YORK COUNTY — As stranded seals continue to pop up on shores, state and federal officials are advising people to report any sightings of dead seals on beaches. Hundreds of seals have washed up on the shores of coastal beaches in New England over the past couple of months. According to information from the […]
September 2018
Therese Delage
BIDDEFORD — Therese “Terry” (LaBonte) Delage, age 91 of Biddeford, passed away peacefully after a long illness on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation & Residence in Portland where she has been a residence the past few years. Terry was born in Biddeford on Jan. 1, 1927 the daughter of Henri and Melina […]
Saco residents to vote whether mayor to preside over school board
SACO – Four school board members are up for re-election, with one running unopposed. Only residents in odd-numbered wards will be voting for school board candidates. School board terms run for three years. Current School Board Member Garrett Abrahmson is running unopposed for the Ward 1 school board seat. Current Ward 3 School Board Member […]
New rules tied to previous tree-cutting convictions put Buxton logger in a bind
A Buxton man may be among the first few loggers in Maine to feel the sting of a state law that imposes tough new rules on forestry workers who have past convictions for cutting down trees illegally. But Anthony P. Boisvert, 31, said he is the target of unfair enforcement by the Maine Forest Service […]
Gary Anderson: An appreciation of fall
Fall’s my favorite time of year. Why that is I don’t really know. There’s just something about its mere approach that arrests my attention in calling me to recall how its arrival is always accompanied by a mixture of fondness and appreciation. It’s that place on the calendar where nostalgia awaits, where present and past […]
Letters to the editor: For and against Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh an advocate for women Judge Brett Kavanaugh does have a history of women and women’s right s— but it is one that should lead to women’s support, not opposition. As a father of two daughters, he advocates for women seriously. Kavanaugh has hired more women as law clerks than men. Eighty-four percent of those […]
John Edwin Halpin
John Edwin Halpin of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, age 69, passed away peacefully at home on July 26, 2018, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on January 19, 1949 in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and was a longtime resident of Phippsburg. “Jack” was a U.S. Navy aviation weather forecaster, a staff meteorologist on the summit of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, and a […]
Maine Med files plans for 6-story building on Congress Street
PORTLAND — Maine Medical Center is moving forward with the third and final phase of the hospital’s $525 million expansion project, filing site plans for a six-story building on Congress Street in Portland’s West End. Maine Med’s application, filed Tuesday with the Portland Planning Board, proposes a 265,000-square-foot building with a main entrance to the […]
SMCC student dies in South Portland crash
A 20-year-old Southern Maine Community College student from Wilton died as a result of injuries he suffered in a single-car crash near the entrance to Bug Light Park on Monday night, South Portland police said. Emergency workers were called to the park around 9:21 p.m. by the driver of a 2004 Volvo. Police say the […]
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