Dec. 20, 2018: The Portland Press Herald reports that Efficiency Maine, a state agency whose mission is to help Maine residents use energy more efficiently, has contracted with a California company for the installation of seven electric-vehicle charging stations along Maine highways from the southern part of the state to the Quebec border. The company, […]
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On this date in Maine history: Dec. 19
Dec. 19, 2011: As police investigate the disappearance of 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds of Waterville, officers seize her father’s sport utility vehicle and a Portland woman’s car from the driveway at the man’s Violette Avenue home. Searchers use an airboat to search along Messalonskee Stream for signs of the girl, and dozens of officers search the […]
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Parents turn to toy fund in a stormy year
Parents grow desperate as the pandemic makes all life’s other difficulties that much worse.
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Young family is filled with hope, but needs a hand
The parents seek help as they pursue careers and try to keep abreast of the bills during the pandemic.
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On this date in Maine history: Dec. 18
Dec. 18, 2019: U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District, becomes the only member of the U.S. House of Representatives to split his vote on the two articles of impeachment against President Trump. Golden votes to impeach Trump, a Republican, for abuse of power but against impeachment for obstruction of Congress. Both articles pass largely on […]
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Thomaston man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of fellow prison inmate
Zachary Titus faces a maximum of 12 years in prison in the strangling death of Dana R. Bartlett at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren in 2018.
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Toy fund overcomes pandemic challenges to deliver joy to children
Curbside toy pickups are among the changes made necessary by challenging times.
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On this date in Maine history: Dec. 17
Dec. 17, 1970: A nor’easter sweeps over Maine, bringing snow to much of the state, and the largest amount falls in the place that has the least room to dispose of it – Portland. In what turns out to be the city’s biggest snowfall to date in a single 24-hour period, the storm brings up […]
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A favorite toy fund tradition continues for 71st year
There’s something comforting and reassuring about watching the same holiday movies every year. You already know the stories, and even much of the dialogue, but they till make you laugh or choke back tears in all the same places. That’s a little like the notes that faithful donors send each year to the Press Herald […]
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On this date in Maine history: Dec. 16
Dec. 16, 2007: Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, 56, dies of prostate cancer at home in Deer Isle, where he has lived for 25 years. Fogelberg, a native of Peoria, Illinois, also lived many years in Colorado and recorded his music there. Achieving his greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s, he was known best for songs […]