Dec. 11—When bidding closed on Maine’s new 10-year liquor contract, Pine State Trading Co.’s victory was all but inevitable. Pine State, a Gardiner-based business that’s been family-owned since it launched in the 1940s, was the sole bidder on both the administration contract for the distribution of distilled spirits in Maine and a smaller trade marketing … Read more
Dec. 11—Dizzy Birds Rotisserie in downtown Biddeford announced on social media this week that it will be closing Dec. 31. Chef-owner Tom Peacock said, since the pandemic, he’s seen a sea change in his customers’ dining habits. “We play to an empty dining room every night. Prepandemic, we were 70% dine-in to 30% takeout/delivery. Post-pandemic, … Read more
“Guess what, Mommy? I made a Christmas present for you. Grandma helped me wrap it. It’s under the tree!” Her voice was bright and full of joy. It took my breath away. But as I sat on the cold cement bench of a jail cell, gripping the phone, her words felt like shards of glass … Read more
“Guess what, Mommy? I made a Christmas present for you. Grandma helped me wrap it. It’s under the tree!” Her voice was bright and full of joy. It took my breath away. But as I sat on the cold cement bench of a jail cell, gripping the phone, her words felt like shards of glass … Read more
Meta will be forced to continue paying publishers for journalism under the News Media Bargaining Code in an extraordinary intervention by the Albanese government. The result follows a protracted standoff between the social media giant and Labor government, after Meta announced it would not renew deals worth up to $200m with Australian publishers. Previously Meta … Read more
Madison County sheriff’s investigators are trying to identify a road rage suspect who fled the scene with a bloody face after authorities said he fought with the other motorist. The fight occurred at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday in downtown Colbert. The sheriff’s report shows that a 28-year-old Comer man was traveling on Georgia Highway 72 … Read more
Dec. 11—The raw number of adult salmon returning to the Columbia River has increased over the past 40 years but is still not meeting regional mitigation goals, and wild fish protected by the Endangered Species Act remain at risk of extinction. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council reported Tuesday that an average of 2.3 million … Read more
ADRIAN — Eleven programs and organizations in Lenawee County that positively impact local youth-based projects are the recipients of more than $18,000 in grant funding from the Lenawee Community Foundation. The grant dollars, recently approved by LCF’s board of directors, total $18,854. The destination of these dollars was determined/recommended by the Lenawee YOUTH Council, which … Read more
Police arrested a 31-year-old man after he rammed more than half a dozen cars as he tried to escape in Seattle. Around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Seattle police answered calls of a possible unconscious man in a car near the intersection of Sand Point Way Northeast and Northeast 70th Street. Callers told police that the … Read more
Second man suing Floyd County over wrongful murder conviction in 1996 A second man is suing investigators connected to his conviction after he spent a quarter of a century in prison for a murder he did not commit. Josh Storey now lives in Cobb County. He was convicted in 1996 of murdering his friend Travis … Read more