LONDON A fter attending a gala film premiere in a full-length lacy evening gown, Kate Middleton stepped out of the public gaze Monday to celebrate her milestone 30th birthday in private. She turned heads — and dominated Britain’s Monday morning front pages — by attending the London opening of Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” wearing a […]
2012
Police identify body found near tracks in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police today confirmed the identify of a man whose body was discovered Dec. 22 near train tracks along Bath Road. The body of Raymond Graebe, 79, of Brunswick, and formerly of New York, was discovered hanging from a tree in a wooded area, Detective Sgt. Martin Rinaldi said this afternoon. Rinaldi said the […]
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
Chaz R. Dorais, 19, of Biddeford, passed away early Sunday morning on January 8, 2012 in Biddeford. Visiting hours will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Cote Funeral Home, corner of Beach and James streets in Saco. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cote Funeral Home. Burial will be private […]
CMP project OK’d in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — Central Maine Power Company received final approval from the site plan review board last week to erect high-voltage lines across the town that will be a small portion of the state’s largest power transmission project to date. The planning department will issue a formal written draft of approval to the company in the […]
Tebow mania grows going into Saturday’s game
The National Football League wild-card playoffs were lackluster for the first three games of the weekend as the New York Giants trounced the Atlanta Falcons, the New Orleans Saints routed the Detroit Lions and the Houston Texans beat the hapless Cincinnati Bengals. Those first three contests were boring and predictable. Then, the fourth game of […]
Lots to smile about, but not all of it’s funny
Last week, when I stopped to refuel my car, I spied a sticker on the gas pump that read, “Please prepay before pumping.” I found that funny. After all, it’d be pretty tough to prepay after I pumped! Later, I chuckled when reading of Newt Gingrich’s outrage over his disappointing fourth-place finish in the Iowa […]
Trees offer continuing beauty, comfort
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. — “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost The morning of January first dawned cold, […]
Kennebunk downs Cape 5-4
BIDDEFORD — It’s what you learn in Hockey 101: Keep the feet moving, something good might happen. Kennebunk took that truth to heart and skated off with a hard-fought 5-4 win over Class B Cape Elizabeth Monday at Biddeford Ice Arena. Newly installed linemates Ned Richard and Bryce Fraser scored two goals each to help […]
Kennebunk downs Cape 5-4
Kennebunk’s Ned Richard, left, polishes off a short-handed scoring chance late in the second period of the Rams’ 5-4 triumph over Cape Elizabeth Monday at Biddeford Ice Arena. At right are Capers’ goalie Kevin Hare and defenseman Connor Logan (18). (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)
U.S. Agriculture Department closing two offices in Maine
Offices that will be affected are located in Presque Isle and Warren.