James Arruda Henry’s has published his autobiographical essays after learning to read and write in his 90s. “In A Fisherman’s Language” is now being read in elementary schools.
March 2012
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Board holds key to 'true Harpswellite's' dream home
HARPSWELL — The town wants to tear it down, but Eric Field sees much more future than a pile of rubble in the small, Cape-style home near the entrance to Mitchell Field. The home and one other were built by the U.S. Navy when the fuel depot was active. They have been vacant since the […]
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Scarborough teen’s missing wheelchair recovered
Police say someone thought the wheelchair was abandoned and brought it to a local Goodwill store.
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Add AP classes, sports to possible Brunswick school budget cuts
BRUNSWICK — Advanced Placement courses and freshman sports are among the latest additions to programs that could be cut in the fiscal 2013 school budget. Cutbacks at Brunswick High School were the subject of Wednesday night’s School Board budget workshop, the latest in a series of meetings that have highlighted the gravity of the town’s […]
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Video of handcuffed Fla. shooter adds to debate
As the furor over race and self-defense rages on, Trayvon Martin’s family and supporters seize on the footage to dispute George Zimmerman’s claim that he shot and killed the unarmed teen after the young man attacked him.
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JetBlue captain’s unraveling baffles friends
“It’s hard to describe what you feel when you see something that’s completely 100 percent out of character.”
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3 indicted in theft of copper from Maine utility
The suspects, including a former employee of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., face up to five years in prison if convicted.
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Webcam captures nesting bald eagle in Maine
Biologists at Biodiversity Research Institute in Gorham say the egg was laid on Monday in a tree in Hancock County.
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Gray-New Gloucester Middle School mourns death of popular teacher
GRAY – The Gray-New Gloucester Middle School community was grieving the loss of the school’s band instructor, who was killed in an auto accident Wednesday morning. Elizabeth Polletto, 26, of Portland, was on her way to school on slush-covered Route 100 in Gray when she lost control of her 1999 Ford Escort, crossed the centerline […]
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Augusta girl accused of setting fire in school bathroom
A 13-year-old girl is facing charges in connection with a fire that started inside a Cony middle school bathroom.