March 2012
When Nature strikes … Neighbors respond
“You just keep thinking, ‘God, please don’t let there be another tornado,”’ said Kera Wise, 35, of Harrisburg, Ill., hurrying to retrieve items from her aunt’s tornado-ruined home on Thursday. Such was the scramble in devastated portions of Harrisburg, the 9,000-resident town sacked by a twister about 5 a.m. Wednesday that killed six people. The […]
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Thumbs down to the circumstances that led to the phone lines and Internet service of XATel/XPress America customers going dead during the company’s billing dispute with FairPoint Communications. While it is not our place to comment on the ongoing billing dispute, XATel owners have admitted that they chose not to notify customers of the possible […]
New cab can transport wheelchairs
John Surran, founder and general manager of A-1 Cab Service, speaks during an unveiling ceremony at Saco’s Southern Maine Motors Saturday. The event was the debut of a special 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, seen behind Surran, that is capable of transporting people with disabilities. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)
Thornton rolls into regional final
Greg Lodge (6) of No. 1 seed Thornton Academy swoops behind the net during the first period against No. 5 Marshwood/Traip, in a Western Maine Class A semifinal tilt Saturday at the Colisee in Lewiston. Thornton received goals from seven different scorers, including Lodge, to take a 7-0 win. The Trojans will now face No. […]
Monday, March 5, 2012
Richard E. “Whitey” Conley, 70, of Saco, died peacefully on March 2, 2012 at Evergreen Manor in Saco with his family by his side. Visiting hours will be 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm St., Biddeford, ME 04005. A noon funeral service will be held on Wednesday at […]
Thornton rolls into regional final
LEWISTON — Efficiently and methodically. Such was the way that No. 1 seed Thornton Academy took apart No. 5 Marshwood/Traip in its 7-0 Western Maine Class A hockey semifinal Saturday at the Colisee. Seven Trojans scored, while goalie Joe Ferrante made 23 stops for the shutout. It all served to boost the defending state champions […]
New cab can transport wheelchairs
SACO — It’s not every day that the debut of a taxi cab draws a crowd, much less one comprised of local politicians and representatives from two U.S. senators. But then, this isn’t an ordinary cab. Locals gathered inside the show room of Southern Maine Motors in Saco on Saturday to catch their first glimpse […]
Tales flow as Holocaust survivor, liberator meet
Sixty-six years later, the two men bear witness to the horrors of Dachau.