ETNA — More than 70 vehicles got tangled up in a series of chain-reaction pileups Wednesday along a snowy stretch of Interstate 95 in Maine, injuring at least 17 people, state police said. The pileups in Etna, near Bangor, happened at about 7:30 a.m. and involved several cars, a school bus and a tractor-trailer, state […]
February 2015
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Toys for Tots seeks donations after roof collapse
BIDDEFORD — Toys for Tots estimates it has lost anywhere from $12,000 to $20,000 worth of toys after the snow-packed roof of a Biddeford warehouse caved in on Sunday. The collapse left a hole that’s about 20 by 80 feet in size over the center of the building, Leo Menard, coordinator of the Northern York […]
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Old Home Days slated to return to Waterboro this year
WATERBORO — Old Home Days, this community’s annual local celebration, is poised to return after a one year hiatus. There are a slew of new volunteers and some familiar faces ”“ 11 were sworn into the Old Home Days Committee Tuesday and there are five more applications on file. Old Home Days, complete with a […]
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Waterways to be closed to scallop fishing
LUBEC (AP) — Maine fishery regulators say they are getting ready to close several waterways to scallop fishing for the season due to the volume of catch. The nine areas include scallop-rich Cobscook Bay, one of the primary scallop fishing areas in Maine. Regulators say the closures will begin March 2. Some of the areas, […]
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White House traps itself in terrorism word games
Why has the Obama administration tied itself in knots over what to call Islamic terrorism? We know the president has rejected the term in favor of “violent extremism,” ordering his administration not to refer to Islamic terrorists like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as Islamic. “No religion is responsible for terrorism,” Obama declared […]
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Joanne Thibeau
BIDDEFORD — Joanne Thibeau, 69, of Biddeford, died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015 at Evergreen Manor in Saco. She was born Aug. 21, 1945 in Biddeford, a daughter of Eliodore and Cecilia (Mayotte) Ledoux, and was educated locally. She graduated from Biddeford High School in 1963. On June 29, 1976, she married James Thibeau in Biddeford […]
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Family Album
Kittery Ferry, York, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine, ca. 1900. — Submitted by Jim Leary, Saco ”¢ ”¢ ”¢ Readers are invited to submit old photographs for use in this weekly feature. Call the News Department at the Journal Tribune, 282-1535, ext. 319, with any questions.
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Cop says shell casings in Hernandez car, at scene from same gun
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A shell casing found in a car rented by ex-New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and at the scene of a killing near his home were fired from the same weapon, a state police sergeant testified Wednesday. Five shell casings were found near where Odin Lloyd was shot to death […]
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Yoan Moncada finally arrives at Red Sox facility
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Yoan Moncada arrived Wednesday at the spring training headquarters of the Boston Red Sox, another step toward completion of a hefty contract for the 19-year-old Cuban. The Red Sox and Moncada’s agent reached an agreement earlier this week on a deal with a $31.5 million signing bonus, a record for […]