Measures need to be developed to test whether drivers are under the influence of cannabis.
2015
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Military Notes
The following Maine students have received nominations as candidates to the U.S. military academies from U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin. Some students have been nominated to more than one academy. They are: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Joseph Baumann, Leeds, Leavitt Area High; Montana Braxton, Cape Elizabeth, Cape […]
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Births
Southern Maine Health Care Gavyn John Polewarzyk, born Dec. 3 to Joshua Polewarzyk and Savannah Dinsmore, Biddeford. Grandparents: Dolores Polewarzyk, Limington. Chloe Marie Warner, born Dec. 4 to Paul Warner and Amanda Long, Biddeford. Grandparents: George and Norma Long, Limington; Jean Warner and Berry Meserve, South Portland. Connor James Raymond Cray, born Dec. 5 to […]
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Events
DAMARISCOTTA Coffee With a Cop Monday A Coffee With a Cop program will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center at 521 Main St. The monthly meetings are intended to bring police officers and community members together to talk about concerns or recommendations to make neighborhoods safe and healthy […]
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Potluck
Wednesday Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., provided by Trinity Lutheran Church and Wayside Food Programs and held at My Place Teen Center, 755 Main St., Westbrook, use the Foster Street entrance. Barbecued chicken, fries, cole slaw, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Per person: $7. Friday Christmas […]
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Maine soccer team turns error into a win
The Velocity U16 girls give money they raised to attend a tournament to help young hospital patients.
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Briefs
PORTLAND Maine schools get grants from Berlin City group Berlin City Auto Group recently awarded $44,220 in grant funding to 23 Maine schools as part of its Drive for Education program. Recipients included Harrison Lyseth Elementary School, Ocean Avenue Elementary School and Presumpscot Elementary in Portland; South Portland High School and Memorial Middle School in […]
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Blood Drives
Monday Noon to 5 p.m., Mason United 8, 65 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 403 Main St., Saco 2 to 7 p.m., Town Hall, 175 Northeast Road, Standish Tuesday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Subway, 40 Sokokis Trail, East Waterboro Noon to 5 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine history holds lesson on intolerance
The headline “A century ago, the anti-Catholics raged” (Dec. 12) jarred recollections of the same rage against Catholics in Maine over 150 years ago. The anti-immigrant American Nativist party, the “Know-Nothings,” had taken over many local and state governments from the 1830s to 1860s. The coded language of those decades, “America for Americans,” resonates in […]
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Letter to the editor: Bill conceived by asbestos industry should be opposed
The heavy use of asbestos in shipbuilding is likely one of the reasons Maine has the nation’s highest annual asbestos mortality rate, with 10.2 out of every 100,000 deaths attributable to asbestos exposure. The nationwide average is 4.9. In fact, the rates of asbestos-triggered deaths throughout New England are all higher than the national average, […]