Slamming someone as a “career politician” is one of the harshest slurs available in the political arsenal these days. It has become so routine that it is difficult to find a high-profile election where one, both or all of the candidates involved are not zinging one another as career politicians. That is certainly the case […]
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Poland woman dies in crash on Massachusetts highway
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — A woman from Maine has died and two other people have been injured in a two-vehicle crash on a Massachusetts highway. State police say a car, for reasons that remain under investigation, went out of control on Interstate 395 north in Chicopee just after 6 p.m. Monday and struck a pickup […]
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Mold cleanup in SMCC’s largest dorm to displace 320 students
SOUTH PORTLAND — The largest and newest dormitory at Southern Maine Community College will remain closed well into September, displacing 320 students as school officials address a sudden mold infestation at the start of the fall semester. SMCC closed Spring Point Residence Hall on Sunday to allow mold remediation specialists to assess the building and test mold […]
Posted inFranklin, Maine, sj-web
Tony McLaughlin, former admissions director at UMF, dies at 76
Tony McLaughlin, the former longtime director of admissions at the University of Maine at Farmington, died Saturday. He was 76. McLaughlin died at his home in Wilton following a recent diagnosis of bladder cancer, his wife, Carolyn McLaughlin, said Monday. “He was so humble,” she said. “When people asked him where he worked, he never […]
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Funeral notices for Tuesday, Aug. 21
BOISVERT — Irene Claire passed away Monday, Aug. 20. A graveside service will be held at Gracelawn Memorial Park on Monday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. for the family and any close friends who would like to attend. A celebration of Irene’s Life will be held in the spring of 2019 with details announced later. […]
Posted inDr. Roach, sj-web
Mastectomy and scoliosis
DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2000 (at age 53), I had a mastectomy with a TRAM flap reconstruction. In 2010, I began experiencing lower back pain. I did physical therapy and have continued those exercises since then, but the back pain worsened last year. I began also doing low-impact aerobics classes and water therapy. X-rays at […]
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Local golf results
Fox Ridge CMSGA results: Overall Gross: Reid Birdsall 74, Colin Roy 76; Net: Rich Polsinello 63M, Phil Poulin 63, Wayne Gifford 65; FLIGHT 1 Gross: Tom Downs 77M, Steve Leclair 77, Jack Connolly 78; Net: Len Langlais 65, Don Blake 66, Mike Cook 67M; FLIGHT 2 Gross: Jim Daly 79, Greg Page 82M, Tom Kus 82; […]
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Documentary film 'The Home Road' at Sawyer Memorial
GREENE — Tonya and Ray Shevenell present their film “The Home Road” at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, at 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24. In 1845, 19-year-old Israel Shevenell left his home in Canada and walked nearly 200 miles to Biddeford. He found work and built a new life in an […]
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Maine Native American Summer Market returns to Shaker Village
GRAY — The 10th annual Maine Native American Summer Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Admission is free, rain or shine. Barbecue lunch plates will be served. The Shaker Museum and Shaker Store will be open as well. Shaker Village is at 707 […]
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Rene F. Simard
AUBURN — Rene F. Simard, 83, of Lisbon left this world to be in the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Hospice House following a short illness. He was born Aug. 25, 1934, in Auburn, son of the late Henri and Antoinette (Reny) Simard. He was raised in Auburn with his sisters and […]