2018
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Posted inJournal Tribune
Maine friars closing bakery to open taproom
BUCKSPORT (AP) — Two Maine friars say they are closing down their iconic bakery to open up a brewery. The Bangor Daily News reports Friar’s Bakehouse in Bangor will close Friday after more than 18 years. Franciscan Brothers Donald Paul and Kenneth Leo say they plan to open their new venture, the Friar’s Brewhouse Tap Room, this […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
School bus catches fire on morning route
ORONO (AP) — Officials say students and staff escaped unharmed from a Maine high school bus that caught fire leaving the University of Maine. Orono Fire Capt. Joel Sides says the bus was carrying Hermon High School students and staff members, and passers-by were attempting to extinguish the flames by the time first responders arrived […]
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Neighbors alert police, others before child’s death
BELFAST (AP) — Former neighbors of a couple accused of fatally beating a 10-year-old girl said they heard abuse months ago and reported it to police and the state health and human services’ officials. Julio and Sharon Carrillo, of Stockton Springs, were each ordered held Wednesday on $500,000 cash bail during their first court appearance […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, March 1, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Roast pork, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, March 1, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, March 2, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of […]
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New brewery helps save old Gorham gem
Kai Adams, one of three co-owners of the new Sebago Brewing facility in Gorham, shows a tour group new equipment. Kai Adams Production plant Sebago Brewing A cap in the production plant GORHAM — Sebago Brewing Company’s new facility that opened to the public Tuesday on Route 25 in Gorham is a shining example of […]
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Arts Calendar
Music March 3 Connor Garvey, 7:30 p.m., folk singer/songwriter, coffeehouse at First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, $10. March 5 Classical Guitar Master Class with Lily Afshar, 5-7 free. March 6 Classical Guitar Concert with Lily Afshar, 7:30 p.m. A concert of classical guitar works, featuring Lily Afshar, will be the next […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Drug overdose deaths rise in Portland and statewide
PORTLAND — With fentanyl increasingly to blame, overdose deaths in the state climbed 11 percent in 2017. Attorney General Janet Mills announced Feb. 22 there were 418 overdose deaths in Maine last year, based on data collected and analyzed by Dr. Marcella Sorg. “While the increase is not as significant as the nearly 40 percent increase […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Let me get a few things off my chest
Last week I was so exercised that I wrote three entire Universal Notebook columns and could have written six. So to get a few things off my chest and clear my desktop, I have decided to combine them into one concentrated gripe session. Gripe 1: While watching the PyeongChang Olympics I saw an interview with […]