ARUNDEL — A Hollis man was charged with operating under the influence and possessing heroin after crashing a pick-up truck into a utility pole during Tuesday’s snowstorm, according to police. Robert J. Keoskie, 42, was driving a 2002 Ford F-250 on River Road in Arundel about noon Tuesday when the truck left the road and […]
2016
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New Wells High School may open this month
WELLS — Wells- Ogunquit Community School District officials hope to move students into the new classroom wing of Wells High School this month. WOCSD Superintendent Jim Daly told the Wells Board of Selectmen at its Dec. 15 meeting that officials anticipate occupying the new addition of WHS – the first phase of a $27 million […]
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Target’s turnaround gets shoppers back into stores
NEW YORK — Target’s efforts to draw shoppers back into its stores are paying off. Take Annabel Bernardo, who once bought trendy clothes at Target but cut back after she felt it lost its fashion edge. Now, Bernardo, who lives in Rockville Center, Maryland, is back: “The store is looking much better. It’s looking more […]
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Carson’s many activities blur lines between candidate and doctor-author-speaker
WASHINGTON — Ben Carson’s name and face adorn the walls of dozens of schools in the U.S. and a medical school in Nigeria. Mayors have handed him keys to their cities. His charity, founded in 1994, created a national day in his honor each year, celebrated by the children who sit in elementary school reading […]
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US rate on 30-year mortgages rises
Briefly WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates crossed the 4 percent mark this week, a slight increase in the wake of the Federal Reserve decision this month to hike a key short-term interest rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.01 percent […]
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Winter is an excellent time for indoor swimming
“Sand flows through the hourglass one grain at a time, and life is meant to be lived one moment at a time.” — T. Alexander Anderson, “The Gift of Time” year ends, another begins. O ne Who can tell what we shall find? What changes will come? What new needs will we meet? The snow […]
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Monday, January 4
The Kennebunk Free Library Homeschooling Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the library, 112 Main St. This is an opportunity for homeschooling families to get together with others and exchange ideas or ask questions. Newcomers to homeschooling or families exploring the option are welcome to drop in to learn more. Activities for children will […]
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Pecha Kucha K’port presenters sought
KENNEBUNKPORT — Have you got a passion to share, a good story to tell? Pecha Kucha Kennebunkport has seen Claire Unsinn’s celebration of her Franco-American heritage through fabric and Steve Price’s musings on mud season in Maine. A Pecha Kucha presenter has a timed show of 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds. That’s just […]
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Gleanings
10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “Started 18 years ago in Portland by three members of the Portland Rugby team, the Lobster dip, now held in Old Orchard Beach, has turned into a huge fundraising event. New Years Day, at high noon, 400 dippers plunged into the Atlantic to raise more than $40,000 for […]
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Michael M. Rubin
SANFORD — Michael Marc Rubin, 63, of Sanford and Bennington, Vermont, died peacefully in his Vermont apartment on Monday morning. Michael was born to Leah Patiky Rubin and the late Gerard Rubin on Dec. 3, 1952 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York. He was the third of four children and the first son to Leah […]