YORK – A Massachusetts man drowned while swimming at Long Sands Beach in York late Thursday afternoon, police said. York police Sgt. John Lizanecz identified the man in a news release as Kenneth Frank Lombardo Jr., 42, of Woburn. The police department’s dispatch center started receiving multiple calls around 4:38 p.m. alerting authorities to a […]
2019
Posted inJournal Tribune
Organizers turn to churches in effort to undo abortion and assisted-suicide laws
AUBURN — Opponents of state laws that legalize medication-assisted suicide and require Medicaid and private insurers to cover abortions are enlisting some of the state’s largest Christian churches to gather enough voter signatures to put the laws on hold before they go into effect next month. Carroll Conley, executive director of the Christian Civic League […]
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Wardens find Freeport teenager who drowned in Saco River
A diver from the Maine Warden Service recovered the body of a 17-year-old Freeport boy who drowned Friday after using a rope swing on the Saco River in Buxton. Steel Crawford, who was swimming with friends at Pleasant Point Park, let go of the rope swing and landed awkwardly in deep water and never surfaced, […]
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On the Road Review: Toyota Sienna SE Premium AWD Minivan
Power, ride, space, comfort, safety features … There’s a lot to like.
Posted inJournal Tribune, South Portland Sentry
Youth re-imagine climate awareness
SOUTH PORTLAND — Four South Portland teens tackled the issue of educating youth about climate change and strategized methods for mobilizing youth involvement in climate change resilience. On Aug. 1, Armel Maloji, Ruben Monteiro, and Reina Ruzigana presented their team’s efforts and results at the Gateway to Opportunity (G2O) closing event, held at the McKernan […]
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Judge allows Cuba Gooding Jr. groping case to go forward
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City judge rejected actor Cuba Gooding Jr.’s request to have his groping case thrown out. Judge Phyllis Chu said in a written ruling this week that conflicting accounts of the accusations against the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star should be resolved at a trial starting Sept. 3. An attorney […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Scarborough Leader
Bessey Commons to add senior units
SCARBOROUGH — The town council approved the allocation of $300,000 to the Bessey Commons II affordable housing project on July 17. The funding would serve alongside $100,000 allocated last year, to leverage proposed housing expansion to future investors. The funds would come from the town’s $1.2 million Affordable Housing Initiative and bring the project’s overall […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Let’s all push for an end to the hate-spewing that fuels gun violence
Voters, politicians and religious leaders should all recognize and respond when political rhetoric goes too far.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Stopping gun deaths starts with pressure on Washington
With the recent shootings, it is time to stop talking and do something. What can you do? How about writing your member of Congress and your senators to pass legislation outlawing assault-type rifles, requiring stringent background checks for all gun sales and limiting the magazines of guns and rifles to no more than five bullets? […]
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