A tsunami warning is canceled because no damaging waves are generated from the 7.5 quake.
2013
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Deadline nears for mortgage settlement claims
Attorney General William Schneider says $1.9 million has been set aside in Maine for payouts to borrowers.
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LePage: Mainers to feel impact of fiscal cliff fix
In his weekly radio address, the Maine governor said an average family will lose about $1,000 from their paycheck in 2013 because of the payroll tax change
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To be continued…McAuley-Deering showdown suspended
PORTLAND—When the Deering and McAuley girls’ basketball teams get together, you never know what’s going to happen. While the Lions and Rams have managed to produce some of the most stirring games to be witnessed in these parts in recent seasons, what transpired in their lone regular season meeting Friday night defied belief and didn’t […]
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Officials: Education key in dealing with coyotes
Maine-based conservation biologist Geri Vistein, left, and Biddeford City Manager John Bubier took part in a meeting of city officials and others Friday at the mayor’s office regarding coyotes sightings, which are of concern to a number of residents. (DINA MENDROS/Journal Tribune)
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Treatment must be part of solution to drug robberies
Pharmacy robberies in Maine more than doubled last year compared with the previous year, for a total of 56 in 2012, according to Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland. McCausland told the Associated Press that police are particularly concerned because robberies are becoming more brazen, with drug addicts taking increasingly desperate measures. In one […]
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Fiscal cliff deal solved almost nothing
Is the United States going over the fiscal cliff? No, the possible tax increases for average taxpayers was avoided. But did the country avoid the prospect of the fiscal cliff? No, the federal debt still must be cut or there will be disastrous consequences. If the last-minute deal only put a patch on the problem […]
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Preserving the past, for the future
SANFORD — At 1:45 p.m. Jan. 17 at a South Portland law office, a part of Sanford’s history will be subject to public auction. Goodall mansion, at 938 Main St., was built for Thomas Goodall, the man who created Sanford’s textile empire and whose family name is entwined with the very fabric of the community. […]
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Sanford falls to hot-shooting Cheverus
Sanford’s Taylor Littlefield (11) drives to the hoop between Cheverus defenders Brooke Flaherty, left, and Kylie Libby, right, during the Spartans’ 57-47 loss at Cheverus High School in Portland on Friday. (WIL KRAMLICH/Journal Tribune)
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Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013
Lillian Tardif Furnas, 93, of Windham and formerly of Saco, passed away early Wednesday morning on Jan. 2, 2013 at Seal Rock Healthcare Facility in Saco. A graveside service will be held on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Biddeford. Arrangements are by Cote Funeral Home, Saco. Those wishing […]