WESTBROOK – It seems fitting that a major anniversary of Westbrook’s Together Days will coincide with observances of two integral pieces of the city’s identity – veterans and local history. On Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31, the 35th Together Days festival will combine major celebrations for Memorial Day and Westbrook’s bicentennial celebration. The […]
May 2014
Posted inMaine, News
Jury to get West Paris woman’s manslaughter case
Prosecutors say Kristina Lowe was drunk and texting when the car she was driving crashed, killing two passengers and injuring another.
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Posted inJournal Tribune
Punch the Clock, Prevent Alzheimer’s
Punching the clock might help fight Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. New research shows people who stay on the job and delay retirement have less risk of developing the mind-robbing disease.
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Greenwald says Snowden has blueprints
The documents ‘would allow somebody who read them to know exactly how the NSA does what it does, which would in turn allow them to evade that surveillance or replicate it.’
Posted inJournal Tribune
Robots Arrive on the Farm, Replace Human Hands
Robots and computers are already replacing workers in factories and offices. Now engineers are developing intelligent machines to do farm work and help ease a worsening labor shortage on American farms.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Fox News anchor charged after airport arrest
Gregg Jarrett tells police he began drinking vodka at 9 a.m., and he also allegedly fights with officers when placed in a holding cell.
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New Lunder Pavilion Opens at the Colby College Museum of Art
New Alfond-Lunder Pavilion Opens at the Colby College Museum of Art
Posted inAmerican Journal
Looking Back – 5/22
May 24, 1989 Wayne Selleck, Westbrook, remains hospitalized in serious condition after he was pinned against a steel workbench by a van at Chet’s Auto Parts in Gorham May 15. John Durrah, South Windham, the driver of the van, was being directed by Selleck onto the lift for repairs at around 8 a.m. when he […]
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Thailand’s army chief announces military coup
The development follows two days of meetings between the country’s rival leaders that failed to break a political deadlock.
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POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Good liquor gonna carry me down
I thought for sure this would be the year I’d finally stop traveling to New Hampshire to buy almost all my booze. It appears I was wrong. In 2013, Gerry Reid, then the director of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations (motto: If We Controlled Pot And Prostitution, We’d Have It All), […]