POPLARVILLE, Miss. — It is with great sadness to announce that, on Nov. 25, 2018, Judy Ann Boutilette died peacefully in her Mississippi home at the age of 63 after her battle with ALS with her loving husband James Boutilette by her side. She was the proud mother of four daughters. Of them, she is […]
2018
Changes in Portland Intercity bus service to begin next month
BIDDEFORD – ShuttleBus-ZOOM has announced that the Portland Intercity bus service will be reduced to one bus on Jan. 13. According to ShuttleBus-ZOOM, insufficient funding at the state level has generated this reduction in service. The Portland Intercity bus will run seven days a week. The first bus of the day will stop at SMHC […]
Midcoast officers among 62 police academy graduates
Maine’s 62 newest police officers graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro last week. Among the graduates are Devin Hook of the Bath Police Department, Whitney Burns of Brunswick PD and David Bellows of the Lincoln County Sherriff’s office. Two members of the Lisbon Police Department also graduated: Chandler Field and Nicholas Kauffman. […]
Peter Roff: Don’t let the nannystate quash vaping
There was a time when vaping – the practice of using a small, electronic device to inhale vapor – was thought to be the public health miracle of the half-century. While not quite up there with the polio vaccine or the still elusive cure for cancer, it proved a successful substitute for cigarette smokers among […]
Bertha M. Melnuk
WISCASSET — Bertha M. Melnuk, 93, most recently of HillHouse in Bath, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. She was born in Farmingdale on June 7, 1925, a daughter of William and Elsie (James) Daigle. She attended Gardiner schools and on February 3, 1943, she married Robert B. Melnuk. […]
Santa Claus Fund update: Santa is on His Way
The Santa Claus Fund provides gifts to children ages 6 months to 13 years as of Dec. 25, 2018. The children must physically reside in the towns of Brunswick, Harpswell, Litchfield, Topsham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Richmond, Woolwich, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Bath, West Bath and Phippsburg. Since last edition we received the following donations: Richard and Carol Antonak […]
Attorney files motion for contempt against Maine DHHS commissioner
Sarah Branch says her mentally ill client’s ordeal of having to spend nearly a month in jail before receiving court-ordered treatment is an example of a larger problem.
Chorus of female immigrants from Portland area to sing at U.N.
Pihcintu will mark the adoption of the Global Compact of Refugees with a performance Monday in New York.
Portland’s waterfront concerns offer a test case for rest of state
Other coastal communities are watching closely as the city calls for a pause on development to address fears that marine businesses are being squeezed out.
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