General well-being of the public and cures for disease would mean the collapse of the pharmaceutical industry, since they must have illness to have demand for their drugs in order to exist. Their profit-and-loss statements depend on it. See, the pharmaceutical industry, first and foremost, is in the business of selling drugs. In order to […]
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Weekly news from and about Windham, Raymond, Sebago, Standish, Bridgton, Casco and Naples.
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LETTERS TO MYSELF: The paradox of prescription drugs
General well-being of the public and cures for disease would mean the collapse of the pharmaceutical industry, since they must have illness to have demand for their drugs in order to exist. Their profit-and-loss statements depend on it. See, the pharmaceutical industry, first and foremost, is in the business of selling drugs. In order to […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Some cold comfort
Around this time each year, when the weather is too much with us, when we think too much about it, talk too much about it and – like it or not – when we have to deal with it, we again wonder: Why do we live here? Around this time of year, we here in […]
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Lake Region girls defeat MDI for Class B title
Tiana-Jo Carter posted 21 points at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor Friday night, Feb. 28, grabbing huge rebounds and making key blocks underneath to lead the Lake Region girls over Mount Desert Island, 56-47, and earn them the Class B title. Lake Region finishes their year 21-1; their only loss came early in the […]
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Lake Region girls defeat MDI for Class B title
Tiana-Jo Carter posted 21 points at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor Friday night, Feb. 28, grabbing huge rebounds and making key blocks underneath to lead the Lake Region girls over Mount Desert Island, 56-47, and earn them the Class B title. Lake Region finishes their year 21-1; their only loss came early in the […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: From here and there, a mixed bag
News from everywhere made it through the cold, snow, ice and other weather issues to my email box. Thanks to the half-dozen folks who had questions that we’ll try and answer. From the website of Southern Maine Agency on Aging, news about the delay of the popular and useful Maine Senior “Farm Share” program. The […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 0474: Live from courtside
Whew! Busy month with high school basketball tournaments. Nothing like it! Games in Portland at the centuries-old Expo; the brand-spanking-new Civic Center; the cavernous Augusta Civic Center; and the Aw-I-miss-the-old-Bangor-Auditorium Cross Center in Paul Bunyan city. Like a buffet at a wedding reception. Sitting courtside, only inches from all the action, your diligent correspondent sees […]
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Baldwin man killed in Route 35 accident
A Baldwin man was killed and a Naples woman was seriously injured in a two-car collision on snow-slickened roads in Standish Wednesday morning. According to Lt. Thomas Williams of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, the collision took place at about 5:10 a.m. David V. Fortin, 53, of 30 Crawford Road, Baldwin, was driving his black […]
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Baldwin man killed in Route 35 accident
A Baldwin man was killed and a Naples woman was seriously injured in a two-car collision on snow-slickened roads in Standish Wednesday morning. According to Lt. Thomas Williams of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, the collision took place at about 5:10 a.m. David V. Fortin, 53, of 30 Crawford Road, Baldwin, was driving his black […]
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Standish woman arrested in Windham knife attack
Windham police officers responded at 10:45 a.m. Monday to 18 Jacques Lane for a report of an assault with a knife. According to a press release issued by Windham police Sgt. Jim Boudreau, a female suspect fled in a white van driven by a male prior to officers’ arrival on scene. When officers arrived, they […]