The snow is upon us. Glorious deep snow has inundated our section of the Maine coast and it is a glorious abundance. Our nearby big mountains did not hit the jackpot like our local area, but there is lots of great snow to play on with school vacation week right around the corner. February temperatures […]
February 2015
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Turn winter weeknights into an occasion
GUNQUIT—While summer tourists may be sunning somewhere else, it doesn’t mean there isn’t something delightfully delicious to do in Maine’s summer communities, especially on a week night. The Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce reports there are some 40 hoteliers, 30 restaurants and 25 shops open from York to Kennebunkport, and nearly all of them have something […]
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Chris Paul: Criticism of female ref ‘was about a bad call’
NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Paul made it clear: His problem with referee Lauren Holtkamp was with her call. He left it to others to say it wasn’t about her gender. His criticism of the rookie official drew a rebuke from the referees union Friday followed by strong backing from the female executive director of […]
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Fire victims still can’t go home
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Victims of the recent fire at Centennial Place apartments originally thought to be able to be back in their homes this week will have to wait four more weeks. Residents had to evacuate the building at 6 School St. in the early hours of Jan. 29, after the spread of a […]
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McCain seeks to open US domestic routes to foreign ships
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, who seems to revel in the occasional lonely crusade, is now taking on America’s maritime industry and the longstanding law barring foreign-built ships from transporting goods within the United States. McCain’s opposition to the 1920 Jones Act isn’t new, but his status as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee […]
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War memorial separates dead by race, divides Southern city
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Along Main Street in a small South Carolina city, there is war memorial honoring fallen World War I and II soldiers, dividing them into two categories: “white” and “colored.” Welborn Adams, Greenwood’s white Democratic-leaning mayor, believes the bronze plaques are relics of the South’s scarred past and should be changed in the […]
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Maurice Ledoux
SANFORD — Maurice G. Ledoux, 78, a lifelong resident of Sanford, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 at Southern Maine Health Care in Sanford. He was born in Sanford on Jan. 12, 1937, a son of the late Maurice and Minnie (Ham) Ledoux. He served in the National Guard in Sanford. For many years […]
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English leads as Mickelson and big names head home
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods is gone from Torrey Pines, and Phil Mickelson joined him Friday by missing the cut. In a tournament that quickly lost a big chunk of its star power, Harris English played another bogey-free round for a 6-under 66 on the North Course to build a two-shot lead Friday in […]
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Snow ready for an encore before frigid cold returns
A meteorologist says he sees no significant changes for Maine’s blustery weather pattern.
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Store manager robbed by armed man in Waterville
Police say the man held up the manager of the Elm Plaza Rent-A-Center, stealing the store’s deposit bag.