SEGUIN ISLAND — Just days before volunteers are set begin preparing Seguin Island Light Station for another season of visitors, the power is out on the island. That leaves the coming season of lighthouse tours in the lurch as the organization that owns the island scurries to raise money for a generator. Opening day, normally […]
2019
Hundreds quarantined on Scientology cruise ship because of measles infection
According to reports, the ship is “Freewinds,” a boat owned by the Church of Scientology.
PeoplesChoice Credit Union awards five scholarships
BIDDEFORD — At a recent Member Meeting attended by more than 250 people at the Biddeford High School Theater, PeoplesChoice President Luke Labbe presented five “Maine Merits” scholarships to area high school and college students. “We are honored to offer support to our younger members as they take the next steps toward success. Congratulations to these […]
Kennebunk High School honor roll
KENNEBUNK — Administrators at Kennebunk High School have announced top academic performers achieving distinction on the school’s honor roll for the third quarter of the 2018-2019 school year. In order to qualify for the KHS Honor Roll, students must have a 2 or higher on the Guiding Principles. FRESHMEN High Honors Tyler Adams, Annika Barstow, […]
Sensitive Loki seeks new adoptive home through AWS
KENNEBUNK — Loki’s sweet, adorable face and his deep, sensitive eyes drew you in, didn’t they? That soulful look, so full of love Now he’s a staff fave with the Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk. Staff are hoping he soon finds new people to spoil him and love him. Loki came to the Animal Welfare […]
Byron York: Amid good news, can Democrats talk down the economy?
“The recession talk in late 2018 got way, way out of hand,” the New York Times economic reporter Neil Irwin tweeted a few days ago. Indeed it did. Irwin’s tweet came shortly after the government released figures showing the economy grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of this year. […]
Community concert in Biddeford on May 5
The Annual Good Shepherd Parish Community Concert will be held at St. Joseph Church on Elm Street in Biddeford on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 1 p.m. The 90-minute concert will be organized by Church Music Director Helene Fortier and all the pieces will be performed by talented local musicians. There is no charge for the […]
Barr, Mueller trade barbs as Russia probe rift goes public
WASHINGTON (AP) — Private tensions between Justice Department leaders and special counsel Robert Mueller’s team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion Wednesday as Attorney General William Barr pushed back at the special counsel’s “snitty” complaints over his handling of the Trump-Russia investigation report. Testifying for the first time since releasing Mueller’s report, Barr faced […]
First-grader on bike hit and killed by school bus in Rumford
A 6-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus in Rumford on Wednesday afternoon after falling off his bicycle in an intersection two blocks from his school. Western Foothills School District officials confirmed the boy was a first-grader at Rumford Elementary School. “Our entire RSU #10 community is grieving this loss,” the district […]
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