I write this on the winter solstice-here in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours and the longest nighttime hours. It is a time when the sun’s daily maximum position in the sky is the lowest. This year, the total lunar eclipse occurred during those same hours, an event that may have […]
2011
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Letters to the Editor – 1/7
Council action ?a disservice ?to Windham I was always taught that if you can’t say something nice about someone then you should not say anything at all. Well, I am going to take exception to that in this letter because I am totally shocked and disgusted with the way the sitting Windham Town Council appointed […]
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Letters to the Editor – 1/7
Council action ?a disservice ?to Windham I was always taught that if you can’t say something nice about someone then you should not say anything at all. Well, I am going to take exception to that in this letter because I am totally shocked and disgusted with the way the sitting Windham Town Council appointed […]
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Local photogs lend talents to Sebago Lake calendar
SEBAGO LAKE – If the 2011 “Images of Sebago Lake” calendar issued by the Portland Water District is any indication, the Lakes Region is filled with talented amateur photographers. According to the calendar’s project manager, Lynne Richard, who also serves as the water district’s education and outreach coordinator, the popularity of the free calendar has […]
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Facing trial, Bridgton man commits suicide
BRIDGTON – A Bridgton man who was facing trial in New Hampshire on charges of sexual assault of a minor committed suicide at his Bridgton home early Monday morning. Roger Goode, who was indicted in New Hampshire for having an ongoing sexual affair with a teenage girl, was found dead in a building on his […]
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Standish orchard launches effort to save land
STANDISH – After a three-year slump, experts predict new house construction will rise by 25 percent in 2011, an idea that disturbs Richard Randall, longtime owner of Randall’s Orchard off Route 25 in Standish. “I think there is too much development going on,” said Randall. “I plant apple trees, not houses.” In 1906, Randall’s grandfather, […]
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Standish orchard launches effort to save land
STANDISH – After a three-year slump, experts predict new house construction will rise by 25 percent in 2011, an idea that disturbs Richard Randall, longtime owner of Randall’s Orchard off Route 25 in Standish. “I think there is too much development going on,” said Randall. “I plant apple trees, not houses.” In 1906, Randall’s grandfather, […]
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Police nab Naples Rite Aid robber
NAPLES – A Windham man suspected in two southern Maine pharmacy robberies, including the May 2010 robbery of the Naples Rite Aid Pharmacy, was arrested Wednesday morning in Wells. Jessie Arthur Lavalle, 21, of 21 Walter Partridge Road in Windham, was out on bail for allegedly robbing a CVS Pharmacy in Biddeford when the arrest […]
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES – Sub Rosa
Rosa Scarcelli is running for the U.S. Senate in 2012. Her husband is still running away from what he did in the 2010 gubernatorial race. Scarcelli, who operates an affordable housing company in Portland, was a Democratic candidate for governor last year, finishing third (out of four) in the primary. On the basis of that […]
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Larry T. Beatty, 79
BRUNSWICK — Larry T. Beatty, 79, died Jan. 2 at Amenity Manor in Topsham. On Sept. 4, 1931, he was born in Devils Lake, Mich., a son of Joseph and Jean Tyler Beatty, and attended Detroit schools. During the Korean War he served in the U.S. Air Force and later joined the VFW. In 1953 […]