PORTSMOUTH – City Assessor Rosann Lentz warned that “people can expect a 50 to 60 percent increase in the value of their homes” once the ongoing reassessment is completed. “This is typical of what other communities are reporting, some may be higher,” Lentz said in an interview on Wednesday. Lentz also confirmed City Manager Karen […]
CARACAS, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A well-known Venezuelan journalist was arrested in Caracas on Sunday by police who searched her home, a journalists’ union and a local human rights group said. The National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (SNTP) and the human rights organization Espacio Publico stated on their X-accounts that agents entered the […]
YORK, Maine – Charlie Caramihalis often says his late son Nicholas is “sitting on his shoulder” as he goes to work each day to run the Fat Tomato Grill. August 28 marks the one-year anniversary of Caramihalis’ purchase of the York Village classic from longtime owner Dan Poulin. The purchase was a heartfelt tribute to […]
District 186 students can use Yondr bags this school year The Springfield School Board is considering purchasing Yondr bags to lock away students’ phones during the school day. FALL RIVER – With a new cell phone policy, school principal Tracy Curley is urging children this fall to keep their eyes off their phones and instead […]
Fire destroys home in Sun City on August 17, two people hospitalized for smoke-related injuries A house fire in Sun City on August 17 left a family homeless and their house completely destroyed. The fire broke out around 6:45 p.m. on Pineapple Drive in Sun City on the Beaufort County side of the development. Sun […]
If you go to Hudson Springs Park on a nice day, it’s not unusual to see people hiking, fishing, or boating on the lake. Families with children are often seen at the playground. This park is largely owned by a family whose patriarch saw the potential of using the site as a recreational lake, first […]
A plane departing from Chatham Municipal Airport on August 10 crashed after landing at an airport in Rhode Island. The pilot from Virginia was trapped and injured. No one else was on the plane. The injured pilot had only purchased the plane in Chatham on August 10 and left Chatham Airport with the plane after […]
GAYLORD – Marijuana shop Meds Cafe will officially open on Saturday, August 17, and many will come to see Darren McCarty, the former Detroit Red Wing turned cannabis advocate. Among the guests will be Gaylord City Councilman Al Witt, who owns a small stake (8%) in the company. The opening is another chapter in Witt’s […]
Stratford Place on the corner of Darrow Road and Arndale in Stow is hard to miss. The building, with its Tudor-inspired architecture, looks like a small castle. The building, which opened in 1986, was built by Ed Barr, said George Albanna. Albanna purchased the building with his wife, Jihan, in January 2023 and has since […]
KENNEBUNK, Maine – The town is close to selling its vacant house at 15 Portland Road. During a two-minute special meeting Monday, the Kennebunk Select Board voted 6-0-1 to authorize Town Manager Heather Balser to negotiate a purchase agreement for the home with an interested buyer, Croan M. McCormick. The vote also gives Balser the […]
