As I conclude my nearly 40 years in elective office, I want to convey how thankful and blessed I feel to have had the opportunity to serve as your Senator. It has been difficult to envision saying farewell, just as it was impossible to imagine I would one day become a Senator as I was […]
2013
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 1/04
Who’s in control now? Well folks, it’s Dec. 22, 2012, and the world has not ended yet. ?My biblical friends have believed for thousands of years that if we keep ticking God off, the end will come. I have no idea what is left for us heathens to do. We gave people the right to […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cape officials adopt new planning strategy after library defeat
CAPE ELIZABETH — Prompted by the failure of the Thomas Memorial Library bond referendum last November, the Town Council and School Board have developed a plan to coordinate future spending for large projects. At joint workshop Wednesday night, the two panels charged a joint committee to organize a holistic view of the town’s needs after […]
Posted inNews
PHOTO: Cold crossing
John Patriquin/Staff Photographer: Portland school crossing guide Shamun Abdi tries to stay warm while assisting children across North and Walnut Streets in Portland as temps hovered around zero degrees Thursday, January 3, 2013.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Artists visit farm life in upcoming Brunswick exhibition
BRUNSWICK — A table might not be the first thing that comes to mind when someone says “agriculture,” but for artist Maina Handmaker, it’s the center of everything that happens on a family farm. This interpretation of farm life and many others will be on display at Frontier, 14 Maine St. (Fort Andross Mill 3), starting […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
S.P. police solicit unwanted guns, ammunition
SOUTH PORTLAND — In response to the Dec. 14 shootings in Newtown, Conn., police are reminding the public they will accept any “unwanted, forgotten or unsafe” firearms and ammunition. Police Lt. Frank Clark said the department accepts firearms and ammunition with no questions asked in the hopes of eliminating access by “untrained or inappropriate persons.” […]
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Flu? Malaria? Disease forecasters look to the sky
Scientists who work on mathematical models to predict outbreaks of disease are factoring weather data.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Winter West Fest features sled dog races
WESTBROOK – For at least one weekend, the cries being heard across the Sunset Ridge Golf Links on Cumberland Street in Westbrook will be “mush” instead of “fore.” As part of the first-ever Westbrook Winter West Fest on Jan. 4-6, the golf course will be the site of a series of dog sled races sponsored […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Winter West Fest features sled dog races
WESTBROOK – For at least one weekend, the cries being heard across the Sunset Ridge Golf Links on Cumberland Street in Westbrook will be “mush” instead of “fore.” As part of the first-ever Westbrook Winter West Fest on Jan. 4-6, the golf course will be the site of a series of dog sled races sponsored […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath council OKs freight shed bricks in new sidewalk
BATH — The City Council gave unanimous consent Wednesday to a proposal from the Bath Freight Shed Alliance to include fundraising bricks in a sidewalk to be constructed along Commercial Street. The alliance plans to donate the bricks to the city, and have them engraved to raise funds for improvements to the 19th century shed. […]