KENNEBUNK — Heading into Friday night’s boys basketball game against Freeport, Kennebunk senior captain Austin Sandler admitted he had some nerves about the way his team would fare at the start considering the amount of off time the team has had over the past few days. “Missing two days straight of school, I thought we […]
2014
Posted inJournal Tribune
Train derails in Saco, closes road
SACO — A freight train derailment snagged traffic for several hours Friday afternoon. Around 11:30 a.m. Friday, the Saco Police Department put out a notice that a train had slipped off the tracks and was blocking Industrial Park Road. Police asked those who typically use the nearby highway exit to instead enter or leave the […]
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Hope for the new year can lead us to improvements
A new year is supposed to bring with it a spirit of hope for the future. That famous countdown and ball dropping is a time to set goals for improvement, to make positive changes and embrace new experiences. That’s what the energy at New York City’s Times Square is all about each Dec. 31, as […]
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Policy failure evident in electric power losses
Hundreds of thousands from Maine to Michigan were plunged into darkness as the result of the late December ice storm. People shivered in the dark. Running generators in enclosed spaces, some died or became seriously ill from breathing carbon monoxide. With all the focus on modernizing the electric system in recent years, you might have […]
Posted inNews, Politics
Cut in military pensions reconsidered
Members of Congress introduce proposals to reduce or reverse cuts that outrage veterans in Maine and elsewhere.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Looking for the left? It’s right in Hawaii
The state may be a Democrat’s utopia, but in many cases, what works in Hawaii stays in Hawaii.
Posted inNation & World
Idaho taking largest prison out of private hands
The prison has been the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging contract fraud and understaffing.
Posted inMaine, News
Press Herald Toy Fund gave family a happy holiday
Donations may still be made to the annual fund.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
High school roundup: NYA survives Sacopee rally in boys’ basketball
SOUTH HIRAM — Chase Gendron scored 25 points Friday night as North Yarmouth Academy took control after a wild first-half momentum swing and went on to a 76-51 victory against Sacopee Valley in a Western Maine Conference schoolboy basketball game. Gendron opened a wild first half by scoring 15 in the first quarter to stake […]
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Supreme Court urged not to halt gay weddings
Attorneys for same-sex couples argue there is no urgent need to intervene in the battle over Utah’s ban.