SCARBOROUGH — Loyal Companion, a pet supply and nutrition store, hosted a block party to celebrate its grand re-opening on Saturday, July 13. Local businesses, vendors, non-profits, and the Scarborough Fire Department set up tables at the event, giving out information, samples, and freebies to event attendees. Pet-friendly activities included dog paw painting, where dogs […]
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Zaffie Hadiaris: Trend tilts toward herbs in cooking
“It is an obvious truth, all too often forgotten, that food is not inseparable from the history of the human race, but basic to it. Without food there would be no human race, and no history.” Reay Tannahill Herbs have fascinated me for years but only because I use them in cooking. Herbs are known […]
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Why no hush-money charges against Trump? Feds are silent
NEW YORK (AP) — When special counsel Robert Mueller closed the books on the Russia investigation, he produced a report of more than 400 pages, and Attorney General William Barr held a news conference outlining the reasons the Justice Department didn’t charge President Donald Trump. But in stark contrast to the Mueller inquiry, federal prosecutors […]
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Saco orders school department to move from Willey Road site
SACO — The city of Saco is giving the Saco School Department a deadline of 10 days to move its Pre-K program out of the former Toddle Inn building and to find a new location for the program for the fast-approaching school year. After a successful preliminary year of its Pre-K program, the Saco School […]
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Painting, photos, depict Sanford from late 1800s through 1968 Bicentennial
SPRINGVALE – A painting by a local artist in 1914 and now on display at the Sanford Springvale Historical Museum gives viewers a glimpse of Sanford from a perspective not often seen. Looking closely, one can see one of the Sanford mills that was demolished in the 1920s, the clock tower on Sanford Town Hall, […]
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Alpaca farm welcomes newest resident
BIDDEFORD – Last Monday, East Coast Alpacas welcomed a curly white-fibered newborn that visitors will get the chance to meet during this year’s Maine Open Farm Day. The local farm will participate in the annual celebration of Maine agriculture on July 28. East Coast Alpacas will be open for Biddeford visitors and residents to get […]
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Cooling stations announced in some York County communities
YORK COUNTY – Several York County communities and organizations have announced the availability of cooling stations this weekend, when temperatures and humidity are expected to soar. The National Weather Service in Gray said an Excessive Heat Watch has been issued for coastal and interior York County, which is most likely to see heat index values […]
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Overnight camping and fire at Buxton park results in charges
BUXTON – The sign posted at the entrance to Pleasant Point Park on Simpson Road explains the rules – no overnight camping, no open fires, no firearms or hunting, drugs or alcohol, and more. It specifies that open hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. But over the past weekend, police here say the rules […]
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Gordon Weil: Voters cheated by congressional elections
There was once a legislative district shaped like a salamander. Its creator was a man named Gerry and making more weirdly shaped districts has come to be known as gerrymandering. Every 10 years, the U.S. conducts a census and, in most states, the party that controls the state legislature then gets to draw the congressional […]
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Shaw’s by family of woman murdered at Saco store
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Shaw’s supermarkets brought by the family of a woman who was murdered by a knife-wielding attacker inside the company’s Saco store in August 2015. The supermarket’s staff could not have reasonably foreseen the random attack and cannot be held responsible for failing to prevent it, the judge […]
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