Is the pro-life movement on Capitol Hill dead? If it is, it’s congressional Republicans who have killed it. Funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—where nearly all federal pro-life policy resides—will pass a Republican Congress this month without a single new pro-life policy attached to it. Specifically, the bill would continue to […]
September 2018
Erich Reimer: Are You Ready For Election Day 2018?
The 2018 midterm elections are coming up in just barely a month and a few weeks. On Nov. 6, 2018, members of the 116th Congress will be elected in states and districts across the country as Americans go to the polls in a beautiful exercise of “government by the people, for the people.” It seems such […]
Judge orders former prison guard to pay $1.1 million to woman he’s accused of assaulting
A federal judge has awarded $1.1 million to a woman who says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a former Maine State Prison guard. The woman alleged in a lawsuit that the guard, Joshua Dall-Leighton, assaulted her several times in a prison van while taking her from the Southern Maine Re-entry Center in Alfred to […]
Kennebunk High grads making their mark as college coaches
Every high school team has players on it who you can point to and say “they will be a coach one day.” That has certainly been the case at Kennebunk High School, which has not only produced high school coaches but currently has an impressive number of former Rams working in college athletics. “I mean […]
Knights, Hawks settle for tie
NORTH BERWICK — The Noble and Marshwood girls soccer teams battled it out at William R. Bourbon Stadium on Wednesday night and in the end the two teams would leave with a 1-1 tie. The Hawks (4-1-2) dominated possession during the first half. They opened up the scoring at the 11:18 mark as Zoe Boyer […]
High School Roundup: Strong first half leads TA over Massabesic
WATERBORO — A strong first half led the visiting Thornton Academy field hockey team to a 2-1 victory over Massabesic on Wednesday night. The Trojans (7-3) opened up the scoring at the 17:52 mark of the first half as Lily Stark scored off an assist from Cat Henaire. Stark scored again with 8:45 left in […]
Polly Hickey
KENNEBUNK — Palene E. “Polly” Hickey, 91, of Kennebunk, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough following a period of failing health. Polly, as she was known to all who knew her, was born June 29, 1927 in Biddeford, the daughter of Jere and Blanche Cantara Small, and is a graduate […]
Sheriff’s office warns of phone scam
ALFRED — The York County Sheriff’s Office is warning people of a phone scam through which someone impersonates a sheriff’s deputy. A Shapleigh woman received a phone call from someone claiming to be a York County Sheriff’s deputy, according to a statement from the York County Sheriff’s Office. The man on the other end of […]
Meeting set to address Emerald Ash Borer in Western York County
LEBANON — As the state’s crisis deepens over the invasive emerald ash borer, officials from the Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry Maine Forest Service and Division of Animal and Plant Health, the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and USDA Forest Service have scheduled an informational session and public […]
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