KENNEBUNKPORT — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Kennebunkport Police from April 16 to April 22, 2019: • Phillip O’Brien, 26, of Scarborough, was issued a summons for failure to display a current/valid certificate of inspection after the above violation was observed by officers on Maine Street. • Hugo Aguirre, 44, of […]
2019
Letter to the editor: Pass law to limit toxic food-packaging materials
As a restaurant owner, chef and father, I urge Maine lawmakers to pass L.D. 1433, which would phase PFAS chemicals and phthalates out of food packaging. At Vinland, my restaurant in Portland, we source all of our food locally. I know the farmers who put so much care into growing and raising the food that […]
Maine Artist of the Year wants to create a major arts festival in Portland
Emily Isaacson envisions something similar to Spoleto in Charleston, S.C. Now she’s trying to get others to help make it happen.
Suspect charged with drunken driving after mother of four struck, killed in Gray
A 40-year-old mother of four was struck and killed by a car Saturday night in Gray, and a North Yarmouth man was accused of drunken driving in the incident. Jay Westra, 58, was charged with operating under the influence after his 2015 Honda Civic struck Samantha Rinaldi, 40, of Gray, who was walking on Yarmouth […]
Human remains found during search for missing Bangor man
The remains of a human body were found during a search Sunday for a local man missing in Bangor, the Maine Warden Service said. Warden Alan Curtis and a his cadaver dog found the remains in the woods a half-mile from Stillwater Avenue around 10 a.m. , warden service spokesman Mark Latti said in a […]
Maine Artist of the Year wants to create a major arts festival in Portland
The artistic director of a small Portland classical music festival hopes to turn a $45,000 grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation into a large-scale performing arts festival that takes advantage of Portland’s status as a food-friendly and arts-savvy city. In Emily Isaacson’s grand vision, Portland would create something akin to Spoleto in Charleston, South Carolina, […]
Briefs
FALMOUTH Food preserver program deadline is Friday Friday is the deadline to submit applications for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Food Preserver program. The 10-session course will meet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday from June 18 to Sept. 17 at UMaine Extension, 75 Clearwater Drive, and at Brunswick High School at […]
Community Meals
MONDAY Free community breakfast, including eggs, bacon, pancakes, french toast and pastries, as well as coffee, tea, juice and milk. Open to all. Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St., Camden. 542-0360. TUESDAY Community lunch, noon. Free and open to all. 409 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Provided by Wayside Food Programs and hosted by Avesta Housing. […]
Peter Roff: Is SpaceX’s reputation going up in smoke?
It’s not entirely clear what went wrong with Musk’s rocket company SpaceX’s recent test of its Crew Dragon launch vehicle, but something did. The smoke sent billowing upwards into Florida’s warm spring air earlier this week suggests the problem was something major. The details are scarce. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called the incident an “anomaly.” Others have […]
Letter to the editor: The Earth is a gift from God
People of faith should put aside their appetites for money and possessions and work to leave a better world behind.
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