I once knew a retired sea captain – Frank Hupper – who lived in a classic Maine cape. The house had been built by Capt. Hupper’s great-grandfather, also a sea captain, and had been in his family for more than100 years.? The fine, old family house sat on 12 acres of land that ran down […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Great northern stomp
Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud of Maine’s 2nd District regularly shows up on lists of the least effective, least powerful, least respected and least intelligent members of Congress. So, how does Michaud keep getting re-elected by hefty margins? It’s not as if the district – composed of the western, central and northern parts of the […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Great northern stomp
Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud of Maine’s 2nd District regularly shows up on lists of the least effective, least powerful, least respected and least intelligent members of Congress. So, how does Michaud keep getting re-elected by hefty margins? It’s not as if the district – composed of the western, central and northern parts of the […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – More numbers for the tote board
Another accumulation of factoids from various reliable sources: Semper fidelis: There are now more deaths by suicide among active-duty soldiers than killed by war. Among veterans of all ages, the ratio is about 25 to 1. Who says Congress isn’t working: In the past 10 years, there have been 4,428 changes to the U.S. tax […]
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LOBSTER BOWL: West beats East
BIDDEFORD – It would be understandable if the players at Saturday’s Lobster Bowl were a little rusty. After all, it’s been more than eight months since they strapped on the pads, and they had only a week of practices at Hebron Academy to come together as a team. But if their timing was off at […]
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Missing senior citizen found in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – A 76-year-old South Portland woman with dementia was found Monday evening about 20 minutes after an alert was issued on the CityWatch reverse 911 system. The woman, identified by South Portland Police only as “Mary,” was reported missing from a Kaler Road home shortly after 4 p.m. Monday. She had been gone […]
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Annual clam festival crowd just eats it up
About 100,000 people are expected in Yarmouth this weekend, where the real attraction is the food.
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Annual clam festival crowd just eats it up
About 100,000 people are expected in Yarmouth this weekend, where the real attraction is the food.
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Bird returns, US women rout Croatia 109-55
Sue Bird was away from the team for a week, but comes back to help the U.S. women’s basketball team’s rout.
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Bird returns, US women rout Croatia 109-55
Sue Bird was away from the team for a week, but comes back to help the U.S. women’s basketball team’s rout.