CONCORD, N.H. In a small town just south of New Hampshire’s capital, General Electric runs two plants filled with workers building jet engines for the world’s leading airlines. With 800 workers, GE Aviation is the largest employer in town. But in the next five to 10 years, about a third of those workers are expected […]
August 2016
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4th time’s the charm for Miss Hampton Beach contestant
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The fourth time’s the charm for the new Miss Hampton Beach in New Hampshire. Brook Riley, of Lowell, Massachusetts, won the crown Sunday. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the annual summer pageant. The Portsmouth Herald reports the 23-year-old Riley, a special needs teacher, had placed second in the pageant […]
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No deal reached on bill to limit non-compete clauses
BOSTON (AP) — A legislative effort to restrict non-compete clauses in employment contracts has fallen short. State lawmakers failed to reach agreement on the bill Sunday in the closing hours of the formal 2015-2016 session on Beacon Hill. Non-compete clauses restrict the ability of workers to leave a company and immediately go to work for […]
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Museum displays unprecedented manuscript exhibition
BOSTON (AP) — Three Boston museums are teaming up for what’s being described as an unprecedented shared exhibition of ancient illuminated manuscripts. Art historian and Harvard professor Jeffrey Hamburger tells The Boston Globe the exhibition of about 250 pieces is “easily” the most ambitious display of illuminated manuscripts ever held in North America. An “illuminated […]
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Vandal spray paints ‘I’m drunk’ on side of police station
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Police in one New Hampshire city are trying to find out who spray painted “I’m drunk” on the side of their station over the weekend. Portsmouth police Sgt. Chris Kiberd says officers noticed Sunday morning that someone had spray painted the message at some point during overnight hours. The police department […]
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Sandra F. Daigle
LISBON FALLS — Sandra F. Daigle, age 80 of Free St., passed away Wednesday, July 27 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. She was born June 27, 1936 in Brunswick, the daughter of Charles and Madeline Holbrook Leavitt. She attended Brunswick Schools and graduated from Brunswick High School. She then attended Ladd School for nursing […]
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Mary Elizabeth Lyden
BRUNSWICK — Mary E. Lyden, age 96 of Jordan Avenue, died Thursday, July 28 at Mid Coast Hospital. She was born June 1, 1920 in Brewer, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Candellari Kelley. She attended St. Mary’s Parochial School in Bangor and was a 1938 graduate of John Baptiste High School, also in Bangor. […]
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Bonnie Mains
Bonnie (Brown) Mains, 64, of Bath, died May 23, 2016 peacefully at home with her husband by her side following a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born November 12, 1951 in Bath, Maine, the daughter of John and Helen (Plummer) Brown. Bonnie grew up in Yarmouth and spent her Summers in Five Islands […]
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Ada Recknagel
A memorial service for Ada Recknagel, who died on Jan. 28, 2016, will be held on Aug. 6 at 3 p.m. at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, Yarmouth.
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Fight with Khan family tests Trump’s ‘say anything’ strategy
NEW YORK Donald Trump’s presidential bid has thrived on controversy of his own making. Now, the Republican nominee kicks off the first full week of the general election campaign having put his strategy of saying the politically unimaginable to its greatest test yet. Trump broke a major American political and societal taboo over the weekend […]