On the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 1898, at least 68 crew members and 130 passengers boarded the SS Portland in Boston and headed for Portland. They never reached their destination.
2023
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College football: Michigan wins showdown with Ohio State, 30-24
The third-ranked Wolverines advance to the Big Ten championship game by defeating the second-ranked Buckeyes for the third year in a row.
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Small Business Saturday highlights the success of a handful of new stores on Gardiner’s Main Street
Waterville’s Shop Small Saturday and Gardiner’s Main Street had a great turnout for Small Business Saturday, especially with a number of new businesses in Gardiner.
Posted inNation & World, News
Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India halted after machine breaks
Officials say they have stopped digging to rescue 41 construction workers who have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India after the drilling machine broke down
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Basketball: Even in (very) early going, big preseason tournaments a popular choice for local teams
Tourneys such as those at Winthrop, Cony see teams reap rewards.
Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports
Rangers feast on Bruins’ suddenly porous defense in 7-4 win
Boston gives up a season-high goal total and loses for the third time in four games.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Rep. George Santos says he expects to be kicked out of Congress as expulsion vote looms
In a defiant speech Friday sprinkled with taunts and obscenities aimed at his congressional colleagues, Santos insisted he was ‘not going anywhere.’
Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Lebanese residents of border towns come back during a fragile cease-fire
The fighting has killed more than 100 people in Lebanon, including more than a dozen civilians – three of them journalists – and 12 people on the Israeli side, including four civilians.
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Israeli-owned ship targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, U.S. official says
The attack Friday on the CMA CGM Symi comes as global shipping increasingly finds itself targeted in the weekslong war that threatens to become a wider regional conflict.
Posted inNation & World, News
Retired wind turbine blades live on as park benches and picnic tables
At the end of a wind turbine’s life cycle, roughly 85% of its components – including the steel tower, copper wire, and gearing – can be recycled through established metal processing.