SOUTH PORTLAND — Doris R. Vachon, formerly of South Portland, died peacefully and in the presence of her God at St. Andre Health Care Facility in Biddeford on June 6, 2015. Her family had surrounded her for days. Mrs. Vachon had been married for 62 years to Leo A. Vachon, who was as gracious, as […]
2015
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Fire consumes Arundel home
ARUNDEL — No one was injured in a fire Sunday night that destroyed a home. Firefighters responded to a call around 10 p.m. Sunday from the owner of a home at 16 Liberty Acres Drive reporting the roof of their house was on fire. Firefighters arrived to find the house in flames with the roof […]
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Kurt Busch wins rain-shortened Michigan race
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kurt Busch has won his second NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season, a rain-shortened event at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday that was called 62 laps short of its scheduled distance. The fourth weather-related red flag of the day came after lap 138 of a scheduled 200. Busch was leading […]
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Trojans miss the mark in loss to Marshwood
SOUTH BERWICK — Thornton Academy did everything right in its Western Maine Class A girls lacrosse semifinal against Marshwood Saturday. Well, everything except getting the ball in the back of the net. In a game that favored the third-seeded Trojans’ style, they couldn’t score when they had the opportunity, and they fell to the No. […]
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Clinton distances herself from Obama on trade
By KEN THOMAS Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton is distancing herself from President Barack Obama over a contentious trade proposal, encouraging the president to address concerns raised by congressional Democrats and negotiate a better deal with 11 Pacific Rim nations. The Democratic presidential front-runner on Sunday told Iowa Democrats that Obama […]
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Municipal Meetings Calendar
Here is a list of regularly scheduled upcoming meetings for area councils, boards of selectmen and school boards. Meetings are public. Acton: Selectmen meet 7 p.m., 2nd and 4th Thursday, Town Hall, 35 H Road; next meeting June 25. School board 6 p.m., 2nd Tuesday, school library, 700 Milton Mills Road; next meeting July 14. […]
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2 injured in crash of small plane
NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Officials said two people were seriously injured when their small plane crashed in the woods Sunday in North Hampton, New Hampshire, after take-off from Hampton Airfield. WMUR reports that one person suffered serious burns and was taken by a medical helicopter to a Boston hospital. The other is being treated […]
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Alberic “Savage†Legendre
SACO — Alberic “Savage” Legendre, 91, of Biddeford and formerly of Saco, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in 1924 in Les Etroits, Quebec, a son of Marie- Luce Ouellet and Albert Legendre. He was the last of eight children. After working in the logging […]
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Gomez wins 1st PGA title at St. Jude Classic
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Fabian Gomez of Argentina won his first PGA Tour title Sunday at the St. Jude Classic, beating England’s Greg Owen by four strokes. Gomez, 36, started the round tied with Owen atop the leaderboard at 9 under with 23 players within four strokes. Gomez shot 4-under 66 for a 267 total […]
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Chretian elected to Maine Credit Union League Board
SANFORD — Scott Chretien and two others were recently elected to serve on the Maine Credit Union League’s Board of Directors. They joined the board at the conclusion of the Maine CU League’s annual meeting that took place in Portland last month. Scott Chretien is president and CEO of York County Federal Credit Union, with […]