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Norway board hears presentation on proposed highway garage

NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen was given specifics Thursday night on a new town highway garage under consideration. The proposed garage would cost about $3.2 million, or $169.31 per square foot, according to Town Manager Dennis Lajoie and Rob Prue of Pine Tree Engineering in Bath. During the presentation, Lajoie said when he was […]

Donald Trump postpones Pelosi’s overseas travel, citing shutdown

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Thursday that he was postponing an unannounced trip of hers to Afghanistan, Egypt and Belgium – which he called a “seven-day excursion” – because of the government shutdown. “In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure that you […]

FBI: Man wanted to attack White House with antitank rocket

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man who traded his car for an antitank rocket and explosives in a plot to storm the White House is under arrest, authorities said. Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, of Cumming, was arrested in an FBI sting operation Wednesday and is charged with attempting to damage or destroy a building owned […]

Fractured polar vortex means more winter mayhem for eastern U.S.

The swirling winds tens of thousands of feet high in the sky above the Arctic — the dreaded polar vortex — broke apart into three parts to ring in 2019. Now the eastern half of the United States is about to feel the consequences. Weather models project the onset of a severe and punishing winter […]

Could the State of the Union be a shutdown casualty?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic drag than previously thought. In a letter to Trump, Pelosi cited security concerns, noting that […]

Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is now more popular in Maine than Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy

Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey has replaced Allen’s Coffee Brandy as Maine’s favorite tipple. The syrupy-sweet brown concoction fell to second place in terms of annual sales in 2018, according to data from the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. Fireball, a popular brand for bar shots rose to the top spot, with more than […]

More snow expected Friday and into the weekend

It has been a strange winter so far. To this point in the season, Portland is still about 5 inches above normal in snowfall, which may seem odd to you. The reason is most of it came in November. The biggest storm was only 8.3 inches, and that was way back on Nov. 20 before […]

Maine’s federal courts to run out of money this week

PORTLAND — Federal courts in Maine are about to run out of money, but hearings, trials and new cases will continue during the federal shutdown. Chief Judge John Levy said steps have been taken to reduce costs but that money is projected to run out on Friday. He said court officials are sorting out which […]

How a photo of an egg became Instagram’s most-liked post ever

Hello and welcome to this news story about an important egg. Here’s what happened: a picture of an egg, just an egg, was uploaded to Instagram on Jan. 4 with one goal: to become the most liked post on the platform, ever. Its competition? Kylie Jenner’s birth announcement. Ten days later, we can report that […]