There’s a reason the name “Jimmy Buffett” elicits immediate joy in the hearts of millions: happiness contagion. A study conducted by Harvard University and the University of California followed 5,000 people for 20 years to determine if happiness was contagious. The study’s finding: it most certainly is. If you smile at a stranger as you […]
2023
Posted inNation & World, News
Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September
Defense attorneys said Hunter Biden has kept to the terms of an agreement sparing him from prosecution on a felony gun charge if he stays clean and out of trouble.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Trump plans harsher trade and tax policies for his 2024 comeback bid
The ex-president intends to center his economic plans on extending and deepening the Republican tax cuts from 2017.
Posted inSports
Coco Gauff enjoying cool moments as she reaches new heights at U.S. Open
American Coco Gauff, 19, has won 16 of her last 17 matches as she heads into a semifinal on Thursday against Karolina Muchova.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Citizens’ recall ordinance won’t face competition on Windham ballot
The Windham Town Council fails to get enough votes to send a charter amendment about recall elections to voters in November.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Freddie Mercury’s prized piano and a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ draft are champions at auction
Items connected to the operatic ‘Rhapsody,’ the band’s most enduring hit, brought a premium with hand-written lyrics to the song selling for about $1.7 million.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Former Kennebec County deputy headed for jury trial on charges he assaulted wife, threatened to shoot child
Daniel Ross of West Gardiner is accused of over a dozen crimes. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in October.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick property tax due date extended in wake of revaluation controversy
The Brunswick Town Council voted to extend the property tax deadline by two weeks, equating to a roughly $50,000 loss in interest for the town.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath man accused of killing mother asks judge, not jury, to decide fate
Jason Ibarra allegedly strangled his mother, Jeanine, to death last year in her Bath apartment, according to police.
Posted inMaine
Identity of woman found dead down embankment in South Portland still unknown
State police said the state medical examiner was conducting an autopsy Wednesday after a woman’s body was found in the woods near the Home Depot on Clark’s Pond Parkway.