KITTERY — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation and the Maine Department of Transportation have decided to permanently close to motor vehicle traffic the 76-year-old Sarah Mildred Long Bridge connecting Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery. This action follows a mechanical failure of the lift bridge on Sunday. The mechanical issue in the south bridge tower […]
August 2016
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Art Guild of the Kennebunks declare exhibition winners
The Art Guild of the Kennebunks held its August exhibition at the Community House in Kennebunkport from Aug. 19-21. Selected as “Best in Show” was an 18-by-24-inch acrylic painting titled “Old Friends” by Mike Maron of Kennebunkport. First-place ribbons for each category were awarded to Kathy Ostrander Roberts of Kennebunkport for her pastel “Aubergine Lake”; […]
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Nonesuch Books announces best-sellers list
BIDDEFORD — Nonesuch books’ list of the best-selling books in fiction, non-fiction and young adult categories: fiction “After You” by Jo Jo Moyes, “Crooked Heart” by Lissa Evans, “My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You” by Frederick Backman, “Before the Fall” by Noah Hawley, “A Man Called Ove” by Frederick Backman, “Truly, Madly, Guilty” by […]
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Saturday, August 27
A bean supper will be held at North Saco Congregational Christian Church, located at the corner of Flag Pond, Heath and Rocky Hill Road from 4:30-6 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children. Menu is two kinds of beans, hot dogs, potato salad, cole slaw, homemade brown bread, coffee, lemonade and pie. […]
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Gleanings
10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “President George W. Bush exited Air Force One, walked down the stairs and waved as he stepped onto the runway at Sanford Regional airport shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday. He walked to the rear of a black Chevy Blazer, paused, and then waved to the huddle of local […]
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Today in History
Today is Thursday, Aug. 25, the 238th day of 2016. There are 128 days left in the year. On this date: In 1718, hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some settling in present-day New Orleans. In 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil. In 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany. […]
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Today’s Highlight in History:
On Aug. 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act establishing the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior. Ten years ago A college student’s checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight that had arrived in Houston from Buenos Aires, Argentina, was found to contain a stick of dynamite, one of six security […]
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From Trump, a stunning admission and a new direction
In general, in a campaign filled with controversial statements, it’s fair to say Donald Trump doesn’t do apologies and he doesn’t do regret. Which is why it was extraordinary that in his speech in Charlotte on Aug. 18 – one of his first under a new campaign management – Trump did that rarest of things: […]
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What’s up in September
September always marks the beginning of fall for us in the northern hemisphere. This year that will happen at 10:21 a.m. on Sept. 22. This is a critical point in helping to understand our orbit around the sun and the relative positions of the Earth and the sun on the ecliptic, which is the path […]