AUGUSTA — A piglet-at-large who was caught after dodging traffic on Route 3 Saturday has been returned back to its owner. City police received a report around 6 p.m. on Saturday that the 50-pound piglet was running in traffic on North Belfast Avenue, just east of Church Hill Road, said Sgt. Jesse Brann. “A good Samaritan stopped […]
October 2018
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Opinion
Greg Kesich: Sen. Collins’ year of surprises
A year ago, the political world’s attention was fixed on the Oct. 13 meeting of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce in Rockport, where Maine Sen. Susan Collins was finally going to say if she planned to run for governor in 2018. When Collins announced that she would skip the race and stay in the Senate, […]
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Letters to the editor: Sounding off on proposed oyster farm
Proposed oyster farm will ruin view of Maquoit Bay I have been coming to the shores of Maquoit Bay for more than 35 years. It has been a welcome escape from the busyness of city life. I fish, swim, boat, and simply take in the beauty of the bay. For the last two years, the […]
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Red Sox ace Sale out of hospital, will rejoin team at Game 3
HOUSTON — Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale will be back with his teammates for Game 3 of the AL Championship Series after an overnight stay in a hospital because of a stomach illness. Boston said it planned to wait until he rejoins the team in Houston on Tuesday before deciding when the lanky lefty […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Margaret B. Sweeney
BIDDEFORD – Margaret B. Sweeney, 96 of Pool Road passed away Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. She was born in Yorkshire England on May 15, 1922 the daughter of Victor and Ellen Langley Beecroft. Margaret came to the United States at a young age. She attended local schools and graduated from Biddeford High School. She later […]
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Maine’s former top health official Mary Mayhew to head Medicaid nationally
Mary Mayhew, Maine’s former commissioner of Health and Human Services, shown in April, has been appointed by the Trump Administration to head the Medicaid program. DEREK DAVIS/Portland Press Herald Former Maine health commissioner and Republican candidate for governor Mary Mayhew has landed a job in the Trump administration. Seema Verma, head of the U.S. Centers for […]
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Jets’ Darnold paid close attention to Cousins’ free agency
NEW YORK — Sam Darnold was uncertain where his NFL career would begin while he was preparing for the draft. The former Southern California quarterback also was keeping tabs on what team Kirk Cousins would choose in free agency. Darnold knew Cousins’ situation would likely affect his future. “I was really just paying attention, especially […]
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No cellphones, no gas: No end to misery in hurricane zone
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Residents of hurricane-ravaged communities in Florida’s Panhandle turned to volunteers and each other for help Monday, the fifth day without cell service, electricity or, in many cases, shelter. Trevor Lewis, a member of a six-person search-and-rescue unit, said he watched storm victims “cry out in joy” when his team let them […]
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Ann Curry to host TV show to solve medical mysteries
NEW YORK (AP) — Ann Curry is getting into the business of medical crowdsourcing on television. The former “Today” show anchor has agreed to anchor a Turner series that describes people with mysterious medical ailments, in the hope of reaching doctors or patients who have seen something similar and gotten help. Curry said Monday that […]
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