will replace John Wright, who is retiring ...
Biddeford man accused of killing friend in drunken crash released on bail
The Associated Press on May 22, 2012, at 8:55 a.m.
ALFRED, Maine — A Biddeford man has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and drunken driving charges in connection with a crash that took the life of his friend. Patrick Beatson, 19, was released on $1,000 bail at his arraignment Monday. Authorities say the Beatson was behind the wheel of a ...
Dredging planned in Wells Harbor to make it safer for boaters
The Associated Press on May 22, 2012, at 5:19 a.m.
WELLS, Maine — The Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge 20,000 cubic yards of sand from Wells Harbor in southern Maine to make it safer for boaters. WLBZ-TV says the dredging boat the USS Currituck will move the sand from an entrance channel to a federal waterway and deposit ...
Portland raises parking garage rates as it finalizes budget
PORTLAND, Maine — Prices in Portland city parking garages will be going up after the City Council on Monday night approved a fiscal year 2013 budget that includes $160,000 in additional revenue from the rate raises. The $206.36 million municipal budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 calls ...
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Council confirms Mass. man as new Portland planner
on May 21, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.
The City Council voted to confirm City Manager Mark Rees’ recommendation of Jeffrey Levine as the city’s new Planning and Urban Development Director. From hereon out, I’ll be referring to him in these pages as “Jeff,” as he lightheartedly insisted to the council tonight they use the shorthand version of ...
Portland tackles childhood obesity with four school fitness courses
PORTLAND, Maine — Local officials on Monday celebrated the opening of four schoolyard fitness courses, a project representing the end of two years and $1.8 million in federal grant investments in healthy living initiatives in the city. The news conference at Ocean Avenue Elementary School on Monday afternoon was the ...
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