OCEAN PARK — Josephine A. Hills, 95, of Ocean Park died April 8, 2019 after a short illness. Jo/Josie was born on Dec. 22, 1923 in Caribou to Alma and Arthur Anderson the youngest of seven. When her sister Carol became engaged, Jo met Carol‘s fiancé‘s younger brother Alfred and it was instant chemistry. They […]
2019
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Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Roland E. Morin
SACO – Roland E. Morin of Saco passed away on April 25, 2019 at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Lewiston, the son of Irene and Edmond Morin, he attended Lewiston schools and graduated from Lewiston High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in […]
Posted inHealth, News, Politics
Religious exemption to vaccination wouldn’t be keeping the faith
A day after the Maine Senate’s passage of a bill preserving the exemption, faith leaders and others say no major religious organizations oppose vaccinations to prevent infectious diseases.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Out of grade-school activism, lessons in changing the world
Young people bring a lot to the table, but that doesn’t excuse adult inaction, says the group of friends who – as kids – initiated Freeport’s 1990 polystyrene ban.
Posted inJournal Tribune
If you haven’t had a measles shot since you were a baby, you might need another
While measles hasn’t spread to Maine this year despite numerous outbreaks in other parts of the country – primarily in New York City and Washington state – some adults, especially those in their 30s, 40s and early 50s, are wondering whether they need a measles booster shot. When the measles vaccine (now called MMR for […]
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Federal, state investigators charge 25 people in Down East drug trafficking case
Federal prosecutors and state police announced charges against more than two dozen people from Maine and New York City in a sweeping drug trafficking case. Court documents show the charges resulted in an investigation into drugs – crack, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl – obtained in New York City and distributed in Washington and Hancock counties […]
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House fire displaces family in Fryeburg
FRYEBURG – A family is displaced but unharmed after a Friday morning house fire. Fryeburg Public Safety crews responded to the fire at a single-family, single-story home at 34 Morningside Drive at 9 a.m. The fire was limited to a single room in the home and the occupants were able to get out safely, Fire […]
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Mercy wins key approval to leave State Street campus for $75 million hospital
Portland’s Northern Light Mercy Hospital has reached another milestone in its ongoing plan to relocate from State Street to a newer medical campus along the Fore River Parkway. Mercy announced Friday that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has approved its certificate of need application for the planned move, which would consolidate most […]
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Vince Vaughn convicted of reckless driving for DUI arrest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Vince Vaughn has been convicted of reckless driving after his arrest for failing a drunken driving test last year. An attorney for the 49-year-old “Wedding Crashers” star entered a no contest plea to the misdemeanor count Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Vaughn was arrested June 10 at a sobriety […]
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