As we reflect on memories of the ice storm of 1998, we watch the current roller-coaster weather leave our immediate surroundings in utter chaos.
2023
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Comparing, contrasting football games in light of Hamlin’s serious injury
Bigger, faster, stronger. (More compassionate?) It was probably 1938 or 1940, when Dad took me to Orono to watch the Maine Black Bears play the University of Rhode Island team. I wasn’t really much of a football fan, but I loved the boisterous crowds of maybe 3,000, and the prospect of ice cream and those […]
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Lifetime turns Zumba prostitution scandal into made-for-TV movie
‘Let’s Get Physical’ doesn’t specifically name Alexis Wright, who went to jail in 2013 for running a prostitution ring from her Kennebunk fitness studio, but the setting and story are extremely similar.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Mills continues tradition of great Maine leadership
Gov. Mills was sworn in for her second term on Jan. 4. She had a very special role model as a little girl: then-U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith. Sen. Smith inspired Gov. Mills to public duty, to earn her leadership skill set with service, and Smith’s role model taught Mills to be a pioneer, a […]
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Make sure your chimney and fireplace are safe to use this season
Some repairs and cleaning you can do yourself, but other tasks need a professional.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: What is it about Americans that makes us football addicts?
Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on the field Monday threw the brutality of the sport into sharp relief.
Posted inDeath Notices
Death Notice: Louise Napoleone
Napoleone, Louise 91, of Portland, Jan. 3. Visit 10-12 p.m. & Service 12 p.m., Jan. 9, Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Home, Portland …
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Obituary: Louise Napoleone
PORTLAND – Louise Napoleone, 91, passed on Jan. 3, 2023.
Louise was born on March 31, 1931, in Portland, the daughter …
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Death Notice: Ronald Grant Thurston
Thurston, Ronald Grant 86, of Falmouth, Jan. 4. Service 2 p.m., Jan. 10, Jones, Rich & Barnes Funeral Home, Portland …
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Obituary: Ronald Grant Thurston
FALMOUTH – Ronald Grant Thurston of Falmouth, went Ad Astra on Jan. 4, 2023.
Born on Sept. 12, 1936 in Rumford, Ron …