Hires, promotions, appointments The Telling Room, a Portland-based nonprofit literary arts organization for youth, has appointed Tanuja Desai Hidier president of the board of directors, Donna Simonetti as interim vice president and Catherine Richards as secretary. Sean Findlen and Libby Lauze joined the board in July. Eliza Donoghue of Brunswick was appointed executive director of […]
2023
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Obituary – Richard Baker
Richard D. Baker, 75 of Kennebunk, passed away suddenly Monday evening, Aug. 28, 2023, at Southern Maine Health Center in Biddeford. Dick, to those who loved him, was born Sept. 17, 1947, in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of James Albert and Anne T. Sweeney Baker, and graduated from Cardinal Spellman Catholic High School in […]
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A thrift-store painting cost her $4. The lost Wyeth piece could sell for up to $250,000
A woman bought the missing N.C. Wyeth illustration at a store in Manchester, N.H., where it was buried among frames.
Posted inNation & World
Trump-era rule change allowing logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says
A judge rules that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. employers added solid 187,000 jobs in August in sign of still-resilient labor market
The August jobs report also showed that wage gains are easing, a trend that may help signal to the Fed that inflation pressures are cooling.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
What you need to know about Biden’s new student loan repayment plan
The Saving on a Valuable Education plan is the most generous repayment option afforded by the Education Department.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
McConnell tries to tamp down health concerns after second incident
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is “medically clear” to work, attending physician to Congress says.
Posted inNation & World
Families crossing U.S. border illegally reached all-time high in August
At least 91,000 migrants crossing in a family group were arrested in August, an influx that may return immigration to the spotlight for the 2024 election.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon L. Weil: Donald Trump — the ultimate wedge issue
Us versus them. That may be the core of American politics these days. It often becomes a “wedge” issue. That’s a single, polarizing cause, usually focusing on social concerns, which gets translated into a political war. Candidates make a wedge issue the focus of their campaigns. If they can gain support on the strength of […]
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LC Van Savage: On ferry boats
I was born on Staten Island way back in 1938, and as what often happens when one passes through the Geezer Gates, I randomly remember disparate happenings in my life, and today for unknown reasons, I started to think about the great and mighty Staten Island ferry boats. Now, lots of my shenanigans on those […]
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