COBURN GORE (AP) — Police say a tractor-trailer carrying paper rolled over near the border of Maine and Quebec, spilling paper all over the roadway and into a stream and injuring the driver. The rollover happened at around 6 a.m. Thursday on Route 27 in Coburn Gore, just south of the border crossing into Quebec. […]
2016
Posted inJournal Tribune
Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at age 82
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like “Hallelujah,” ‘’Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82, his son said.“My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles,” Adam Cohen said in a statement Thursday. “He was writing up […]
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Inside New Gloucester
Butter-making family programMeet the Holsteins at the Pineland Farms dairy barn and learn how to churn their milk into butter, just as people did in the old days. This family education program, to be held on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 10-11:30 a.m., is open to all ages. It will be repeated on Saturday, Nov. 19; […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
For veteran who served in Vietnam, memories linger: Q&A with Rodney Voisine
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the country honors those who have served in the armed forces. Rodney Voisine of Windham is one of those veterans, with a 20-year history of service in the Marine Corps. After graduating from Fort Kent Community High School in 1967, Voisine volunteered for the Marine Corps. He was deployed to […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
For veteran who served in Vietnam, memories linger: Q&A with Rodney Voisine
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the country honors those who have served in the armed forces. Rodney Voisine of Windham is one of those veterans, with a 20-year history of service in the Marine Corps. After graduating from Fort Kent Community High School in 1967, Voisine volunteered for the Marine Corps. He was deployed to […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Helter skelter
“The future ain’t what it used to be.” Yogi Berra, baseball catcher, manager and coach. For a reference point, I completed this column the evening before Election Day so it is useless for me to predict who won, but then again it was a choice between two evils running for president of the United States. […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
O.Dans preps for expansion into Standish
O.Dans Restaurant of Sebago is bringing its locally sourced, fresh meals to Standish. A new location is expected to open as early as this month, according to Dan Ellingwood, chef and owner of O.Dans. The Standish location will be at 1 Ossipee Trail East, the former location of the Main Street Grill. The grill moved […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
O.Dans preps for expansion into Standish
O.Dans Restaurant of Sebago is bringing its locally sourced, fresh meals to Standish. A new location is expected to open as early as this month, according to Dan Ellingwood, chef and owner of O.Dans. The Standish location will be at 1 Ossipee Trail East, the former location of the Main Street Grill. The grill moved […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Inside Bridgton
Well, now we know which way the country is headed for the next four years. The deadline for this column is Monday morning so, as I write, the election has not yet taken place. I hope all eligible voters managed to get to a polling station and cast their ballots … and I hope and […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Inside Windham
Post-Halloween thank youWindham Parks & Recreation says a big “thanks” to everyone – prize donors, volunteers and families –who helped make the new Halloween Adventure such a success. Sponsors who donated prizes were: Microtel Inn & Suites, Summit Adventures, Smitty’s Cinema and Advanced Dental Concepts. Volunteers included: Windham High School Key Club, St. Joseph’s College […]