SANFORD — Dorothea “Dot” Morin, 87, of Sanford, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2014 at Southern Maine Health Care in Sanford. She was born in East Providence on July 2, 1926, a daughter of the late Selah and Wilhemina Ballou. Dot enjoyed chaperoning Sanford High School students on European student trips. She also was […]
May 2014
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Germany wary of Turkish PM’s campaign visit
BERLIN (AP) — German officials are urging Turkey’s prime minister to avoid controversy when he visits Germany for an unofficial campaign appearance this weekend. Recep Tayyip Erdogan hasn’t yet announced that he is running in August’s Turkish presidential election, but his appearance before Turkish expatriates in the western German city of Cologne on Saturday is […]
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Fear of economic blow is prevalent as birth rates drop around world
NEW YORK — Nancy Strumwasser, a high school teacher from Mountain Lakes, N.J., always thought she’d have two children. But the layoffs that swept over the U.S. economy around the time her son was born six years ago helped change her mind. Though she and her husband, a market researcher, managed to keep their jobs, […]
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Wardens recover body of missing teen
NORTH WATERBORO — The search for Jaden Dremsa ended Saturday afternoon, when his body was discovered in Lake Arrowhead by a boater. The discovery brought to an end nine days of hoping and searching by hundreds of people. Dremsa, 15, had been reported missing Thursday afternoon, May 8 from his George Street residence at Twin […]
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Cub Scouts collect food for Saco pantry
On the weekend of March 22-23, members of Cub Scout Pack 311 of Saco went through their neighborhoods and placed door hangers requesting that residents place non-perishable food items on their doorsteps. The following weekend, the scouts returned to those houses and collected the food items, and some scouts also manned a collection station at […]
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Sheriff candidates discuss challenges
With slightly more than three weeks before the June 10 Democratic primary, the three candidates for York County Sheriff have been hitting the pavement and taking part in forums, trying to get their message out. William “Bill” King, Dana Lajoie and Paul Main spoke with municipal officials who represent the 12 Town Group of mostly […]
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A lifetime of difference
It’s graduation week at George Washington University, where Steve has taught for the last 23 years. After the final exam in his class, a student quietly handed him a note that read in part: “You have believed in me since the beginning and told me not to sell myself short, and for that I am […]
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Search for new USM president launched
BANGOR (AP) — The search for a new president for the University of Southern Maine has been launched. University of Maine System trustees Chairman Samuel Collins and Chancellor James Page announced Sunday that a presidential search committee will be formed this summer. The committee will search for a new president to replace Theo Kalikow. The […]
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Belgrade braces for flood surge
BELGRADE, Serbia — Belgrade braced for a river surge Monday that threatened to inundate Serbia’s main power plant and cause major power cuts in the crisis-stricken country as the Balkans struggle with the consequences of the worst flooding in southeastern Europe in more than a century. At least 35 people died in Serbia and Bosnia […]
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Corruption seeps into aid for Syrian refugees
KAB ELIAS, Lebanon — The Syrian refugee woman pushed through the crowd into the dusty grocery, where she was told she could register to receive donated blankets from an international aid agency. She didn’t stay long. The shopkeeper demanded a $13 bribe to put her name on the list. It would take her five days […]