Dec. 9—Avelo Airlines, a Houston-based low-cost carrier, will begin offering nonstop flights in May between Portland International Jetport and Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport in southern Connecticut. It’s Avelo’s first foray into Maine and the only airline servicing this route, the company said in a statement Monday. One-way fares will start at $39, with twice-weekly flights … Read more
Dec. 9—The southbound lanes of the Casco Bay Bridge will be fully closed to traffic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday after a driver hit and damaged the barricade on the Portland side Monday morning. A truck hit the barricade around 10 a.m. Monday, said Paul Merrill, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Transportation. … Read more
Dec. 9—Members of Maine’s congressional delegation and Gov. Janet Mills are asking the Biden administration to permanently increase the amount of time work permits can be automatically extended for immigrants and asylum seekers. The push comes as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services continues to work through an extensive backlog in work permit applications that puts … Read more
Dec. 9—Maine’s state offices will open at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills announced Monday afternoon. A storm expected to form late Monday and carry over into Tuesday triggered the closure, Mills said in a statement. She said the delay will help state employees make it to work safely. “Maine is forecast to receive a … Read more
Dec. 9—Brandon Libby told police several times that the gunshot that killed his girlfriend was an unfortunate accident. In multiple phone calls, interviews and while walking detectives through his home, he told police that she had pointed the gun at him and it discharged when he tried to push it away. She must have been … Read more
A Nevada court dealt nonagenarian media mogul Rupert Murdoch a major blow on Monday. And one that could – potentially – shatter his plans to secure his rightwing legacy. Behind closed doors, Murdoch has been involved in a legal battle for control of the family’s media assets, pitching the mogul and Lachlan Murdoch, his political … Read more
A 31-year-old New Philadelphia man faces assault charges after he struck a 37-year-old borough man, according to state police at Frackville. Police charged Joshua Minrod after an incident Dec. 5 in which he reportedly shoved the man to the ground and hit him approximately two times, injuring him. Minrod faces misdemeanor charges of simple assault … Read more
POTTSVILLE — The expression on 4-year-old Colson Conville’s face said it all. Standing near Santa Claus and a real, live reindeer, the Buck Run lad was awestruck Sunday evening at Winter Wonderland in Yuengling Bicentennial Park & Gardens. It was as if Clement Moore”s “’Twas The Night Before Christmas” had come true, and Santa was … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Democrats are still reeling and reflecting on what went so wrong for their party this year. But at the Democratic governors’ annual gathering in California, they were in full agreement that something has to change in order for their party — and, in their eyes, hopefully one of them — to have … Read more
Dec. 9—GIRARD, Kan. — Fire and sheriff’s department authorities are investigating the death of a woman in a structure fire Saturday at 389 S. 190th St. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office received a call about the fire at 7:12 a.m. Investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were contacted and responded to the scene. The … Read more