Stung by economic troubles, more U.S. airports are hunting for alternative revenue streams by transforming once chaotic and dreary terminals into places of Zen-like tranquility and luxury.
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York police charge woman with crashing stolen dump truck
Police charge Kristin Plante, 28, with criminal drunk driving after she allegedly crashed a small dump truck belonging to a construction company.
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Kennedy: Won’t run for Kerry’s Senate seat
“Although I have a strong desire to serve in public office, I consider Connecticut to be my home, and I hope to have the honor to serve at another point in my future.”
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Yarmouth beach now a no-dog zone in summer
YARMOUTH — Dogs are now banned from Sandy Point Beach during the summer. The Town Council, citing environmental and health hazards, voted unanimously Dec. 20 to prohibit dogs on the Cousins Island beach from Memorial Day to Labor Day. “We fear for the children,” said David Adams, member of the parks and lands committee, which […]
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Frost’s Christmas cards show ‘he liked to personalize things’
The 1942 card included a hand-colored illustration of a country village and the poem “The Gift Outright,” which Frost later recited from memory at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.
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Yarmouth couple feed a German appetite for reality TV
YARMOUTH — German reality television happens between an antiques store and a hair salon on Main Street. At least some of it does. The office at 358 Main St. is the home of Jynx Productions, a video production company started in 2005 by husband-and-wife duo Johannes Wiebus and Kathleen O’Heron. They shoot, direct, edit and […]
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Canco Woods purchase finalized in Portland
PORTLAND — Canco Woods, the nearly 13-acre urban woodland near Canco Road and Read Street, has been purchased by the city and will be preserved as open space. A neighborhood group, Friends of Canco Woods, had been working since the spring with The Trust for Public Land, a national conservation group based in Portland, to orchestrate a […]
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Man robs Yarmouth pharmacy of Oxycodone
A witness said the man approached the pharmacy counter with an open bag and demanded the drug. Police are searching for a suspect.
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February target for revised high school drug policy in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — The School Board’s policy committee is confident it has a good sense of what the community wants in a high school drug-and-alcohol policy. Only about 13 people showed up for public input sessions held Dec. 17 and 20, but those who attended provided meaningful feedback, committee Chairman Chris Murry Jr. said. Murry said he […]
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Charity behind the gloss for former pageant queen from Freeport
FREEPORT — A 2010 cosmetics start-up is working to foster inner beauty as well as outer beauty, and hopes to become a global force in the fight against drug addiction. Lipgloss4lives was started in 2010 by dental office manager and Mrs. Maine 2011 Tina Hendricks and salon owner Jill Kelley as a way to put women’s […]