CLINTON (AP) — Police say a cow broke its neck and died last week after vandals let hundreds of cows out of their pens at a Maine farm. Clinton police Senior Patrol Officer Karl Roy said Tuesday that about 150 milking cows were released from their pen at Misty Meadow Farm on the night of […]
December 2016
Posted inJournal Tribune
Ex-girlfriend of shooting suspect filed restaining orders
NAPLES (AP) — The former girlfriend of a Maine man who went on a violent rampage and left her daughter’s boyfriend in critical condition and another man dead says every time she filed a restraining order against him, he’d break it. Sandra Goulet told a television news crew that she ended a seven-year relationship with […]
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Christmas in your heart
SANFORD — As the littlest students raised their voices in song, the man in the long black robe smiled and sat forward in his seat, to catch every nuance. The youngsters were singing “Christmas Isn’t Christmas til it Happens in Your Heart.” The man listening so intently was the Roman Catholic bishop of Portland, Robert […]
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They paused to remember Dec. 7, 1941
SANFORD — For most who attended the commemoration on Wednesday of the attacks on Pearl Harbor by the empire of Japan on Dec. 7, 1941, it had happened before they were born. The attacks claimed 2,403 lives, wounded 1,178 others, and decimated the U.S. fleet berthed in Hawaii, according information provided by the U.S. Census. The […]
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Officials to investigate electrical system in Oakland fire
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials investigating a fire that killed 36 people during a party at an Oakland warehouse plan to bring in engineers to examine the building’s electrical system, as they try to pinpoint the cause of a blaze that has cast a spotlight on similar artists’ colonies around the country that offer […]
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Oceanwood Christmas spectacular
Oceanwood Camp and Conference Center is hosting a Christmas Spectacular 1-4 p.m.. Saturday at 17 Royal St., Ocean Park. There will be Christmas-themed art activities, pony rides, light refreshments, and shopping opportunities from local crafters and vendors. Santa and his elves will make an appearance for photo opportunities alongside the Oceanwood horse herd.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Winter Sports Schedules
Boys BasketballDec. 13 South Portland 7 p.m.Dec. 15 Mt. Ararat 7 p.m.Dec. 20 @ Fryeburg 7 p.m.Dec. 22 Cape Elizabeth 7 p.m.Dec. 27 @ Falmouth (at the Portland Expo) 7 p.m.Dec. 30 @ Scarborough 2:30 p.m.Jan. 3 @ Marshwood 7 p.m.Jan. 5 @ Morse 6:30 p.m.Jan. 10 Biddeford 7 p.m.Jan. 12 @ Gorham 7 p.m.Jan. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
'Right man, right time': Cummings formally installed at University of Southern Maine
GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine was struggling when Glenn Cummings took the reins last year. But the outlook appeared brighter when he was officially installed Dec. 2 as the university’s 13th president. “I’m truly humbled,” Cummings told a packed crowd at the USM Field House. “I’m so happy to have this job.” He […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Deaths
Arsenault, Joyce Ann, 80 of Westbrook, died on Nov. 21, 2016. Arrangements by Jones, Rich and Hutchins, Portland. Chadbourne Sr., Peter J., 68, of Gorham, died on Nov. 27, 2016. Arrangements by A. T. Hutchins Funeral Home. Hall, Reginald E., 87, of Windham, died on Nov. 29, 2016. Arrangements by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral […]
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Deaths
Arsenault, Joyce Ann, 80 of Westbrook, died on Nov. 21, 2016. Arrangements by Jones, Rich and Hutchins, Portland. Chadbourne Sr., Peter J., 68, of Gorham, died on Nov. 27, 2016. Arrangements by A. T. Hutchins Funeral Home. Hall, Reginald E., 87, of Windham, died on Nov. 29, 2016. Arrangements by Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral […]