The next session for Adult Craft Time will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 at McArthur Library in Biddeford. Bring your creativity and make a take home craft. The library will provide the supplies. This month make tiny shadow boxes. McArthur Library is at 270 Main St. in Biddeford. Call 284-4181 for more details.
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CMP rates should be fair, affordable
Editor, Everyone knows that Maine winters can be brutal. In our rural state, some residents may become isolated and for those who are low income, the need for reliable and affordable electricity is imperative. Central Maine Power is the largest electricity provider in the state. The utility giant serves 600,000 electricity customers in central and […]
Maine seeking plan to manage growing black bear population
The state with most black bears on the East Coast might change the way it manages its growing population of the animals, and hunters and environmentalists alike are keeping a watchful eye to see if there’s trouble brewing for bruins. Maine is home to more than 35,000 of the bears, up from just 23,000 less […]
Women in Harmony sings for ‘Hope’
SACO — Women in Harmony, Portland’s 60-voice women’s chorus, presents its winter concert, “Hope,” on Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 at Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland. The chorus includes members from Saco, Scarborough, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and other towns throughout southern Maine. The concert will explore how we can turn the tide towards hope by […]
‘Buoy Local’ program comes to Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — Heart of Biddeford has joined forces with the Bangor SavingS Bank Buoy Local initiative to encourage residents to spend locally. Heart of Biddeford, a downtown revitalization organization, and Bangor Savings, which has an office at 208 Main St., will promote the bank’s Buoy Local program, which uses gift cards to promote small businesses […]
Local residents inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
BATON ROUGE, La. — The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: • Jessica Parry of Eliot , who was initiated at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services • Jessica Peck-Lindsey of Waterboro, […]
Maine connections lure Luke’s Lobster founder back to South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — For Luke Holden, building an international chain of 43 lobster restaurants all began with hunger, homesickness and a Google search. In less than a decade Luke’s Lobster has grown from one, seven-seat lobster shack in Manhattan’s East Village to a global restaurant and wholesale lobster business. Next summer, it will open its second […]
Falmouth Police Beat: Dec. 27
Arrests 12/20 at 6:41 p.m. Robert P. Feeney, 51, of Falmouth Road, was arrested on Falmouth Road by Officer Alex Beaton on an outstanding warrant. Summonses No criminal summonses were issued Dec. 14-21. Fire calls 12/14 at 3:21 p.m. Accident on U.S. Route 1. 12/14 at 3:22 p.m. Gasoline spill on U.S. Route 1. 12/14 […]
Harpswell Police Beat: Dec. 28
Arrests 12/23 at 4:49 p.m. Ian A. Fitzgerald, 29, of Basin Point Road, was arrested in Harpswell by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Samuel Cofone on a charge of violating conditions of release.
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