2012
Capital gets garden store for medical pot growers
A company dubbed the “Walmart of Weed” is putting down roots in America’s capital city, sprouting further debate on marijuana — medical or otherwise. Just a few miles from the White House and federal buildings, a company that candidly caters to medical marijuana growers has recently opened up its first outlet on the East Coast. […]
The Mapping Crowd
SAN FRANCISCO — When Benjamin Gleitzman moved from New York to the San Francisco Bay area, he used a talking turn-by-turn driving app to guide him across the country. In the middle of Wyoming, the voice told him to turn left where there was no road. Rather than complain to the maker of the app, called […]
THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan has sent out the first forces of his vast army from Fort Monroe on the Virginia coast as he ramps up his long-awaited Virginia Peninsula campaign. Soon, those Union troops encounter a small Confederate army at Yorktown, dug in behind the Warwick River. Confederate Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder […]
More job seekers hearing ‘What’s your Facebook password?’
SEATTLE — When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password. Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer […]
Fire ravages Topsham home
TOPSHAM — Flames consumed a prominent colonial home on Lewiston Road on Thursday afternoon, drawing some 60 firefighters from eight area departments to quell the blaze. The Topsham Fire Department responded just before 1:30 p.m. Thursday to the three-story home at 1133 Lewiston Road, where the fire had apparently ignited on a porch, Topsham Fire […]
UNE splits doubleheader
UNE third baseman Kirstyn Tracey left, and catcher Ashley Gott brace for a collision at home plate as both chased a pop up, during the first game of a doubeheader with Eastern Nazarene College at Claude Dubois Field in Biddeford Wednesday. Gott held onto the ball for the out. The teams split the games, with […]
EPA carbon limits should pass to protect our air
The recent proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency, which would alter the Clean Air Act to place limits on carbon emissions from new power plants, is a step in the right direction in protecting the quality of our air. The standard, which would apply only to new power plants, would limit fossil-fuel-fired power plants to […]
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Eileen A. Balfe, 86, of Old Orchard Beach, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2012 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. At Eileen’s request, there will be no services held. A private family engagement will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by Cote Funeral Home, Saco. Those planning an expression of sympathy […]
UNE splits doubleheader
BIDDEFORD — The University of New England softball team split a doubleheader with Eastern Nazarene on Tuesday afternoon at Dubois Field. But after the second game of the contest ”“ which the Nor’easters won ”“ the team acted more like it had lost both games. “The first game, we just didn’t come to play,” UNE […]