DURHAM — To see the Shiloh Chapel today, perched atop a hill and surrounded by trees, it is hard to imagine that just a century ago it was home to a religious group that some viewed as a cult with global ambitions. The church was led by Frank Sandford, who came to Durham in […]
October 2018
Posted inTimes Record
Driven by grief, a Lisbon mother crusades for safer roads
LISBON — For Daphne Izer, Wednesday marked a painful anniversary. Jeff Izer (Photo courtesy of Trucksafety.org) “We relive everything,” Izer said. “It never gets easier.” Twenty-five years ago, Izer’s son, Jeff, 17, and four of his friends pulled into a breakdown lane on the Maine Turnpike after their car started to overheat. They were on […]
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Student notes: Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wentworth Institute of Technology The following local students have made the Dean’s List at Wentworth Institute of Technology for the school’s summer 2018 semester: Connor Edward Read of Bowdoinham, Lane Barrett Couture of Brunswick, William Henry Keefer Lawrence of Freeport, Zachariah Joseph Merrill of Pownal
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors
Maine state parks drawing record numbers of users in 2018
State officials say more than 255,500 campers stayed in state parks through Sept. 30, breaking the record of 254,789 set for all 12 months of 2016.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, New England, News
For sale to highest bidder: 12-pound chunk of the moon
An online auction runs from Thursday until Oct. 18.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High School football notebook: Hot teams meet for top spot in Class A North
Portland and Oxford Hills have rebounded from tough losses earlier in the season.
Posted inNation & World, News
Flight disrupted after passenger arrives with support squirrel
Frontier Airlines, which allows only cats and dogs on its flights, is forced to call police to remove the woman and rodent.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Patriots notebook: Michel is a work in progress
Running back Sonny Michel started slow with injuries, but is finding his stride.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
In Canada, countdown to legal pot
On Oct. 17, it becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace.
Posted inSports
Wednesday’s NFL notebook: Colts’ guard played with broken vertabrae
Matt Slauson was injured in last week’s game against the Patriots and will miss the rest of the season.