WASHINGTON Global warming is screwing up nature’s intricately timed dinner hour, often making hungry critters and those on the menu show up at much different times, a new study shows. Timing is everything in nature. Bees have to be around and flowers have to bloom at the same time for pollination to work, and hawks […]
May 2018
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Netflix proving to be a tough act for copycats to follow
SAN FRANCISCO Netflix’s video-streaming service has been thriving for so long that other companies are striving to duplicate its success in other kinds of digital entertainment and content. Spotify’s music-streaming service has emerged as the most celebrated of the aspiring clones, despite significant challenges that will make it difficult to keep growing at the same […]
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Driverless cars give hope to blind, but are automakers serious?
OCALA, Fla. In 2012, Steve Mahan, who is blind, climbed into the driver’s seat of a self-driving car and rolled up to the drive-thru of a Taco Bell in a video that’s been viewed more than 8 million times online. The piece, produced by Google, captured the potential of autonomous-car technology to change the lives […]
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Omicron Delta Kappa inducts Wells student
BOSTON, Mass. — Emmanuel Collge student Anna Olsen of Wells was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society, on Tuesday, April 24. Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa is granted to students who demonstrate leadership in athletics, campus or community service, social and religious activities, campus government, creative and performing arts, journalism and […]
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SMHC Birth Announcements
BIDDEFORD — Southern Maine Health Care has announced a list of babies born at the hospital from Mar. 14 to April. 23, 2018. Mar. 14, 2018, a boy, Thomas Jeremiah Morrison, to Brian Morrison and Heather (Vadnais) Morrison of Dayton. Grandparents (mother’s side) are Carl and Debbie Vadnais of Biddeford. Grandparents (father’s side) are Jack […]
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Historical Society continues popular Walk and Talk Program
WELLS — The Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit will continue its popular program, History Walk and Talk, through the spring and into the fall season with walking tours of places and spots of historic significance with historian and author Joe Hardy. The History Walk & Talk: Our Farms presentation will be held at 10 […]
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Gun debate: A logical and sensible solution
Let me start by saying that I served in the US Army from 1964-1967 and in Vietnam from 1966-1967, and I am a strong supporter of the second amendment. That being said there is a reason why we as a nation cannot come to some logical, sensible solution to the gun debate which both sides […]
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Habitat for Humanity completes 28th home in York County
WELLS — Habitat for Humanity York County has completed their 28th home in York County which was made possible thanks to generous sponsors, dontated materials, volunteer labor, and the dedication and commitment of Charles and Shannon Carter, the new homeowners. A celebration and open house for the Carters and their new home is scheduled at […]
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OOB Police Log
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or cited from April 16 to April 29. • Anita Whitehead, 49, of Old Orchard Beach, was issued a summons at 12:26 p.m. on April 16 for forgery of less than $1,000. • Glenn Townsend, 69, of Old Orchard Beach, […]
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NRA agenda stalls despite gun-friendly Congress, president
DALLAS — A year ago, the nation’s most powerful gun lobby was riding high: The millions the National Rifle Association had spent to help elect Donald Trump, one of the nation’s most gun-friendly presidents, had paid off, and members were hopeful that more firearms restrictions would soon be eased. Oh, how things have changed. In […]