Two launch petition drive PARIS Without love, what is Paris? And yet what is a trip to Paris without unfettered vistas of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre or Notre Dame from bridges over the River Seine? Concerns about scenery are clashing with sentimentality in this reputed City of Love over a profusion of padlocks hitched […]
May 2014
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Offshore demand resurrects Louisiana shipyard
HOUMA, La. With oil and gas companies thirsting for more supplies on deepwater platforms and rigs, orders for new ships to truck everything from drilling mud to macaroni and cheese have climbed. That demand has one old Houma shipyard roaring back to life. Inside a metal hangar alongside the Prospect Street Overpass in Houma, sparks […]
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Flightless town
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. Heather Borgen’s in limbo. After working 40-plus hours a week for five years at Hertz Car Rental in this northern Minnesota town, Borgen was laid off when the airport’s only commercial airline was grounded in February. If and when the airline returns, she plans to do the same — but that […]
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THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
Union troops who had been backing a failed federal Army and Navy incursion up the Red River into northern Louisiana found themselves bogged down in fighting in neighboring Arkansas this week 150 years ago in the Civil War. The troops under the command of Union Maj. Gen. Fred Steel were crossing the Saline River at […]
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A new movement for sensible gun laws
Last week, as the cherry blossoms made their annual debut in Washington, D.C., the Capitol marked another anniversary: A year ago, Congress failed the nation by refusing to fix our broken gun background check system. In the year since, tens of thousands more Americans ”“ our mothers, our fathers, our friends ”“ have been killed […]
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Caesar – Brown
SACO — Adam Caesar and Raichel Brown of Saco were married in a candlelight ceremony, surrounded by their families, on Christmas Eve 2013. Raichel is the daughter of the late Lisa Young of Massachusetts. Adam is the son of Lee M. Caesar of Topsham and the late Lee E. Caesar.
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Legislature to consider vetoed jail funds
Among the slew of vetoed bills to be taken up by the Legislature in a special session today is one that would strengthen the state Board of Corrections, and pump $1.2 million into the state’s 15 county jails. The money provides one-time funding for an anticipated shortfall this year. Without it, some county sheriffs, like […]
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Spurs, Raptors take series leads, Rockets stay alive in NBA playoffs
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker had 23 points hours after the birth of his first child and San Antonio never trailed in a 109-103 victory over Dallas on Wednesday night, taking a 3-2 lead in the first-round series. Manu Ginobili had 19 points and Tiago Splitter added 17 points and 12 rebounds as San […]
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Spotlight
THEATER “The Savannah Disputation” will show at Portland Stage Company through May 18. The show follows two sisters’ discussion of their Catholic faith. Visit portlandstage.org or call 774-0465 for more information and tickets. “A New Day Cabaret,” a one-woman musical revue featuring Nancy Day, will show tonight, May 1, 6 p.m. at Clay Hill Farm, […]