Drug Take-Back sites listed

Police agencies across Maine will be participating in the federal Take-Back program in which unused prescription drugs can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30. The following locations will be accepting the drugs: Alfred, Maine State Police — Troop A Auburn Fire Department, Central Station Augusta Police Department Bangor Police Department; Airport Mall parking lot; and Grotto Cascade Park Bar Harbor Police Department Belfast Police Department Berwick Read more [...]

$4 million buys home near Nixon Library

The following update on local real estate information is based on multiple listing service data as of Monday. Placentia inventory has increased by 16 percent since the beginning of the year. Yorba Linda had a strong week in sales with 25 new escrows. Inventory has increased by 17 percent since the beginning of the year. PLACENTIA Properties Read more [...]

5 Things: Clothing Drive, Planning Board Meets

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Cornwall’s newest dementia facility welcomes first residents

The Penlee Unit is the latest addition to Roseland Parc Retirement Village, in Tregony, near Truro, and offers a safe, secure and comfortable environment for those living with dementia. The Grade II Listed building which houses the Penlee Unit was formerly Penlee Nursing Home. When the residents moved to the new purpose built facility in the grounds three years ago, it was left empty. Now, after six months of renovation and remodelling work, the specialist unit as Read more [...]

WINDS OF HEAVEN

UVSS Students: $5.60

SPECIAL FOR UVSS STUDENTS – 9pm shows (or later):  $2.75

Seniors (65 over), Children (12 under): $5.60

Other Students: $6.50

Cinemagic Members: $6.50

Uvic Alumni, Faculty, Staff their guests (1 only): $6.50

Non-members: $7.75

MATINEES (all seats):  $4.75


 

Sizing Up Local Real Estate Market

In 2006, the housing market flew too close to the sun. And like Icarus with his wings of feather and wax, a previously golden sector of the American economy plummeted to a bloody crash-landing. But real estate agents across the North Shore say that one group has an advantage: buyers. In the North Shore especially, there's a surplus of houses but a dearth of buyers. That means those who want to move in have the hitherto unusual luxury of being the ones with the power. "If you're a young person with Read more [...]

Pakistan’s spy agency listed as terrorist organization

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Guantanamo Bay prison authorities named Pakistan’s main intelligence agency a terrorist organization along with Hamas and other international militant networks, according to leaked documents. The 2007 documents from the prison were part of a batch of classified material released by the Wikileaks website and included in interrogation summaries from more than 700 detainees. The revelations are likely to damage already rocky relations between the Inter-Services Intelligence Read more [...]

‘Super-jail’ application overcomes planning hurdle

Listed building will be demolished to clear way for £140m PETERHEAD COMPLEX By Stephen Christie Published: BEHIND BARS: Peterhead Prison, which will be replaced by a new facility A key part of proposals for a £140million “super-jail” in the north-east has been given the go-ahead. Two planning applications for HMP Grampian, which would replace Peterhead Prison and Craiginches at Aberdeen, were lodged with Aberdeenshire Council last year. The first, seeking Read more [...]