A Saco company that stages wholesale gift shows has acquired a show on Cape Cod. New England Made Giftware & Specialty Food Shows purchased Girls With Great Lines, a 9-year-old wholesale giftware show that is produced annually in North Falmouth, Massachusetts. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Paula Mullen, a founding member of the […]
September 2018
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Hot, dry summer bringing fewer cases of Lyme disease
New England’s hot summer might be helping keep the ticks that carry Lyme disease at bay. The Northeastern states — which are some of the worst for Lyme in the U.S., posing a hazard to residents and vacationers alike — are still totaling the number of Lyme cases from the summer months, and there will […]
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Outside group funding ad campaign against King re-election bid
AUGUSTA – An out-of-state political action committee on Monday announced a six-figure ad campaign against U.S. Sen. Angus King in the first major independent expenditure of Maine’s 2018 Senate campaign. Maine Liberty PAC said the initial $100,000 campaign seeks to challenge King’s status as an independent and to boost the candidacy of Republican state Sen. […]
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Only a handful take action during anthem on NFL’s 1st Sunday
DENVER — Last season, the Seattle Seahawks led the league when it came to the number of players willing to make a statement while the national anthem played. To start this season, that wave of Seahawks has dwindled to only two players. Linemen Duane Brown and Quinton Jefferson walked off the field and waited in […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Monique R. Pelletier
SANFORD — Monique Rachael Pelletier was born in Sanford, Maine on Feb. 26, 1952. Monique had four brothers, Richard, Robert, Alan and Gerard and a sister Georgette. Monique married and had two children Bryan and Erica Chamberlain who she lived dearly. Later Monique remarried the love of her life who was laid to rest in […]
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Letter to the editor: Time for Sen. Collins to show same courage as her role model
Brett Kavanaugh is an enemy of the senator’s principles, which means she needs to follow the example of Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and take a stand against his court nomination.
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Letter to the editor: Republican Collins showing partisan stripes on high court nominee
Re: “Democrats see little chance of blocking Kavanaugh’s confirmation to Supreme Court” (Aug. 10): Please stop running news stories that call Sen. Susan Collins a “moderate” who is “independent-minded.” She is now another political hack, on board with the Republican railroading of President Trump’s Supreme Court pick. She blandly pretends it’s normal to give this […]
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Letter to the editor: Where do Maine’s candidates for Senate stand on world’s problems?
As noted in a recent letter to the editor, “Writing’s on the side of the road – Sen. King has formidable competition” (Sept. 7), this November’s U.S. Senate race may be closer than we expect. I, for one, would like to hear more from candidates Eric Brakey, Zak Ringelstein and incumbent Sen. Angus King about […]
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Letter to the editor: Portland’s islands need community schools, working families, lower taxes
Last night there was a get-together at the American Legion for my middle grandson, who’s leaving for the Army. One of my grandsons was a Marine, and the youngest is still a Marine. The people who attended are the heart of our island community: people who serve food, cook, clean, plow snow, cut grass, put […]
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