All we want for Christmas is to fight about it online.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inPerspective
The ‘War on Christmas’ dates back to colonial America
In 1647, the Puritans in Boston banned Christmas as a pagan ritual. How’s that for a war on Christmas?
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Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Picking sides in the war on Christmas
Depending on your politics, your rallying cry is either “Merry Christmas” or “Happy holidays.”
Posted inPerspective
Suppose they gave a war on Christmas and nobody came
A stolen baby Jesus, three eco-warrior wise men and America’s merriest city seem like minor skirmishes in the culture wars of 2019.
Posted inNation / World
You better not bark. You better not bite. Santa is checking whose pets are naughty or nice
More than ever, Christmas cards include animals. And more than ever, Santas accustomed to soothing crying children must also know how to handle wriggling critters.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics
Analysis: Jared Golden makes both sides angry by trying to ‘split the baby’ on impeachment vote
The House Democrat faces a dilemma that awaits Susan Collins, his former boss, in the Senate.
Posted inRiver Valley
Investigators say 73-year-old Rumford woman was likely victim of fatal fire
Jane Bubar was unaccounted for after the three-story apartment building was leveled Monday night.
Posted inMaine
Snow squalls could follow the latest storm in Maine
Partly sunny skies are in Wednesday’s forecast after a storm dropped several inches of snow around Androscoggin and Oxford counties. But snow squalls are possible later Wednesday — from 3 to 9 p.m. Snow squalls are intense periods of snowfall driven by strong wind gusts, according to the National Weather Service. Although, the duration is […]
Posted inMaine
Tuesday storm brings havoc to roads and high school sports schedule
40 MPH—That’s how fast most traffic is traveling on I-95 SB near Saco. There was a crash reported in the NB lanes around MM 41 that has since cleared. #WeatherAuthority #WxAuthority1 @WGME pic.twitter.com/VRDKye9L5b — DMSDrums (@DMSdrums88) December 17, 2019 UPDATED 1:39 P.M.: Tuesday’s storm has forced high schools across the state to postpone athletic events. […]