What happened this week is almost unheard of because polar bears are normally far out on the ice in the dead of winter and not close to villages.
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Posted inBoston Celtics, Sports
Chris Ford, champion as player and coach with Celtics, dies at 74
Chris Ford won titles in Boston as a player and coach, and is also credited with scoring the first 3-point basket in NBA history.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Indiana man charged after son in diaper points loaded gun at people
The man denied having a gun and officers found it only after asking the 4-year-old child where it was.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Massachusetts man charged in wife’s killing researched how to dispose of body
Investigators also found Jan. 3 surveillance video of man resembling Brian Walshe throwing what appeared to be heavy trash bags into a dumpster at an apartment complex in a nearby community.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Industry man taken into custody after standoff
A man inside a house on Taylor Road is accused of assaulting a woman and shooting a gun, but not at the woman.
Posted inMaine, News
Bangor newspaper apologizes for truncated ‘I Have A Dream’ speech
The Bangor Daily News has used an abridged version of the speech several times over the years, but this year it was criticized for ‘whitewashing’ the famous address.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Man who repeatedly stabbed stranger in Winslow arrested and charged with assault, police say
Police Chief Leonard Macdaid said a 21-year-old man was taken into custody Wednesday at a residence on Clinton Avenue following a brief chase.
Posted inMaine, The Maine Forecast
Another snowstorm coming to Maine on Thursday night into Friday
Another snowstorm is coming for Maine. But this one will be nothing like the last one. Ice is not expected and it will mostly be a snow event for northern New England. The flakes start flying Thursday night after the rush-hour commute in southern Maine. New Hampshire will see the snow in the afternoon and […]
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Learning a second language late in life
Liz Soares has been practicing French every day for the past five months or so, measuring success one syllable at a time.
Posted inNation & World, News
At Davos, Zelensky urges allies to speed up the push against Russia
Ukraine’s president spoke after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the world as being in a ‘sorry state’ because of interlinked challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine.