October 2018
Letters: What to expect at the Maquoit Bay hearing; Stolen signs show Berry’s the right choice
What to expect at the Maquoit Bay hearing On Sept. 27, the residents of Spinney Creek attended a hearing on a lease proposed by the Spinney Creek Oyster Co. to expand oyster cages to cover 4 acres of a 127 acre nonflushing salt pond. The lease hearing conducted by the Maine Department of Marine Resources […]
Greg Kesich: Janet Mills campaigns in prose
Mario Cuomo said, “You campaign in poetry and govern in prose.” But when you watch Janet Mills, you wonder if she got the message. These days, the Democratic candidate for governor does most of her campaigning in prose. It’s not that she’s boring. Mills is feisty and funny and she knows state government inside and […]
Supreme Court dogfight recalls events 130 years ago
The president is shaking up the established order. He nominates a man for appointment to the Supreme Court who appears qualified, but critics say the nominee has a troubling past and a controversial record in legal cases. Also, an election is only a few weeks away. While all these facts describe the recent national drama […]
Hill parking advice seems contradictory
Clearly, this reader has been paying attention.
Angie Prefontaine
SANFORD —Angie Prefontaine, 92, of Sanford, died Oct. 5 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a long illness. She was born in Sacre Coeur de Marie, Quebec, Canada on June 17, 1926, the daughter of Arthur and Sophie (Veilleux) Carrier, came here as a young child and attended Notre Dame School in […]
After flap, Trump says he has no plans to fire Rosenstein
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he has no plans to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, delivering a reprieve for the Justice Department official whose future has been the source of intense speculation for two weeks. Trump told reporters at the White House that he had “a very good relationship” with Rosenstein and […]
Suzanne Greeley
BIDDEFORD — Suzanne Lavigne Greeley, 1948 to 2018, born Feb. 3, 1948 in Biddeford. Daughter of Georgette Pelletier Lavigne, graduated from Biddeford High in 1966, predeceased by her mother Georgette Lavigne, husband Butch Greeley, son Scott Greeley. Surviving family are son, Mark Greeley of St. Albans, Maine, her sister, Carmen Dufour and husband, Paul of Hollis, five grandchildren […]
From ‘special seed’ to 2,170-pound winning pumpkin
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — “One special seed” and months of care by an Oregon commercial pilot produced a massive pumpkin that tipped the scales at a global weigh-in Monday in Northern California, the fourth time his gargantuan plants were awarded top honors. Steve Daletas of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, also credited lots of sunny […]
John L. Micek: ‘Self-Made’ Trump was a Millionaire in Elementary School
Back in October 2016, when she was asked to explain how it was that then-candidate Donald Trump managed to overcome his fantastic wealth and connect with lunch-pail voters in Rust Belt America, Vanity Fair contributing editor Fran Lebowitz came up with an aphorism to beat a campaign filled with aphorisms. “He’s a poor person’s idea […]
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