I’m still chuckling over John Balentine’s column about using “tech to save the world.” I can’t decide if Balentine is ignorant, hypocritical or perhaps he just struggles with common sense. Maybe it is all three. Balentine warns that the left is using fear to support the Green New Deal, while at the same time he […]
2019
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Self-defense, or lack of common sense?
Regarding the news story about the victim of an attempted robbery that took place on April 2 on Washington Avenue in Portland, I am appalled that the victim fired two shots at a fleeing perpetrator on a busy city street. The victim of the attempted robbery has the right to defend himself but the suspect […]
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Prince memoir ‘The Beautiful Ones’ coming out in the fall
The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29
Posted inMaine, News
Westbrook woman hurt in Windham crash is released from hospital
A section of River Road was closed for nearly four hours Monday morning.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoin women’s lacrosse team “drafts” 10-year-old athlete
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College’s women’s lacrosse team drafted a 10-year-old local on Friday. Stella Maxim of Brunswick joined the roster and got her own jersey Friday during a draft day celebration. The event was organized by Team Impact, a nonprofit organization working to improve the quality of life for children facing serious and chronic illnesses. […]
Posted inTimes Record
An original ‘Rosie the Riveter’ visits BIW
BATH — When war came, America’s women stepped up, filling its shipyards and factories to send supplies to soldiers and sailors abroad. One of those women, 94-year-old Jean Croteau, visited Bath Iron Works for the first time in more than seven decades on last week. Croteau was among the original “Rosie Riveters” — women who joined the […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Nothing wrong with help from Russians, Trump lawyer says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted there was “nothing wrong” with the president’s 2016 campaign taking information from the Russians, as House Democrats pledged stepped-up investigations into campaign misconduct and possible crimes of obstruction detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report . Giuliani called the Trump campaign’s effort to get political help from […]
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Pecha Kucha Kennebunkport seeks presenters
Have you got a passion to share? A good story to tell? Pecha Kucha Kennebunkport audiences have seen Brian Fairfield’s amazing stonework, Ruth Dater’s vintage paper doll collection, and Wade Zahares’s unique pastel paintings. A Pecha Kucha presenter has a timed show of 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds. That’s just 6 minutes and […]
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Snowy Egret 5K Walk/Run
Snowy Egret 5K Walk/Run The 11th Annual Snowy Egret 5K returns to Scarborough Marsh and the Eastern Trail on Memorial Day 2019. The Snowy Egret 5K is the primary annual fundraiser for Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center, with additional proceeds benefiting Eastern Trail Alliance. The 5K course covers both pavement and dirt paths along the Eastern […]