BRUNSWICK – Donald M. Trice, 92, of Maquoit Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at Mid Coast Hospital. He was born in Allisona, Tenn. on Jan. 28, 1927, the son of Grover and Carrie McCall Trice. Donald attended Tennessee schools joining the Navy in January of 1945. Donald had a long productive Navy career, retiring […]
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Lewiston chicken owners confused about ordinance
LEWISTON — All the man wanted to do was build himself a coop, get some chickens and start enjoying the fresh eggs. He went to City Hall to ask about permits. He checked the city webpage to look over the local ordinance pertaining to chickens. Everything looked good, so he went out and spent $1,000 […]
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Sen. Enzi: Editorial misleads on tax cuts, federal budget woes
The problem stems from an aging population and rising health care costs – not from the 2017 tax reform.
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Earnhardt takes weekend off after plane crash near Bristol
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will take the weekend off from broadcasting to be with his wife and daughter after the three were in a plane crash landing Thursday near Bristol Motor Speedway. The 44-year-old television analyst and retired driver was taken to a hospital for evaluation after the crash in east Tennessee. […]
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Our View: Portland shelter showcased Maine’s humanity
While the Trump administration resorted to threats, menace and cruelty, our state found another way.
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Woman, 75, drowns when canoe overturns on Androscoggin River
BETHEL — Authorities say a 75-year-old woman from Maryland drowned in the Androscoggin River when the canoe she was in overturned and she became trapped beneath it. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said the accident that killed Xiaolian Ding of Silver Spring happened at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the vicinity […]
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Letter to the editor: Lessons in survival taking up more of the U.S. schoolday
Meanwhile, children in countries with lower rates of gun violence spend that time actually learning things that will prepare them for an evolving world.
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Letter to the editor: Lobstermen have the chance to help save right whales
I’d like to ask Maine’s lobstermen to take this rare opportunity to repay the ocean that provides their living. They are being offered a choice: They can pitch in to help save the North Atlantic right whale from extinction. Or they can save a few thousand dollars. They can help rescue these awesome creatures, which […]
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Arundel farmers say blood samples show high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
An Arundel couple whose dairy farm is contaminated by so-called “forever chemicals” had up to 20 times the national average of PFAS in their blood, according to test results released Thursday by the farmers’ attorneys. Fred and Laura Stone’s dairy operation has been shut down because of chemical pollution in their groundwater, soil and cows’ […]
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Letter to the editor: Treat drug users as the criminals they are
I am responding to Angel Melvin and Elizabeth Handschy, authors of an Aug. 7 letter regarding the Portland Press Herald’s coverage of the arrest of Jesse Harvey, founder of Journey House Recovery and the Church of Safe Injection. The writers were very critical of the article, claiming it promotes the idea that “people who use […]
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