2012
Posted inTimes Record
‘North Woods Law’ to visit wildlife park
GRAY — Maine game wardens featured in the Animal Planet TV show “North Woods Law” will visit Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Road (Route 26), on Thursday, from 1 to 3 p.m. Maine game wardens Rick Laflamme, Jonathan Parker, Alan Curtis with K9 Cruizer, Kris MacCabe with K9 Morgan, and Sgt. Tim Spahr will […]
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Posted inTimes Record
Danger zone
WASHINGTON A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks. Fortunately there were no trains approaching the Philadelphia-area station at that moment, because it took the man several minutes […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
High school football teams ready for first scrimmages
BIDDEFORD — After a week of going shoulder pad to shoulder pad with teammates, football teams around the state will finally get to see an unfamiliar opponent today. Preseason scrimmages start today, giving teams a chance to see how far they’ve come, and how far they still need to go. Some teams will be tested […]
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High school football teams ready for first scrimmages
Wells football coach Tim Roche last week talks to his defending Class B state champions during the first week of practice at Wells. (WIL KRAMLICH/Journal Tribune)
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Hamming it up
WOOD ISLAND — There was a ghost hunt here a couple of years ago, and back in 2005, artists descended on the island for Fresh Paint Day. People come to Wood Island for various reasons. Some, like Russ Lowell, came here with the U.S. Coast Guard in 1979. He was light keeper until 1982, and […]
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Thumbnails
Thumbs up to Goodall Hospital for seeking to join the MaineHealth system. Although there’s no word yet, membership in the system would help Goodall collaborate more closely with Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford as well as open up better financing opportunities for the Sanford hospital. If Goodall gets the green light, it would be […]
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Hamming it up
Rory McEwen, left, and Thom Watson of the Wireless Society of Southern Maine broadcast to other ham radio operators Sunday from Wood Island as part of International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend. Above: Visitors enjoy the view from atop Wood Island Light, during the tour Sunday. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Senate candidate’s remarks about rape stir outrage
Rep. Todd Akin backs off from saying women’s bodies have ways to prevent pregnancies from rape.