Last week, on the day he was scheduled to die, Marcellus Williams didn’t. Just hours before he was to be strapped down and pumped full of poison, Williams, the convicted killer of Felicia “Lisha” Gayle, a former reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, received a reprieve. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stayed the execution and announced […]
August 2017
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jim Mello of Bangor. His most recent book is “All Four Seasons,” published by Moon Pie Press. Satellite Sky By Jim Mello Lying there face up as the stars deepened we joked about whether the […]
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Can we win the war in Afghanistan?
President Trump is not the first U.S. leader to pivot when it comes to foreign policy. His speech Monday night before American military personnel at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, was in stark contrast to his campaign pledge to put “America first” and his promise to avoid “foreign entanglements,” as George Washington put it in […]
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Concerns raised about electronic privacy
The following appeared in Friday’s Washington Post: The news sounded horrifying: Federal prosecutors last month demanded wide-ranging electronic records regarding anyone who visited disruptj20.org, a website devoted to protesting President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. An astonishing 1.3 million people could be exposed. The website’s host, a Los Angeles company called DreamHost, was fighting the […]
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Dangers of wind towers overlooked
Wind turbines represent the greatest potential danger to Maine’s forest/tourist economy, yet almost no one has been paying attention to that danger. The danger is from turbine fires caused by friction build-up in the gear boxes and from lightning strikes. No one knows precisely how many turbine fires there have been because neither the federal […]
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Amanda Theresa Gauvin
LEWISTON — Amanda Theresa Gauvin, 37, of Webster St. Lewiston, died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident, on Wednesday August 23. She was born in Lewiston on June 14, 1980 a daughter of Yvan and Anna (Dubord) Gauvin. She was educated in local schools and graduated from Lewiston High School, Class of 1999. Amanda owned […]
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Fall preview 2017: Mt. Blue girls' soccer
Coach: Fred Conlogue (ninth year) Conference: KVAC Class: A North Last year’s record: 3-10-1 Returning players: Seniors — Jocelyn Daggett (F), Sierra Keim (F), Ashley Burnham (M), Kyla Legrand (M), Kayla Legrand (D), Maddy Ladd (D); Juniors — Ace Provencher (M/F), Macey Phillips (M), Alexys Greenman (M), Rylee Briggs (M), Katie Brittain (D), Alex McCauley (D), […]
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Kenneth Fitzherbert Sr.
AUBURN — Kenneth Fitzherbert Sr., 80, of Lewiston, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the Hospice House in Auburn. Ken was known for his mischievous personality, sense of humor and his award-winning smile that he shared and blessed us with right through his last days. He was also referred to […]
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Fall preview 2017: Oxford Hills girls' soccer
Coach: Chad Truman (fourth year) Conference: KVAC Class: A North Last year’s record: 1-13 Returning players: Seniors — Caroline Burns, Bri Sinhirn, Cetta Stewart; Junior — Derry Bessette, Gillian Grover, Saige McGinnis, Olivia Swift; Sophomores — Ceceila Dietrich, Julia Colby, Lauren Merrill. Key losses: Emily Blackshaw (G), Hannah Hartnet (M). Promising newcomers: Juniors — Bailey Whitney […]