The former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency delivered a rousing call-to-action Wednesday to Maine environmental and conservation leaders in the face of the Trump’s administration attempts to rollback policies on climate change and pollution. In a speech to several hundred at a Maine Conservation Voters event in Portland, former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy […]
October 2018
Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary seeks members
BRUNSWICK — The Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary Annual Membership drive is underway with the goal of renewing current members, as well as seeking new individuals to join. The Auxiliary leads a number of fundraising activities throughout the year that provide financial resources to the hospital. Since the Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary was founded in 2001, it […]
On the Road Review: Kia Stinger GT
The polished machine evokes comparisons to luxury brands.
Russell Yerby Smith, Jr.
Russell Yerby Smith, Jr., of Phippsburg, died on Wednesday, September 19, at Horizons Living and Rehab Center in Brunswick. Russ was born in Orange, New Jersey, on December 25, 1932, the oldest of three sons of Russell and Judith (Talcott) Smith. He attended South Orange public schools where he played tennis, some football, and swam […]
Letters to the editor: Support for Ankeles, McCreight, Carson
Vote Ankeles for Brunswick Town Council I’ve always been an independent, and, because of the work I do (Economic Development), I think a lot about attracting more businesses to our state and getting more people to start businesses. So when I found out Dan Ankeles was running for the open at-large seat on the Town […]
Guest column: Congress should lead on climate change
The U.N. Secretary General, António Guterres, warned global leaders that we all risk “runaway” global warming if they do not rein in carbon emissions. Since preindustrial times the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased over 43 percent; and each year despite unenforceable, voluntary global carbon emission targets, the amount of carbon dioxide […]
Carlyne A. Cole Yankura
SACO — A memorial service for Carlyne A. Cole Yankura will be held on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 10 a.m. at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco. She passed away June 27, 2018 at her home in Lady Lake, Florida while surrounded by family.
Ready, set, go: New Sanford High School to open Tuesday
SANFORD – Landscaping companies were smoothing loam outside the building while contractors were working inside and teachers and other staff were unpacking at the new Sanford High School and Regional Technical Center. It was Thursday morning and classes are scheduled to open in the brand new facility on Tuesday. That means everyone is working hard […]
Investigators still looking for answers in ‘complex’ case of skydiver who fell to his death
Members of the Maine Warden Service head out as the search for the body of a missing skydiver continues at Skydive New England. Brett Bickford, 41, of Rochester, N.H., a skydive instructor, became detached from his partner during a tandem jump from an airplane Thursday afternoon. JILL BRADY/Portland Press Herald Investigators say it will take […]
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