OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Community groups hosting public events in Old Orchard Beach have a new way of getting the word out. On Tuesday night, the Town Council approved a policy by town staff to post notices on a digital sign installed in December on the corner of E. Emerson Cummings Boulevard and Saco Avenue […]
September 2018
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Letter to the editor: Here’s hoping bone spurs don’t inhibit Trump’s golf game
As the nation laid to rest our beloved and respected naval aviator and Arizona senator, one wondered: How much do bone spurs inhibit a person’s golf game? Paul Beach Kennebunk
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Part owner of Saco lobster company netted $1.5 million from scheme, lawsuit says
SACO — A lobster wholesaler is suing one of its part owners, alleging he embezzled nearly $1.5 million from the business. Sea Salt, which operates as a wholesaler and a restaurant on Route 1 in Saco, alleges that the part owner, Matthew Bellerose of Scarborough, set up a sham customer with another man and then […]
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Mainers weigh on on issues, candidates in AARP survey
PORTLAND — Health care is the top issue for Mainers 50 and older, according to a telephone survey of 804 registered voters conducted by AARP Maine Aug. 16 to 26. Respondents had no trouble identifying that issue. However, when it comes to candidate the results show, with some exceptions, between 12 and 16 percent were […]
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Fresh food program expands to serve more Maine seniors
An influx of federal aid is bolstering a program designed to make sure Maine seniors get fresh vegetables. The U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its support for the Maine Senior FarmShare Program by $60,000 this summer, allowing the program’s manager to clear a waiting list and open the program to an additional 1,000 Maine seniors. […]
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Untested Bills QB Peterman faces Ravens’ eager defense
BALTIMORE — In their first game under defensive coordinator Don Martindale, the Baltimore Ravens couldn’t draw up a better scenario. Buffalo Bills quarterback Nathan Peterman will make his third career start Sunday. In the first one, he threw five interceptions in the first half against the Chargers last November, and for an encore he completed […]
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Mike Johnson: Momentary Lives
In the dream, he looked just like Einstein. I knew this couldn’t be, but the professor’s hair was so wild, his speech so impassioned, and his pacing so intense that his trailing lab coat snapped as he spun to amplify his point. Breathing hard, he paused near the blackboard equations, his final question lingering uneasily […]
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Valerie Egar: Maggie’s Sunflower Truck
Maggie grew sunflowers on Sunnyvale Farm. In the spring, she plowed and fertilized the fields behind her house and planted seeds. She made a scarecrow to keep the crows away, because she knew how much crows loved sunflower seeds. She waited for a good spring rain. When the seeds sprouted, Maggie watched over them. She […]
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Bill Daily, sidekick on hit 60s and 70s sitcoms, dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Daily, the comic sidekick to leading men on the sitcoms “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Bob Newhart Show,” has died, a family spokesman said Saturday. Daily died of natural causes in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday, at his home where he had been living with his son, J. Patrick […]
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How can life insurance help you?
You may not be aware of it, but September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. Of course, you probably recognize, at least in a general sense, the importance of life insurance, but do you know the various ways in which it can help you? Life insurance can play a sizable role in your ability to achieve […]
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