SANFORD – Flemish Master Weavers, the south Sanford-based manufacturer of area rugs, has prevailed in its application for relief from an 8.8 percent import tariff on yarn used to manufacture the rugs. Maine’s Congressional delegation announced the exemption from the tariff on Tuesday. “The ruling by the Foreign Trade Zones Board helps to level the […]
October 2018
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Arts education in Maine gets boost from $2.5 million federal grant
Portland education group Side x Side and its partner, the University of Southern Maine, received a four-year, $2.5 million federal grant to expand an arts education program that blends academics with the arts. In 2014, the group got a $1.9 million federal grant to do work, called Project Imagine, in Portland schools. The program is used […]
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Patriots have short turnaround with Rodgers, Packers next
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots are accustomed to making adjustments. That was certainly their philosophy during their matchup with the Bills on Monday night. Down to just two healthy running backs on the roster with leading rusher and rookie Sony Michel inactive with a knee injury, New England started receiver Cordarrelle Patterson in the backfield […]
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Leak continues despite repeated attempts to fix the problem
Sounds like a perfect candidate for a trade-in.
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Calling 207 initiative assists in tree planting at The Ecology School
On Tuesday, Oct. 16 a group of volunteers from Poland Spring, the city of Saco and The Ecology School put down roots at the school’s new location at River Bend Farm. The school was one of the winners of Poland Spring’s Calling 207 program, a summer long initiative where Poland Spring solicited nominations for community programs that […]
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Therese B. Truman
PORTLAND — Therese B. Truman, age 91 of Saco, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 at the Barron Center with family by her side. She was born on Oct. 24, 1927 in Springvale, Maine the daughter of Edgar Carette and Rose Anna (Daigle) Carette. She attended school in Sanford. On Nov. 26, 1946 she married Robert […]
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Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Notre Dame top 1st CFP rankings
If you don’t like the first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, don’t worry. Saturday’s slate of huge games guarantees major changes are coming next week. Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Notre Dame were the top four teams in the initial CFP rankings Tuesday night. After meeting for a day and a half at a hotel […]
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Recording Academy to honor Willie Nelson
NEW YORK (AP) — The Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing will honor Willie Nelson days before the 2019 Grammy Awards. The academy announced Tuesday that Nelson’s career and achievements will be celebrated on Feb. 6, 2019, at The Village Studios in Los Angeles. Neil Portnow, the academy’s president and CEO, says in a statement […]
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Cavs’ All-Star Love to miss ‘weeks’ with painful toe injury
CLEVELAND — Kevin Love doesn’t know when he’ll be able to help the struggling Cavaliers. The All-Star forward said Tuesday night that he will miss at least several weeks with a painful left toe injury that has bothered him since the preseason and recently got so severe that he had trouble walking. He did not […]
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World Series ratings sharply down from last year
NEW YORK — It was a great World Series for Boston, but not necessarily for Fox. The Red Sox’ five-game victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 14.1 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. That’s sharply down from the 2018 Fall Classic, which averaged 18.9 million viewers for the Houston Astros’ seven-game triumph over the […]
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