I did something for the first time ever Wednesday afternoon: sat and watched a news conference between the media outlets and President Trump. I wondered if, facing a room that didn’t consist of Mr. Trump’s base, it would be handled differently (i.e., with maturity, seriousness and empathy for someone beyond himself). Alas, my optimistic hopes […]
September 2018
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: On plan for new homeless shelter, stop screaming, start listening
I attended the Sept. 8 Hannaford Hall forum on the proposed homeless shelter abutting the Barron Center. These are my thoughts and observations: The presenters – City Manager Jon Jennings, Assistant City Manager Michael Sauschuck, interim Police Chief Vern Malloch and Oxford Street Shelter director Rob Parritt – gave a detailed history and summation regarding […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Pesticide policy should be set at local level
In the final farm bill, Congress should jettison a provision that would stop Mainers from making their own decisions on the use of insecticides.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High school football notebook: Contenders are finally matching up
Marshwood at Falmouth and a battle of Class D unbeatens highlight Friday’s action.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
After 40 years, the love goes on for Kennebunk football coach
Joe Rafferty is more than a longtime coach. He’s a guiding force for students who this fall is directing one of his best teams.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Spotlight stays on rape survivors as perpetrators, enablers evade scrutiny
Expecting people who have been hurt to keep revisiting their trauma will not foster a much-needed cultural shift or hold rapists accountable.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Bill Cosby’s sentence tells would-be sexual predators that society takes such crimes seriously
For too long, powerful men have escaped accountability for sexual misconduct involving less powerful women, but that tolerance seems to be fading.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: How we’re making climate change even more expensive
It’s not just the potential disruptions to weather systems, agriculture and coastal cities; it’s that we may respond to those problems in stupid and destructive ways.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Suspected dealer faces charges for cocaine, heroin sales
BIDDEFORD – A New York man has been arrested for selling cocaine and heroin in York County after an ongoing investigation. Reginald Lewis, 31, of the Bronx, was arrested Wednesday night at a Kennebunk hotel and charged with selling cocaine and heroin at locations in Biddeford and Saco, according to a press release from Maine […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Pingree assists Biddeford firm in obtaining $600,000 federal grant
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A boost from U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has helped Maine organization CEI to receive a $600,000 federal grant that will allow Junora, a manufacturing company in Biddeford, to create 30 new jobs in the city. The funding was awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Community Economic Development Program, which Pingree […]