Today is Saturday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2016. There are 357 days left in the year. On this date: In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hotair balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, New Jersey. In 1861, Mississippi became the […]
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Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 9, 1916, the World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended after eight months with an Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew. Ten years ago Confirmation hearings opened in Washington for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. “The Phantom of the Opera” leapt past “Cats” to become the longest-running show in Broadway history (a […]
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Quote of the day:
“Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.” — Swedish proverb
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Hype, myth dominate American economy
This is a campaign year, full of political promises. The economy will be an issue, though it’s loaded with common, though dubious, beliefs. To start, it is true that the economy is better than during the recession. Employment has largely recovered. In Maine, the Portland/ South Portland jobless rate is 3.1 percent, an impressive level […]
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Gerard Vigneault
BINGHAM — Gerard Vigneault, 78, of Bingham, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, at Somerset Rehabilitation Center in Bingham. He was born July 26, 1937, to Adelard and Eva (Duquette) Vigneault in Biddeford. He attended Biddeford schools, and graduated from St. Francis High School. On Oct. 10, 1959, he married Doris Girard at St. Joseph’s Church […]
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Death Notices
Kenneth Deveau SACO — Kenneth A. Deveau, 79, of Water Street, Saco, passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Southern Maine Healthcare Facility in Biddeford. Arrangements are by Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral and Cremation, 13 Portland Road, Buxton (Bar Mills).
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Deaths Elsewhere
Andre Courreges, 92 PARIS (AP) — Fashion officials say French designer Andre Courreges, who laid claim to the invention of the 1960s miniskirt, has died at the age of 92. His fashion house said in a statement that Courreges died Thursday night following a 30-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Courreges launched his fashion house in […]
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Boston cop shot in leg after drug dealer pulled over
BOSTON — An officer was shot in the leg Friday after he pulled over a known drug dealer driving on a suspended license, the police commissioner said. The injured officer boxed in the suspect’s vehicle on a side street in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood at about 10:30 a.m., knowing that the suspect was on probation […]