I love thumbing through the seed catalogs, and look forward to their arrival every year. On the other hand, I do wonder about the environmental impact of having so many seed companies sending thousands upon thousands of catalogs through the mail. So I have resolved not to request any more catalogs and I have started […]
February 2012
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Ford wanted to know why everyone is being so nice to us. I explained to him that it feels good to do things for others and that “treating” the boys is for our guests a treat in itself. Ford decided it would be nice to do the same thing for someone else. For our fifth […]
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Hope, frustration mix as family awaits word on missing Brunswick man
BRUNSWICK — Each year at Christmas time, Jason Reil decides that he can handle his schizophrenia without medication. Although prescription drugs control his symptoms well during the rest of the year — leaving him recently “on top of the world” and volunteering at a local soup kitchen — some time between November and January each […]
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Runway to success
BIDDEFORD — Many young women dream of one day wearing designer gowns and walking down the runway at fashion shows in New York, Paris or Rome. While Saco may not be as glamorous as those destinations, the young women enrolled in Linda Verville’s retail marketing class at the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology will feel […]
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Cheverus edges Kennebunk
Charlie Merry, right, of Kennebunk stick handles across the blue line while being forechecked by Sean Rogers of Cheverus during the first period at Biddeford Ice Arena Monday. Merry scored one goal and set up two others, but the Rams lost 5-4. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)
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Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
Helen L. Drouin, 89, of Amidon Avenue in Amesbury, Mass. and formerly of Sanford, passed away on Monday, Feb. 6 at her home, with her family at her side. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. in the Holy Family Parish Church, 2 School St. in Amesbury, Mass. Burial […]
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Trump’s endorsement is valuable why?
Poor Punxsutawney Phil. His annual 15 minutes of fame got pre-empted this year. Last Thursday’s top “news” story involved not a Pennsylvania groundhog, but two serial attention hogs. Mitt Romney and Donald Trump held a joint seven-minute news conference proclaiming the latter, who at one time professed to have interest in being president of the […]
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Cheverus edges Kennebunk
BIDDEFORD — Never really out of contention ”“ but never really in it, either. Such was the lot of Kennebunk, which battled Cheverus to the final buzzer Monday, but still fell 5-4 in a Class A boys hockey tilt at Biddeford Ice Arena. Trailing 3-0 heading into the third period, the Rams (9-4-0) stayed on […]
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Sun will always rise and set
I was up early enough one morning last week to watch the sun rise. The day followed an unseasonably mild one, and the air was still heavy with the moisture that keeps temperatures more elevated than they normally would be this time of year. The trees swayed in a strong breeze, and crows flew between […]
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Brady’s legacy still solid despite Super Bowl loss
Sunday night did not end the way New England Patriots football fans wanted. Once again, they had to sit through a Super Bowl that saw the New York Giants beat their beloved team, and watch New York quarterback Eli Manning lead his team to a last-minute touchdown for the Super Bowl win. Once again, they […]