BIDDEFORD — Jean Roseanna Mooers, formerly of Old Orchard Beach and SouthRidge Living Center, passed away Feb. 6, 2015 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. She was born in Biddeford on Dec. 26, 1928, the daughter of Joseph and Lucy Leavitt Perry. She graduated from Thornton Academy. Jean worked as a secretary for the city […]
February 2015
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Police ID Ga. killer children, himself
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police say they have identified the gunman who took his own life after killing four people and injuring two in a quiet neighborhood near Atlanta. Cedric G. Prather, 33, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting his ex-wife, another adult and two children Saturday afternoon in Douglasville, about 20 miles […]
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Must American students pass immigrants’ citizenship test?
To preserve who we are as Americans, nothing is more important for our students than to know how, as constitutionally protected citizens, they are distinct from people of other countries. In an attempt to assure this will happen in our schools, The New York Times recently reported that, last month, “Arizona became the first state […]
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Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine ahead of peace talks
SARTANA, Ukraine — Fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified on Tuesday ahead of much-anticipated peace talks, with both sides claiming significant advances and the government accusing the rebels of shelling a town far behind the front lines. The intense fighting, which the U.N. says has killed more than 5,300 people since April, comes ahead of a […]
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TA, OOB basketball teams ready to begin postseason journeys
The calendar has turned to the second week of February, which means the high school basketball season in Maine has turned from regular season to postseason. Both the Thornton Academy boys and girls teams have qualified for the playoffs ”“ return trips for all ”“ and are trying to keep their seasons going further into […]
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New England digs out from latest winter whopper
BOSTON — A relentless storm that dumped more than two feet of snow on some parts of New England was finally expected to wind down on Tuesday but not before bringing the Boston-area public transit system to its knees and forcing some communities to consider dumping piles of snow into the ocean to help relieve […]
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UMaine’s Little named AE ROW
CAMBRIDGE, Mass — Freshman Kevin Little had a week in which he averaged 19 points and helped the Black Bears snap a three-game losing streak and because of his efforts the America East Conference has named him the Rookie of the Week. Little has been on quite a streak since conference play opened on Jan. […]
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Agricultural run-off clogging our nation’s waterways
Sometimes it is not what the politicians talk about that matters; it is what they don’t talk about that is also important. Take, for example, the Republican response to the President’s State of the Union address by Republican ingenue Sen. Joni Ernst, R-IA, on January 20: “As a mother, a soldier, and a newly-elected senator […]
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Sheriff weighs in on storms, cold temps; offers tips
LIMERICK — A 50-year-old man fell from the roof he was shoveling Sunday and was taken by ambulance to hospital. And an Arundel family escaped injury but is looking for a new place to live, assisted by the American Red Cross, after a mishap brought on by cold, snowy weather. York County Sheriff Bill King […]
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‘Better Call Saul’ could bolster Albuquerque tourism
Officials are ‘loving the buzz’ from AMC’s new ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff about a shady lawyer who works in New Mexico.