Topsham Garden Club recognized for award-winning website Topsham Garden Club was awarded with The Suzanne Bushnell Website Award A, for the design and management by a club for their website page, at the Garden Club Federation of Maine Convention in June in Wells. The club also received the first place MP-3 (A) award from the […]
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Sanford student part of champion drum and bugle corps
SANFORD – A soon-to-be Sanford High School senior, Rylee Jones, will head back to school this fall as a world champion, after winning a title as a member of the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps at the Drum Corps International DCI Open Class World Championship Finals in Marion, Ind. Jones has played trumpet with the […]
York County Shelter Programs receive donation from Partners Bank
SANFORD — Partners Bank has awarded York County Shelter Programs a $500 gift from its monthly Employee Donation Program. For August, York County Shelter Programs was named by Partners employee Matt LaPierre, who was randomly selected as the 41st employee to participate in this program. YCSP provides adult-shelter services at Shaker Hill in Alfred, and family emergency-shelter services […]
Greenland fallout: Trump scolds Denmark over rejection
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Escalating an international spat , President Donald Trump said Wednesday he scrapped his trip to Denmark because the prime minister made a “nasty” statement when she rejected his idea to buy Greenland as an absurdity. “You don’t talk to the United States that way, at least under me,” Trump told reporters in Washington. “I thought […]
Byron York: Democrats leave no options for ‘Never Trumpers’
The small but vocal group of Republicans and former Republicans who oppose President Donald Trump has watched in horror as Democrats veered leftward, embracing “Medicare for All,” virtually open borders, sky-high taxes and other positions no conservative could ever accept. The Never Trumpers see disaster coming in the form of the president winning reelection over […]
Give seal pups their space
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — On Friday, Old Orchard Beach summer reserve officers responded to a call around noon that a seal pup was on the beach in the Atlantic Avenue area. There were reportedly about 200 people in the area of the beach, said OOB Police Captain David Hemingway. People were surrounding the animal and […]
Old Orchard Beach Fire Department to get new ambulance
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – The Old Orchard Beach Fire Department will have a new ambulance in its fleet next year. The Fire Department responds to nearly 3,000 calls a year. The department has a fire chief, deputy fire chief, billing clerk, 16 full-time firefighters, 25 part-time emergency medical service personnel, 18 call force and 20 […]
Get Wet: Duck into Kettle Cove for an end-of-summer dip
Crescent Beach’s little sister has a sandy inlet, picnic spot and walking trails.
Our View: New forest products put Maine on right track
Wood fiber insulation and bridge supports are restoring jobs that were lost to declines in the paper industry.
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