SACO — Good Shepherd Parish is launching a new grieving ministry next month in an effort to offer support and comfort to community members coping with the loss of a loved one. According to Dave Guthro of the Diocese of Portland, a faith-based support group called Grief Share will meet on Thursday evenings at Most Holy Trinity Church […]
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Union College announces 2019 dean’s list honorees
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The following area students were named to the 2019 Dean’s List at Union College. Comprised annually, the Union College Dean’s List honors students who have a grade point average of 3.5 for the entire academic year and meet certain other requirements. Area students on the list include: • Tyler Greenwood of Kennebunk, […]
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Kennebunk Free Library Association to hold annual meeting
KENNEBUNK– the annual meeting of the Kennebunk free library association will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sept. 24. in Hank’s Room of the Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Main St., Kennebunk. Boards of Trustees’ meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in Hank’s Room, with the exception of July and December, […]
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Mark Hendrickson: The Art of the Budget Deal: White House and Congress Cooperate?
On July 22, President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a two-year budget deal that suspends the debt ceiling, and will raise federal spending $320 billion over amounts agreed to during the Obama years. The agreement was unusual compared to recent budget agreements in that it was arrived at quickly and quietly. It was a […]
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Maine Medical Center confirms case of chickenpox
Maine Medical Center said Wednesday that it has seen one confirmed case of a child with chickenpox and anyone who was in its emergency department from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 30 may have been exposed to the varicella virus. The child came to the emergency department at 22 Bramhall St. in Portland, […]
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Wardens search for teen presumed drowned on Saco River in Buxton
Maine game wardens are searching for the body of a 17-year-old boy who is presumed drowned in the Saco River in Buxton on Friday. Steel Crawford of Freeport, who was swimming with friends at Pleasant Point Park, let go of a rope swing, landed awkwardly in the deep water and never surfaced, Mark Latti, spokesman […]
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Maine veterans can now get urgent care without VA referrals
AUGUSTA — Veterans can now use some urgent care centers without first getting permission from the VA. As part of the implementation of the Veterans’ Affairs MISSION Act, veterans now have access to urgent care at participating urgent care centers without prior authorization. “If you are a rural veteran, and you cannot get down to […]
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Acadia’s Precipice Trail reopens after peregrine falcons leave nests
BAR HARBOR — Acadia National Park says the popular Precipice Trail is open now that nine peregrine falcon chicks have left their nests. The Precipice Trail, the Valley Cove Trail and the Jordan Cliffs Trail are usually closed for part of each summer because of nesting peregrine falcon chicks. A spokeswoman tells the Bangor Daily […]
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Piping plovers fledge record number of chicks in Maine
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Nesting pairs of endangered piping plovers have fledged 165 chicks so far this summer, a 29 percent increase over last year and a new record for the state, Maine Audubon reported Tuesday. The number of piping plovers nesting along the Maine coast jumped by more than 30 percent from last summer, […]
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Sanford suspect on run for 24 days pleads guilty to drug crimes, contempt
PORTLAND — A Sanford suspect charged with drug crimes who was the subject of an FBI manhunt last fall after failing to show up at a sober house pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and to contempt. Joshua Patrick Weldon, 26, remains in […]
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