RICHMOND — Kayla Desiree True and Kyle Patrick Dorey, both of Richmond, wish to announce their engagement. True, daughter of Frank and Lisa True of Harpswell, is a 2008 graduate of Mt. Ararat High School and is employed with Five County Credit Union. Dorey, son of Peter Dorey of Richmond and Annette McKinley of Anderson, […]
2013
Brunswick police investigate restaurant burglary
BRUNSWICK — Police are investigating a burglary that took place over the weekend at a Maine Street restaurant. The burglary at The Great Impasta, 42 Maine St., was reported Monday morning. The restaurant is closed Sundays, so police believe the incident occurred sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning. Deputy Chief Marc Hagan said a […]
Freeport moves ahead on ‘quiet zones’
Alternate video link here FREEPORT Officials approved local designation Tuesday of “quiet zones” at each of the town’s railroad crossings. What remains to be determined is what additional safety measures — if any — would be installed in substitution of the 95-decibel horn blasts, and how the town will pay for them. Tuesday’s 5-1 Town […]
Bath students build home; teacher buys it
BATH Joel Austin, director of the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center, liked the modular home built by his students so much, he bought it. Austin and many first-year carpentry and electrical students from the school were on hand Monday morning as a crew from Northeast Crane service placed two box units and then two […]
Hockey lockout could hurt sport’s long-term solvency
On Monday, the National Hockey League announced that it was ending its 113-day lockout of it players. Now, the hard work begins for the league, which was on the verge of canceling the 2012-13 season. The NHL might have saved its year, but it now must find a way to make sure it apologizes to […]
Maine voters made the right choices
Even in a democratic republic like the United States of America, it’s hard to know whether or not one has voted for the right candidate for president, senator, representative, governor, mayor, or dog catcher until well after the fact. Many who cast ballots for Lyndon Johnson in 1964 probably wouldn’t have done so had they […]
Massabesic’s Everett shows his might
WATERBORO — A good season turned great for Massabesic wrestler Tyler Everett on Saturday when the junior won the 126-pound title at Sanford’s Spartan Tournament. Everett beat Ryan Peters of Timberlane, N.H. in what Everett called one of the toughest matches of the season. “At the beginning, I went down by four, and had to […]
Open season
A friendly game of ice hockey takes place Monday at the West-Brook Skating Rink in Biddeford. (DINA MENDROS/Journal Tribune)
Open season
BIDDEFORD — On Monday afternoon, 6-year-old Jake Marcotte from Old Orchard Beach and his father, Keith, were in the warming hut at the West-Brook Skating Rink on Pool Street, lacing up their skates and getting ready to take to the ice at the outdoor arena. Also in the hut were Jacinta Wright from Saco, who […]
Trees will always be a constant
A pair of pine seedlings poke through a snow bank near the Mast Road in Lyman. (RACHEL LOVEJOY PHOTO)