The more than 30 letters were written to the Rev. Joseph Leonard and discovered hidden at All Hallows College in Dublin this year.
May 2014
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Oscar-winning director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ commits suicide
Malik Bendjelloul’s brother said he had struggled with depression for a short period. ‘Life is not always simple.’
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Police continue to search for missing North Waterboro teen
Jaden Dresma, 15, was last seen on May 8, near the Twin Pines Trailer Park in North Waterboro.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Bus service hub to open at Mill Creek in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — After nearly a year of construction, the Mill Creek Transit Hub will open Monday, May 19. The city will hold a formal ceremony to celebrate the opening on Thomas Street, behind City Hall, at 10 a.m. The hub will be a transfer point for South Portland Bus Service riders from the eastern and […]
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Cannes kicks off with Kidman, ‘Grace of Monaco’
The film screened for the press early today ahead of its evening premiere is met with some of the worst reviews for a Cannes opener.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath, Brunswick land trusts inspire 'Young Green Thumbs'
BATH — It was a great round of show and tell. “Tomatoes!,” one child exclaimed as Becky Kolak, education coordinator with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, held up a picture of a partridge berry. Then Kolak showed the dandelion, whose name stems from the French term “dent de lion,” or “lions tooth.” “They look more […]
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Casco Bay Bridge paving work to begin Thursday
One lane will be kept open, but northbound delays are possible.
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Innovative prosthetic arm from Segway inventor cleared by FDA
The limb can provide ‘near natural upper-arm extremity control’ to amputees and the device is modular so that it can be fitted to people who’ve suffered any degree of limb loss.
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Michaud to lead Portland’s Pride Parade
If elected, the rural Democratic congressman would be the first openly gay candidate in the U.S. to win a governor’s race.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Pine Point Grille adds to Scarborough dining options
SCARBOROUGH — Every summer throughout her childhood, on the way to her grandmother’s Pine Point beach house on Avenue 2, Sheila Masselli and her family admired the restaurant at 240 Pine Point Road. “Everyone in my family would be like, it’s a gold mine, because there’s nothing down here,” she recalled each summer, when she worked […]