Maine
A tent city that's among the longest-lived Occupy protest camps is coming down as part of a new wave of eviction orders against demonstrators aligned with the movement in communities including Miami, Washington and Pittsburgh. Occupy Maine demonstrators removed several large tents over the weekend, and the city yesterday gave them time to remove the rest. Demonstrators who established…
February 7, 2012
A nearly century-old hunting boot is catching on with a younger generation that sees the utilitarian footwear as hip. L.L Bean's familiar duck boot with leather uppers and rubber soles - designed for slogging through mud and snow - has become something of a fashion statement owing to its newfound popularity on college campuses, the company says. Another reason is new styles, including…
January 1, 2012
Maine
A Maine man who died this month at age 80 nearly took a secret to his grave - a secret that was discovered only after his family went through his belongings in a storage unit. Inside an unplugged freezer, they found a set of human remains that investigators believe may be those of his girlfriend, who disappeared in 1983, when she was 29. Now investigators are trying to confirm…
October 25, 2011
New England
Clocks may not be the only thing falling back: That signature autumn change in leaf colors may be drifting further down the calendar. Scientists don't quite know if global warming is changing the signs of fall like it already has with an earlier-arriving spring. They're turning their attention to fall foliage in hopes of determining whether climate change is leading to a later…
October 7, 2011
Maine
Whale watchers got a treat over the weekend: They saw the world's largest mammal make its first appearance in the waters off New England in several years. Naturalists estimate the endangered blue whale to be a true behemoth at about 80 feet long. The blue whale spotted 15 miles south of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on Sunday was nearly as long as a pair of 100-foot whale-watching boats…
September 13, 2011
Rochester / Maine
A judge yesterday imposed a 38-year prison sentence on a Rochester man convicted of strangling a Maine nursing student who had broken off her engagement to him, then burying her body on his father's property in northern New Hampshire. In imposing the sentence, Justice Arthur Brennan rejected tearful pleas from several of the victim's family members who sought a life sentence for…
August 17, 2011
Maine
The Maine State Police have enlisted the help of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as they try to identify a young boy found dead on the side of a back road near the Maine-New Hampshire border, officials said yesterday. During a briefing in Alfred, Maine, State Police Lt. Brian McDonough said a witness who saw a dark blue truck near where the body was found Saturday in South…
May 18, 2011
Maine
He was wearing a gray camouflage hoodie, tan pants and black sneakers adorned with the character Lightning McQueen from the Disney movie Cars. He had blue eyes and dirty blond hair, and he was covered by a blanket. But the police still do not know the name of a boy whose body was found over the weekend alongside a dirt road by a resident of South Berwick, Maine. His age was estimated…
May 17, 2011
maine
The mother of a Navy SEAL killed in a firefight in Afghanistan christened a warship bearing her son's name yesterday as the leader of the nation's special forces said those who died that day would be comforted to know that the al-Qaida leader who caused the war in Afghanistan was killed by the U.S. military. Maureen Murphy, mother of Lt. Michael Murphy, said "Happy birthday, baby"…
May 8, 2011
New England
A Greyhound bus driver the FBI nicknamed the "burly bandit" stole more than $100,000 in a string of bank robberies in the Northeast and spent most of it on strip clubs, restaurants, sports memorabilia and other items before he was arrested in July, prosecutors say. Robert Ferguson, 47, of Lowell, Mass., pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 11 bank robberies…
October 2, 2010
After record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South, the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a "kinder and gentler" winter, though that won't likely be the case for New England. After eyeing the skies, tidal action and sunspots, the folks at the 194-year-old publication say in their 2011 edition going on sale today that it'll be cold but nothing like last…
August 30, 2010
Maine / New Hampshire
Crowded beaches and strong rip currents are making this a memorable - and busy - summer for lifeguards at beaches in southern Maine and New Hampshire. Lifeguards at Old Orchard Beach had rescued 93 swimmers as of yesterday, making it the busiest summer in memory for those guarding a four-mile stretch of beach. It's the same story at New Hampshire's busiest beach, where lifeguards…
August 12, 2010
The buzz of chain saws across parts of New England signaled the start of a big cleanup yesterday following powerful storms that caused flash floods, knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses, and brought rare tornadoes to Maine and Connecticut. At the height of the storm Wednesday, 23,000 homes and businesses were in the dark in Maine. Another 20,000 customers lost…
July 23, 2010
Snow? What snow? Snowless New England states that rely on it for their winter activities are green with envy watching the Mid-Atlantic get blanketed with back-to-back blizzards. So little snow fell in Maine's largest city that Portland canceled its winter festival. In Vermont, no snow meant no sculpting contest. And in New Hampshire, the lack of snow nixed a dog sled race. "We were…
February 13, 2010
