September 2013
Brunswick must do more on train noise
Now that Freeport is enjoying some peace and quiet as per their newly instituted “quiet zones” with regards to the Amtrak trains, I feel that there is absolutely no excuse why we, the taxpayers who live in west Brunswick, can’t have our peace and quiet back again, also. When the trains come into town whistling […]
Newspaper bias is unfortunate
To the Editor: I was at the Bath City Council meeting on Aug. 21 to hear about the sale of a building that has been called into question by a few people in town. My first problem was that it was very difficult to listen to this meeting considering the person who sat behind me […]
Get up-to-date prostate health info
To the Editor: September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer, an all-volunteer statewide organization, believes in education, awareness and support. PSA screening, a simple blood test and a DRE exam are still the best ways to determine if something is going on with the prostate. If cancer should […]
Thai Airways plane skids off runway
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai Airways Airbus 330-300 skidded off the runway while landing at Bangkok’s main airport after its landing gear malfunctioned, the airline said today. Thirteen people were injured while evacuating the plane. After the accident, workers on a crane blacked out the Thai Airways logo on the tail and body of the […]
Land opened to hunters
PORTLAND (AP) — A foundation created by philanthropist Roxanne Quimby that once banned snowmobiles and hunting is now allowing both on large parcels of land as the foundation seeks to build support for a national park. The foundation announced today that it’s expanding public access on more than 100,000 acres east of Baxter State Park. […]
Phoenix soar past Freeport
POWNAL On Spruce Mountain’s opening drive of Saturday’s Western Maine Class C contest against Freeport, quarterback Peter Theriault launched what is referred to in football as a wounded duck pass. The heave was not pretty, but the result sure was as receiver Deante Ring outjumped a pair of Falcons for 34-yard gain and a first […]
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. New season, new receivers, familiar finish for Tom Brady, who looked like his old self in the clutch. Whatever chemistry Brady still lacks within the Patriots new-look offense, the quarterback overcame by rallying New England to a 23-21 season opening win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Brady marched New England 49 […]
Bears busy
BRUNSWICK — Kiersten Turner scored the game-winning goal with 25:34 remaining in the second half to give the Bowdoin College women’s soccer team a come-frombehind 2-1 win over Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon at Pickard Field. The Polar Bears, who got a key goal late in the opening half from Jamie Hofstetter, improved to 1-0, while […]