State Rep. Andrea Boland has again been invited to London to attend the annual international summit of the Electric Infrastructure Security Council at the House of Commons in Parliament. Boland authored the first legislation ever passed to compel electric companies to protect their transmission systems against solar storm threats. She was a speaker at last […]
May 2014
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Jeannette A. Cullinan
SACO — Jeannette A. Cullinan, 91, of Saco, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born July 6, 1922 in Biddeford, a daughter of Alfred and Yvonne Bergeron Larochelle, and was educated in Biddeford schools. On April 19, 1951, she married Hugh X. Cullinan at St. Andre’s […]
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Mitchell named principal at Burns
SACO — A newly hired principal for C.K. Burns School is no stranger to the school. The school board voted unanimously Wednesday night to hire current C.K. Burns Assistant Principal Lila Mitchell as the new principal. Mitchell will begin as principal this summer, after school is out for the year. Current C.K. Burns School Principal […]
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Maine fines national anti-gay marriage group
AUGUSTA — Maine’s ethics panel on Wednesday fined a national anti-gay marriage group more than $50,000 and ordered it to file a campaign finance report that would reveal the donors behind the 2009 repeal of the state’s gay marriage law after finding that it violating Maine’s campaign finance laws. The panel ruled that the National […]
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Children’s safety must be caretakers’ first concern
Several infants have been badly injured in York County in recent weeks, and parents and other caregivers need to make sure they’re keeping such vulnerable babies out of harm’s way ”“ even if they are the one who feels they may harm the child. In the beginning of the month, the young father of 2-month-old […]
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Glendene V. Woodsome
SANFORD — Glendene V. Woodsome, 95, of Sanford, died at her home on May 25, 2014. Glendene was born in Springvale on Sept. 19, 1918, to Jerome and Ida (Connors) Emmons. She was a 1937 graduate of the High School of Practical Arts in Roxbury, Mass. She was employed for 30 years at Universal Shoe […]
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Frances Brown
BOWDOINHAM — Frances Viola Brown, 96, of Bowdoinham, passed away at her home on Friday, May 26, 2014, with her family by her side. She was born in Turner on Feb. 25, 1919, the daughter of John and Hattie (Lang) Turner. Frances grew up in Turner and attended schools there. She married Alonzo Brown in […]
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Jury convicts 2 men in Bangor murder trial
Two men were convicted Wednesday in a drug-connected triple slaying in which the victims’ bodies were left to burn in a car. Randall Daluz, 36, of Brockton, Mass., was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of starting a fire in the trial in Bangor, Maine. Nicholas Sexton, 33, of Warwick, R.I., was […]
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Sports Briefs
Shelly Sterling reviewing bids LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shelly Sterling was reviewing bids from five groups interested in buying the Los Angeles Clippers, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The individual, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the deal, said if an agreement to sell is reached before next […]
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‘Grease’ at Ogunquit is a rockin’ romp
With an energetic cast and a constant stream of upbeat song and dance numbers, “Grease” offers a fun night out for theater-goers. Showing at Ogunquit Playhouse through June 21, the show is a light-hearted comedy musical about the high school scene in the 1950s, with a focus on trying to find romance while also fitting […]