OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Before the foreclosure auction, Jack and Sue Cary had lived in their retirement home on Nicklaus Drive for nearly three years. They made a playroom for their grandchildren in the basement, hung family photos on the walls and planted flowers from their previous house in the garden. But all along there […]
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Biddeford council to consider hiring consultant to review downtown parking
The Biddeford City Council will consider a recommendation Tuesday to hire a consultant to review the city’s downtown parking program. The recommendation to hire a consultant comes from the Downtown Committee, which was created to respond to issues related to downtown parking. The city implemented a parking management plan last year that includes hourly paid […]
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Gary Scott Smith: To go or not to go
I recently returned from a mission trip to Brazil with eleven members of my Presbyterian church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Partnering with a Presbyterian congregation in Manaus, our team, which included three physicians and two nurses, furnished medical assistance, dental instruction, drugs, and eye glasses to more than 600 children and adults in four remote […]
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The Rock announces wedding on Instagram
NEW YORK (AP) — With a simple “We do,” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced his wedding to his longtime girlfriend on Instagram. A photo of the movie star and Lauren Hashian was posted on the social media site. Both were wearing white, and they were standing overlooking the ocean. The post said the date of their apparent […]
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MaineHealth, Anthem team up for joint insurance venture
MaineHealth and health insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine are collaborating on a joint venture with the intent to offer Medicare Advantage health insurance plans for 2020. The joint venture, named AMH Health LLC, will bring together the region’s leading health care system and one of the state’s largest health insurers […]
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Driver dies when his vehicle rolls over in Albion
A 37-year-old man was killed Saturday afternoon after crashing a vehicle on Benton Road in Albion, police said. The man, Phillip Brown, of Albion, was pronounced dead at the scene, and one of two dogs riding with him in the 2006 Toyota died as well, according to a news release Monday from the Kennebec County […]
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Current immigration laws in this country are a mess
Editor, Until Mr. Weil’s column in the Saturday, Aug. 17 Journal Tribune, I had never heard the phrase “Great Replacement Theory.” A quick Google search reveals that hardly anyone else had ever heard that phrase either. Of course, I am not a “white nationalist.” Nor are the vast, vast, VAST majority of the 63 million […]
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Biddeford asks for summary judgment in landlord shooting case
BIDDEFORD — The City of Biddeford, Biddeford police and other defendants have asked that a civil case filed against them by the mothers of two shooting victims not go to trial. The two mothers have responded through their attorneys in opposition. The city and police face a federal lawsuit by the mothers of two young […]
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Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program
NEW YORK (AP) — Planned Parenthood said Monday it’s pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions. Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood’s acting president and CEO, said the organization’s nationwide network of health centers would remain open and strive […]
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First Congregational Church of Kennebunkport to host autumn events
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Ladies Society of First Congregational Church of Kennebunkport, 141 North St., will be hosting two autumn events open to the public. The first event will be a yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the church lawn, weather permitting. If there is a chance of rain the sale […]