AUGUSTA (AP) — A state legislative committee is taking up a proposal to provide more flexibility in carbon monoxide detectors that have been made mandatory in more buildings. Current state law requires either carbon monoxide detectors to either use 10- year batteries or be connected to electrical service in childcare facilities, fraternity and sorority houses, […]
2016
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Maine guests to attend State of the Union
YARMOUTH (AP) — The guests of Maine’s U.S. representatives at the State of the Union address will be a Congo native who lives in Yarmouth and an Army veteran from Bangor. The two guests will watch Tuesday speech by President Barack Obama from the gallery in the U.S. House of Representatives as guests of Rep. […]
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Cut flowers and houseplants fill the color gap as we inch toward spring
As valiant a job as the pines and other evergreen trees and plants do to keep some visual stimulation in the landscape during these otherwise monochromatic days, the absence of a wider variety of more vibrant colors is quite apparent. I feel it most dramatically when I look at the small flower bed located just […]
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Animal education for children at AWS
KENNEBUNK — When school is in session, the Animal Welfare Society presents Furry Tales Story and Adventure Hour Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. in the Humane Education Room at its Holland Road facility. Preschoolers are invited to discover the exciting world of animals with stories, playtime, crafts, songs, movement and animal time. The event is free […]
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Thursday, January 14
A night of poem sharing will take place at 7 p.m. at the York Library. Participants can bring poems written by themselves or someone else. The prompt for this month is artificial intelligence, and the topic is open for interpretation. Priscilla Cookson will facilitate the readings, which will occur in a round-table format.
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Gleanings
10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “An armed robber stole Oxycontin from Rite Aid Pharmacy on Parker Farm Road in Buxton on Wednesday afternoon, only one week after the Biddeford Hannaford was robbed for the same drug. According to the police, a white male entered Rite-Aid at 3 p.m., presented a note asking for […]
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Today in History
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2016. There are 354 days left in the year. On this date: In 1773, the first public museum in America was organized in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to […]
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Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 12, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the U.S. military should stay in Vietnam until Communist aggression there was stopped. Ten years ago Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from an Istanbul prison after serving […]
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Unfinished business
After years of trying to motivate Congress to act on improving gun safety laws, President Obama has decided to go it alone. I fully understand his motivation to proceed cautiously. We have arrived at a point where we will sell guns to a terrorist or a criminal in the false claim of protecting ourselves, even […]
