LOS ANGELES (AP) — Immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities filed a lawsuit Monday decrying what they called shoddy medical care and a failure by authorities to provide accommodations for disabilities. In the suit filed by disability and civil rights advocates in U.S. District Court, immigrants said they’re placed in isolation as punishment and denied […]
2019
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Posted inJournal Tribune
Friends of the Ogunquit Heritage Museum schedule annual fundraiser
OGUNQUIT — The Friends of the Ogunquit Heritage Museum will conduct their annual fundraiser for the Ogunquit Heritage Museum from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15. All are welcome and encouraged to come. It is not just for members. During the event, the Friends will be host their 3rd annual “Dinner and a […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Include licensed counselors in library mental health initiative
Your recent editorial on the placement of social workers in public libraries to “reach people in deep need” (Our View, Aug. 15) is a welcomed message, one I hope Maine municipalities will consider as they seek to promote mental wellness. I wish, however, that you had included licensed professional counselors as contributing mental health caregivers […]
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‘The neighborhood from hell’ leaves residents in limbo
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Before the foreclosure auction, Jack and Sue Cary had lived in their retirement home on Nicklaus Drive for nearly three years. They made a playroom for their grandchildren in the basement, hung family photos on the walls and planted flowers from their previous house in the garden. But all along there […]
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Biddeford council to consider hiring consultant to review downtown parking
The Biddeford City Council will consider a recommendation Tuesday to hire a consultant to review the city’s downtown parking program. The recommendation to hire a consultant comes from the Downtown Committee, which was created to respond to issues related to downtown parking. The city implemented a parking management plan last year that includes hourly paid […]
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Gary Scott Smith: To go or not to go
I recently returned from a mission trip to Brazil with eleven members of my Presbyterian church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Partnering with a Presbyterian congregation in Manaus, our team, which included three physicians and two nurses, furnished medical assistance, dental instruction, drugs, and eye glasses to more than 600 children and adults in four remote […]
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The Rock announces wedding on Instagram
NEW YORK (AP) — With a simple “We do,” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced his wedding to his longtime girlfriend on Instagram. A photo of the movie star and Lauren Hashian was posted on the social media site. Both were wearing white, and they were standing overlooking the ocean. The post said the date of their apparent […]
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Another View: Warnings on tobacco products actually work. Here’s why
The sooner these graphic new labels are on tobacco packages, the better.
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