The last of the geese went by the other day. The late ones. The big dark geese. Headed south noisily. I used to envy them, somehow. They go down there to the warm coastal areas where the jacks swim and the nights are chilly but livable this time of year. If they’re especially sensitive geese, […]
2018
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Gordon Weil: White House policy by Twitter causes uncertainty
The biggest problem facing the U.S. is not immigration, health care or a trade war. It is uncertainty. The inability of business leaders, pension fund managers, foreign government heads, Congress and individuals to count on usual practices and policies has created deep worries. The stock market is not a reliable measure of all these concerns, […]
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The Book Corner
Destiny and Power The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham Published by Random House 2015 Pages 836 Price $35 Jon Meacham’s book on the life of the late President George H. W. Bush is one of the most outstanding biographies I have read in many years. Why? Meacham is a great […]
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Another Maine trooper sustains injuries in rear-end turnpike crash
For the second time in just over a week, a Maine State Trooper has been injured when his cruiser was struck from behind while parked in a breakdown lane of the Maine Turnpike. Trooper Ryan Keller was parked at mile 70 in New Gloucester, on the northbound side of the highway, when the crash happened […]
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Documents reveal buyer of Portland’s Time & Temperature Building
Public documents reveal that the buyer of Portland’s iconic but troubled Time & Temperature Building is connected to a local developer based in Falmouth. A quitclaim deed dated Dec. 12 lists the buyer as TT Maine Venture LLC of Delaware, and an accompanying document from the state Department of Environmental Protection names Falmouth developer Chris […]
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LePage takes parting shot at ‘stolen election’ that cost fellow Republican his seat in Congress
Jared Golden will be sworn in with the other members of the incoming Congress on Jan. 3. Gov. Paul LePage signed off on the state’s first-in-the-nation ranked-choice election to Congress on Friday, but also left a note of protest against the voter-approved election law that propelled Democratic state Rep. Jared Golden to a victory over […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Kennebunk Post
Restoration begins for Kennebunkport’s Town House School
KENNEBUNKPORT — In some ways, preserving a historical building is a direct link for future residents to the past and that’s the goal of the Kennebunkport Historical Society’s efforts to restore the Town House School. Renovation work on the Town House School, the last one-room schoolhouse in Kennebunkport, began earlier this month. The $450,000 project […]
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Hockey team will depend on defense
The Cheverus/Kennebunk girls’ ice hockey team used offense to capture the regional championship in its 2017-2018 campaign — this season, the squad will try to use defense to get the same results. “I think we’re learning to play a different style,” said Cheverus/Kennebunk head coach Scott Rousseau. “There are a lot of ways to win […]
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Thomas L. Perreault
LYMAN — Thomas Louis Perreault, 66, of Lyman, passed away Dec. 22, 2018. He was born May 12, 1952 in Biddeford to George Louis and Gisella Valeria (Blais) Perreault. Tom graduated from Thornton Academy and joined the United States Marines shortly after. Following his service to our country, he worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as […]
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Stephenson happy to be back with Red Storm
SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough wrestling program struggled to find a new leader after Deron Sharp decided to step away after the 2017-18 campaign, but eventually a familiar face stepped up to help the Red Storm. Former head coach Shane Stephenson decided to jump back into the coaching world and he’s joined by co-head coach Andrew […]
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