BRUNSWICK The latest work from award-winning author Elaine Ford will get its due at an upcoming book launch event. The new collection of 15 stories by Ford, who passed away last year, is titled “This Time Might Be Different: Stories of Maine.” There will be brief readings from the book at the Sunday, March 25, […]
March 2018
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LL Bean: No bonus after tough year, more jobs to be cut
FREEPORT L.L. Bean’s sales dipped slightly over the past year, forcing the elimination of worker bonuses for the first time since 2008, but the CEO told workers on Friday that changes adopted in recent months are putting the company on a “path to a more prosperous future.” The Maine-based outdoors retailer announced annual revenue of […]
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TA chess champions rule at state tourney
Three Thornton Academy students placed first in the reserve section of the recent State of Maine Scholastic Chess Tournament. Thornton seniors Jan Schilling, Ky Nguyen, and Junior Leo Xie competed against teams from all over Maine in individual chess matches to take home the gold. Additionally, Schilling was the top individual performer in the competition. […]
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The American Empire and its Media
Recently I wrote that under seemingly worthy goals of stopping the spread of socialism, then drugs, then terrorism we seemingly invited ourselves into every world conflict. Were globalists covertly using these causes instead to build an American Empire? As a college professor teaching current events for 40 plus years, I had to come to this […]
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US says Russia hacks energy grid, critical infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of a concerted operation to hack the U.S. energy grid and other critical infrastructure including aviation, and separately imposed sanctions on a raft of Russian officials for alleged high-tech interference in the 2016 American presidential election. The moves were the strongest to date against Russia by […]
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UN gets $100M in new funds for Palestinian aid after US cuts
ROME — The United Nations received pledges Thursday of nearly $100 million in new funding for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians after the U.S. slashed its aid, but it is still facing a nearly $350 million shortfall this year. U.N. officials said the countries providing the new financing included Qatar, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, New […]
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Candidates to appear at Wells forum
WELLS — With an eye on securing their party’s nomination in the June primary, a number of the leading Democratic candidates for governor will appear at a “Meet the Candidates” public forum in Wells this weekend. The free two-hour program starts at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Wells High School Auditorium. Phil Bartlett, Maine Democratic […]
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Biddeford students remember Parkland shooting victims
BIDDEFORD — Tuesday’s nor’easter and the subsequent cancellation of school on Wednesday only served to make students more determined to pay tribute to the victims of the Parkland school shooting and to protest escalating gun violence in schools nationwide during a walkout event Thursday morning. At precisely 10 a.m., more than 500 Biddeford High School […]
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Judson A. Redlon
WELLS — Judson A. Redlon, 78, of the Barron Center in Portland, formerly of Wells, died March 6, 2018. Survivors include: a brother, Dennis B Redlon, last known to reside in Biddeford; and a niece, Bethany Littlefield, of Arundel. An hour of visitation will be held 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at the […]
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Flash mob excites Biddeford Intermediate students
BIDDEFORD — What started as a standard school assembly Thursday morning at Biddeford Intermediate School turned into something extraordinary, when faculty members burst into dance during a surprise flash mob. Students at the school, which serves fourth and fifth grades, gathered in the gymnasium for an assembly on preparation for the Maine Educational Assessment, or […]