YORK COUNTY — Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness, we’re told. This year, as in prior years, togetherness — especially for those who are alone, or those whose finances may not stretch to provide a full Thanksgiving meal — will be provided by agencies and businesses across central York County. Whether you dine at Shain’s […]
November 2016
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Two mourned in turnpike crash
Families and friends in neighboring communities are mourning the deaths of a volunteer driver and his 5 year-old passenger in a crash on the Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk Friday afternoon. Police say the car in which Earl Gray, 57, of Waterboro, was the driver and Wyatt Frost, 5, of Lyman, was a passenger in was hit from […]
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Police, protesters face off at Dakota Access pipeline
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Tension flared anew on the Dakota Access pipeline as protesters tried to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway, only to be turned back by a line of law enforcement using water cannon and what appeared to be tear gas. Sunday’s skirmishes began around 6 p.m. after protesters […]
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Search for bodies at Indian train crash site ends; 146 dead
PUKHRAYAN, India (AP) — The death toll from India’s worst train accident in years rose to 146 on Monday after rescuers used cranes to lift the last of the twisted metal wreckage to check for bodies underneath. About 2,000 workers were clearing the tracks and checking for damage to the rail line in hopes of […]
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George Bishop Sr.
LYMAN — George M. Bishop Sr., 89, of Lyman, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at home. He was born in Old Town on Sept. 6, 1927, a son of George and Josephine (LeBreton) Bishop. He was educated from Biddeford schools and served his country in the U.S. Navy. George was employed as a […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: Dark times, doughnuts and the struggle for hope
On Nov. 8, sunrise in southern Maine occurred at 6:27 a.m., sunset at 4:21 p.m., with total daylight of 9 hours 54 minutes. Since then, we’ve lost 29 minutes of daylight. More importantly and of greater concern than daylight, our collective emotional psyche has grown much darker. Regardless of where any of us fall on […]