SOUTH PORTLAND – When South Portland city councilors consider the city’s fledgling – and some say failing – farmers’ market at their April 2 meeting, they may have more on the docket that a request to post an attention-getting sign on Broadway. Just prior to the council’s March 19 meeting, City Manager Jim Gailey confirmed […]
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South Portland Farmers Market may be on the move
SOUTH PORTLAND – When South Portland city councilors consider the city’s fledgling – and some say failing – farmers’ market at their April 2 meeting, they may have more on the docket that a request to post an attention-getting sign on Broadway. Just prior to the council’s March 19 meeting, City Manager Jim Gailey confirmed […]
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EDITORIAL – Maple syrup marketing could sweeten industry
Northern Maine is potato country. During the three decades ending in 1958, Aroostook County produced more potatoes than any other state. Generation after generation of County residents remember falls spent in the fields, working the harvest. Potatoes are as Maine as lobsters and lighthouses. Maine remains one of the nation’s top spud growers. But when […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Worship site gives rise to new theory
Due to carbon dating, an ancient ruin in southeast Turkey, called Edessa by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Gobekli Tepe by the Turks (which translates as “hill with potbelly”), is now believed to support a revolutionary theory about what part religion has played in the history of man. Long thought to be a Byzantine ruin, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Worship site gives rise to new theory
Due to carbon dating, an ancient ruin in southeast Turkey, called Edessa by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Gobekli Tepe by the Turks (which translates as “hill with potbelly”), is now believed to support a revolutionary theory about what part religion has played in the history of man. Long thought to be a Byzantine ruin, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – Worship site gives rise to new theory
Due to carbon dating, an ancient ruin in southeast Turkey, called Edessa by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Gobekli Tepe by the Turks (which translates as “hill with potbelly”), is now believed to support a revolutionary theory about what part religion has played in the history of man. Long thought to be a Byzantine ruin, […]
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Chinese spies target Taiwan’s U.S.-made defenses
Though relations between the two nations have warmed in recent years, Beijing has never recanted a vow to retake the island, by force if necessary.
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Trial begins for woman accused of giving teens pot, alcohol
The 37-year-old Brownville woman faces charges including aggravated unlawful furnishing of marijuana, furnishing of alcohol to minors, and endangering the welfare of a child.
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Scarborough senior housing project moves forward, with caveats
SCARBOROUGH – Over the objection of local residents, including two town councilors, and even some of its own members, the Scarborough Zoning Board of Appeals has cleared the way for an 81-unit senior housing complex – but not without wagging its own proverbial finger. “We want some serious attention spent on design, [road] access and […]
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Scarborough senior housing project moves forward, with caveats
SCARBOROUGH – Over the objection of local residents, including two town councilors, and even some of its own members, the Scarborough Zoning Board of Appeals has cleared the way for an 81-unit senior housing complex – but not without wagging its own proverbial finger. “We want some serious attention spent on design, [road] access and […]