PORTLAND (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says he’s considering seeking a refund from a consultant he commissioned to analyze Maine’s welfare system in response to reports that The Alexander Group plagiarized parts of its report. The Republican governor said last week he will withhold part or all of the more than $400,000 the state still […]
May 2014
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Chechen leader says he didn’t send troops to Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — Chechnya’s Moscow-backed leader said Wednesday that he hasn’t sent any troops to fight alongside pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, but added that some Chechens may have gone there on their own. The issue is significant because fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and pro-Russia rebels has taken on a new ferocity this […]
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Local students honored at SNHU
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The following local students have been named to the president’s and dean’s lists for the spring 2014 semester at Southern New Hampshire University: President’s List From Buxton, Aaron Benton and Elizabeth Wellman; from Waterboro, Shannon Durepos and Brooke Richards; from Hollis Center, Andrew Edgecomb and Tiffany Oliveira; from Lebanon, Alyssa Lafoe and […]
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Fecteau, Flood seek Biddeford House seat
BIDDEFORD — Recent college graduate Ryan Fecteau, 21, and former city councilor David Flood, 58, are both vying for the Democratic nomination for the open seat in Maine House District 11, which represents part of Biddeford. ”¢ Fecteau, who is single, works for TrueLine Publishing in Portland. In 2011, he was elected to the city […]
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Gonthier – 60 years
BIDDEFORD — The family of Jeanne and Martin Gonthier celebrated the couple’s 60th anniversary the weekend of April 18-19 with the renewal of their marriage vows at St. Joseph Church on Easter Sunday, officiated by Kevin Jacques. Jeanne and Martin were married on April 19, 1954 at St. Joseph Church in Biddeford by Father Roland […]
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Community Bicycle Center receives grant
BIDDEFORD — The Community Bicycle Center has been awarded a one-year grant from United Way of York County totaling $6,000. This investment will support CBC’s Building Life Skills programs. Through the mobilization of resources, expertise and funds that support programs focused on the essentials of education, financial stability and health, United Way of York County […]
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Revolution atop MLS Eastern Conference standings
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patrick Mullins was in junior high school in New Orleans when he attended a New England Revolution clinic there about 10 years ago. The MLS team was in the middle of a six-season stretch of reaching the Eastern Conference final and making it to the championship game in four of them. “They […]
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Jelin honored at Bowdoin College
BRUNSWICK — James Jelin, of Kennebunkport, was awarded the A. Raymond Rutan IV Scholarship Award for Summer Study in Theater recently at the Bowdoin College Honors Day. Jelin is majoring in mathematics.
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Jerry Remy’s son pleads guilty to murder
WOBURN, Mass. — The son of longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder for fatally stabbing his girlfriend last year while the couple’s 4-year-old daughter screamed and three neighbors tried to stop him. Jared Remy, 35, was sentenced to a mandatory life without parole for killing Jennifer Martel, 27. […]
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Group care for foster kids: Critics seek phase-out
DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. — In many ways, Children’s Village resembles an idyllic college campus, with its abundant open spaces, handsome buildings, brand-new activities center and Olympic-size pool. Yet the child-welfare professionals who run the 180-acre complex in this New York City suburb are committed to a seemingly paradoxical goal: They want fewer foster children settling […]