Editor, In response to a recent Letter to the Editor, “Columnist deserves criticism for his skewed view”: Donald Trump lost the popular vote by almost three MILLION votes. The fact that he (barely) won the Electoral Collage is a national travesty highlighting the undemocratic way that system works. Mr. Haggett goes on to criticize President Obama for things […]
September 2018
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High School Roundup: Biddeford, Falmouth battle to tie in field hockey showdown
BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford and Falmouth field hockey teams battled it out at Waterhouse Field on Tuesday night despite the heavy rain — and in the end the two teams would leave with a 2-2 tie. Falmouth opened the scored at the 28:08 mark of the first half as Liberty Ladd scored to put the […]
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Dozens of Kavanaugh protesters arrested at Sen. Collins’ D.C. office
Hundreds of people protesting the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court packed the hallway next to Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Washington on Monday. U.S. Capitol Police arrested dozens, according to news reports, including about a dozen Maine activists who had made the trip to Capitol Hill. Protesters have targeted Collins, a Republican, […]
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Lewiston to restrict swimming in sweeping changes to school field trip policy
LEWISTON — The School Committee on Monday night voted to approve the first of two readings on sweeping changes to the School Department’s field trip policy. The stricter trip rules are in response to the death of 13-year-old Rayan Issa, a Lewiston Middle School student who drowned June 12 during a school outing to Range Pond […]
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Happy times for Tiger Woods heading into Ryder Cup
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Tiger Woods paused on his walk toward the 18th green at Le Golf National and threw his head back in laughter. These are happy times for Woods, regardless of whatever Bryson DeChambeau said to cause such a reaction Tuesday. Now if he can get that to translate in the Ryder Cup. For […]
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Jonathan Crimmins: Family loses tree house, thanks to Brunswick overreach
I had no intention of writing on a topic like this for my weekly column. I had a fun idea for a column, alas over the weekend I received a tip from a reader that just had me shaking my head. This week’s example of governmental insanity comes to you by way of the town’s […]
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Raymond G. Demers, Sr.
BIDDEFORD — Raymond G. Demers, Sr. was born Sept. 6, 1935 in Biddeford to Rosario and Rose Eva (Manseau) Demers. He passed Sept. 23, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. He attended St. Joseph’s School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, serving eight years in the reserves from which he was honorably […]
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Bill Cosby gets 3 to 10 years in prison for sex assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was led off to prison in handcuffs Tuesday at age 81, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his gated estate. The punishment made him the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to […]
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UN cautions against populism in high-level week
UNITED NATIONS — Warning that the world has a bad case of “trust deficit disorder” and risks “runaway climate change,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders Tuesday to abandon unilateralism and reinvigorate cooperation as the only way to tackle the challenges and threats of increasingly chaotic times. The U.N. chief painted a grim picture […]
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