E verything has its season; for me, this is garlic season. In earlyto mid-August each year I harvest 60 to 100 garlic plants, each bulb or head with six to eight cloves. I tie them in bundles of 10 and hang them in a cool dry location, whole plants including the tops. A month later […]
2012
Boy, 13, hits car with ATV
HARPSWELL — A 13-year-old boy escaped serious injury Monday when he rode his all-terrain vehicle into a car on Wallace Shore Road. The boy, whose name was not released due to his age, lost control of his ATV shortly after 5:30 p.m. when he crashed into a 2004 Chevrolet driven by Earnest Pinkham, 61, of Brunswick. […]
3 departments join in on high-speed chase
3 departments join in on high-speed chase BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff TOPSHAM — Topsham police arrested a 19-year-old Minot man for operating under the influence and eluding an officer after he lead a police sergeant and state trooper on a more than 6-mile-long pursuit down Route 196 early Saturday morning. Topsham Police Chief Christopher […]
Westbrook man critical after ejected in I-295 crash in Bowdoinham
BOWDOINHAM — A Westbrook man was flown by helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center this afternoon where he was listed in critical condition after the van he was driving south on Interstate 295 spun out of control, launching him from the passenger-side after the door was ripped open. Suffering multiple injuries in the single-vehicle crash […]
Despite human interference, trees survive, thrive
A lone starling perches on a top branch of a dead tree that was removed last week from a neighboring back yard. (RACHEL LOVEJOY PHOTO)
Biddeford, Thornton learn from scrimmages
SACO — They were only scrimmages a week into the preseason, but the Thornton Academy football team looked to be in midseason form on Monday, while Biddeford looked to have made some strides from last year’s winless season. The Trojans faced off against perennial Class A East contender Edward Little, and they looked focused and […]
Golf club enters 21st century by allowing women
Augusta National Golf Club has finally gotten it right. After opening in 1933, the club has had a rigid history of being a men’s only organization that did not allow women to become members. That all changed, thankfully, on Monday when the club allowed two women for the first time to become club members: Former […]
Saco fire station proposal rejected
Olivia Bean plays guitar and sings while Adam and Grace Glynn join her for a localized version of the Joni Mitchell song “They Paved Paradise” called “Save the Fire Station,” on the steps of Saco City Hall Monday evening. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)
Despite human interference, trees survive, thrive
As I write, the old, dead tree out back is coming down. A crew stopped early this morning to ask if they could work on this side of the fence, so I gave them the landlord’s phone number. Since they began slicing off the side branches, my eyes have remained glued to the multiple holes […]
Monday, Aug. 20, 2012
Alice M. Eaton, age 80, of Elm Street, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. Visiting hours will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 at the Bethel Christian Church, 129 Lower Main St., North Berwick, where a funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 21 […]