CHICAGO — The serious-faced physicians practice pulling on bulky white suits and helmets that make them look more like astronauts than doctors preparing to fight a deadly enemy. These training sessions at U.S. hospitals on Ebola alert and for health workers heading to Africa can make the reality sink in: Learning how to safely put […]
October 2014
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Boucher releases new album, ‘Retrospectacle’
BIDDEFORD — Biddeford native Joe Boucher recently released his new album, “Retrospectacle” under Cornmeal Records, a small CD label from Kennebunk owned by Charlie Gaylord. The album is a compilation of Boucher’s musical work over the last 15 years. It is available at Bull Moose stores in Maine and through bullmoose.com. Boucher was a founding […]
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At last, victory for middle America
One year ago, the health care exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, opened access to quality, affordable health care for millions of Americans. Today, despite years of unremitting partisan opposition and continual legal challenges, it’s unassailable that the Affordable Care Act is working. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the uninsured rate […]
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Tight end Wright getting comfortable with Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tim Wright hurried to learn a different offense when he was traded to the New England Patriots less than two weeks before the season. The second-year tight end feels much more comfortable now. Comfortable enough to come up behind Tom Brady, pound on the star quarterback’s shoulder and embrace him after they […]
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Sharks rout Stanley Cup champ Kings in opener
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Wingels scored two goals, Antti Niemi made 34 saves in his 28th career shutout, and San Jose crashed the Stanley Cup banner celebration with a 4-0 win in Los Angeles. The Kings raised their championship banner to the Staples Center rafters in a pregame ceremony commemorating their 26-game playoff run […]
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Playwrights sought for Clauder Competition
PORTLAND — Portland Stage Company announces the opening of the 2014-15 Clauder Competition, a New England-wide playwriting contest. Entries are currently being accepted through March 2, 2015. Early submissions are encouraged. The winning play will be announced in December 2015. The Clauder Competition was created in 1981 to support New England playwrights and bring their […]
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U.S. Navy tests out a new way of making clothes: welding
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Welding isn’t just for aircraft carriers anymore. The U.S. Navy could be turning to ultrasonic welding to make its uniforms lighter, stronger and cheaper. And if the project by a Rhode Island company and the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility is a success, it could help bring manufacturing back from overseas. […]
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Drug czar: Teen pot use could fuel opioid abuse
PORTLAND — The nationwide trend toward legalization of marijuana is making it harder for health care and law enforcement officials to fight the nation’s most dangerous drug problem ”“ rampant abuse of prescription opioids, the Obama administration’s senior advisor on drug policy said. Despite activists’ insistence that marijuana is harmless, one in nine marijuana users […]
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Climate change photo contest announced
WELLS — The first-ever Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest will document how the astronomical high tide of Thursday, Oct. 9 affects roads, docks, marshes, beaches and other coastal settings, to bring awareness to sea-level rise. Citizens are encouraged to join the contest by submitting images taken around the daytime high tide on Thursday, […]