It wasn’t until a few days after Christmas that my friend “Gertrude” and I were able to exchange gifts over Indian food and quasi-stale German chocolates. Though the grub was an exercise in multiculturalism ”“ lacking only sitar music and dancers gyrating in lederhosen ”“ the gift she gave me was decidedly American in nature: […]
2015
Posted inJournal Tribune
Flying high on a fair day
Mother’s Beach in Kennebunk pictured on a sunny day in December.
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Posted inJournal Tribune
French terror suspects in phone contact, want ‘martyr’ death
DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France — Two brothers suspected in a newspaper terror attack were cornered inside a printing house northeast of Paris on Friday, taking a hostage and telling police they “want to die as martyrs,” a lawmaker said. Security forces streamed into the small industrial town near Charles de Gaulle airport in a massive operation to […]
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage administration to rule on regulating four suspected toxins
The DEP is under the spotlight in its decision on phthalates, after past resistance to the law to protect kids from chemicals.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Thursday’s boys’ roundup: Greely rallies after slow start
The Rangers beat York 63-52 in basketball.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Armed robbery reported at Nickelodeon Cinema in Portland
Police say the robbery occurred around 10:15 Thursday night, when a man showed the cashier a gun and demanded money.
Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Lucic scores twice as Bruins shut out Devils, 3-0
Boston holds New Jersey to just three shots in the first period and four in the second to help Niklas Svedberg get his second NHL shutout.
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Gulls step up to stop Knights, stay unbeaten in girls’ basketball
Class C Old Orchard Beach uses a 12-0 run to finish the game and earns a key win over Class B Poland.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Portland singer appears at his ‘American Idol’ watch party, but not on the show
‘They didn’t tell me this was going to happen,’ says Conor Tubbs, who performs in drag as Cherry Lemonade and touted the telecast of his audition in Kansas City.
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Vermont lawmakers elect Gov. Peter Shumlin to third term
After an election in which neither Shumlin nor Republican Scott Milne got the majority of the popular vote, lawmakers were left to choose the next governor.