We all know the saying: ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.’ Well, I’ve heard of too many older Maine people who have suffered from a household fall and then faced months of costly hospital visits and doctor’s bills. So, in an effort to help older Maine people ‘Stand Strong’ throughout their […]
2023
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston City Council to vote on removing its president, censuring another member
The move comes after Council President Linda Scott said four councilors met at a local bar and discussed city business outside an official meeting.
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Posted inNation & World
Few Republicans have confidence in elections. It’s a long road for one group trying to change that
Keep Our Republic, a grassroots pro-democracy group led by a Republican former state senator, is trying to build trust in elections by hosting forums in small towns throughout Wisconsin.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Governor Janet Mills speaks at launch of Saco startup
Tanbark, a new sustainable packaging business, aims to revive a legacy industry in Maine.
Posted inSports
Sports Digest: Kansas an overwhelming No. 1 in AP men’s basketball preseason poll
The Jayhawks received 46 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke and No. 3 Purdue.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
UNE receives $2 million from Glickman Lauder Foundation to support mental health care and ease workforce shortages
As mental health programs continue to shutter across Maine, the University of New England is taking strides to address a mental health crisis. With generous financial support from the Judy Glickman Lauder Foundation, UNE plans to launch an innovative psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) program to bolster the state’s behavioral health workforce. The $2 […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Obituary: Rita T. Boisse
SACO — Rita T. Boisse, 95, of Saco, passed away early Tuesday evening on Oct. 10, 2023 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough following a brief illness. She was born in Biddeford on May 13, 1928, the daughter of Edmond and Annetta (Janelle) Letendre. She attended the Biddeford school system. Rita married her husband […]
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Wall Street rises, and oil and gold fall as some of last week’s moves unwind
U.S. stocks rallied as some of last week’s moves driven by worries about war in the Middle East unwound.
Posted inMaine, News
Attorneys identify 4 more people without court-appointed counsel in statewide petition for release
Attorneys debated Monday whether the petition before Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court, which calls on the state to identify everyone in jail without a lawyer, was filed appropriately.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Canadian company makes 2nd bid for zinc mine near Katahdin
Wolfden Chase Mtn. LLC says that Pickett Mountain has the country’s largest undeveloped reserves of a type of ore that contains high-grade zinc and smaller but still commercially valuable amounts of copper, lead, silver and gold.