AUGUSTA (AP) — State officials are asking for the public to provide comments that will appear in this year’s Citizens Guide to the Referendum Election. The state is facing a busy year for public referendums, with six questions appearing on the November ballot. Five are citizens’ initiatives and one is a bond issue. The Maine […]
August 2016
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Local Chambers getting all snippy
Summertime in Maine means tourist season. And for many businesses along the coast, tourist season is the make-or-break time of year. If you’re a new business, you’d be best served by opening your doors just before or during the summer to give your new enterprise an immediate cash influx. It’s no surprise, then, that the […]
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Municipal meetings calendar
Here is a list of regularly scheduled meetings for area councils, boards of selectmen and school boards; meetings are public. Acton: Selectmen usually meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday at Town Hall, 35 H Road; the next meeting is Aug. 23. The school board meets at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday at […]
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Missed chances and miscommunication are theme of Hackmatack play
The last show of the summer season, “Almost Maine,” opened at the Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick on the Aug. 17. The romantic comedy written by John Cariani is set in a small town in northern Maine that doesn’t exist. However, the events could just as easily have occurred in rural Vermont or New Hampshire, or […]
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USM announces spring 2016 dean’s list
PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Southern Maine recently announced students who have been named to the most recent dean’s list. Local students include: of Arundel, Rebecca Patoine, Amelia Worthing, Whitney Butts, Taylor Lux and Amanda Huard; of Biddeford, Britney Danforth, Joy Grandbois- Gallup, Lynn Wheeler, Bryan Johnston, Noah Dow, Nicholas Opolski, Brian Doyer, Nathan […]
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Gleanings
10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “The Portland Eagles Club, which was the target of an 18-month undercover investigation by Maine State Police was fined $60,000 and stripped of its gambling license after pleading guilty Monday to three counts of aggravated unlawful gambling.” 50 years ago From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Biologists may not have […]
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Today in History
Today is Monday, Aug. 22, the 235th day of 2016. There are 131 days left in the year. On this date: In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mexico a territory of the United States. In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to […]
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Today’s Highlight in History:
On Aug. 22, 1485, England’s King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the War of the Roses. Ten years ago A Russian Pulkovo Airlines jet carrying 170 people crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all aboard. Paramount Pictures severed its ties to actor Tom Cruise after 14 years, citing what […]
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Is comrade Trump playing us for fools?
A re we watching an American presidential campaign or the pilot episode of a bizarre new TV series? Or both? The hallmark of “reality TV,” of course, being its extreme unreality. On a daily basis, the Trump campaign invites sheer disbelief. Recently, Ivanka Trump, the statuesque daughter her father talks about dating, posted an Instagram […]