RUMFORD — The Beacon House will have a yard sale Friday to Sunday, Aug. 25 to 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3 Canal St. — NORWAY — Friends and members of the Second Congregational Church, UCC, Main Street, are almost ready for the 18th annual Tent-N-Treasures Yard Sale, which will open at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. The […]
August 2017
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Stanton Bird Club plans three walks in September
LEWISTON — The Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston and Auburn has three events planned for September. Wednesday, Sept. 6, will find the club watching birds at Pineland Farm. The Whitman Spring Trail will be the site for bird watching on Wednesday Sept. 20. There will also be a Saturday walk on Sept. 16, at Thorncrag. […]
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Briefly: City
Marine Corps League to meet LEWISTON — Central Maine Detachment 810, Marine Corps League, will host its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Lewiston Armory, 65 Central Ave. The Detachment is seeking new members. All U.S. Marines, FMF Corpsman, Navy Chaplains and anyone interested in Marines Helping Veterans may attend. Travis Mills Foundation […]
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Destroying health care
This is a response to Kevin Simpson’s letter (Aug. 13) which disagreed with my letter (Aug. 6). Simpson did not criticize the parts of my letter that exposed the unethical power play of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or the Democrats disservice to their constituents by passing a large document bill that they had not read, or […]
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Focus on solving the real problems
“The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” — Friedrich Hegel We will learn even less from history if we wipe it clean, as some are trying to do by removing statues of Confederate leaders whose beliefs about slavery and race most, including me, find offensive. Conversation beats censorship. […]
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Obit wording showed courage
Recently, I read the obit for Eric Gooldrup (July 6). When I read it and saw that he died from complications of addiction, I was blown away. It was very brave and I am sure very difficult to put that in the obituary. I want to thank his survivors for including it, along with a […]
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Bernard Lucas
FALMOUTH — As the sun was rising on Tuesday, Aug. 22, Bernie left this Earth to be reunited with his beloved wife, Donna. Bernie was born in Bangor in 1930 and resided there for several years before moving to Auburn in 1937. He graduated from Edward Little High School in the Class of ’49, where he […]
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Elizabeth "Betty" Dumoulin
MEXICO — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the life of Elizabeth “Betty” Dumoulin was celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, at Parish of the Holy Savior. The Rev. Nathan March was the celebrant. Interment was in St. John Cemetery. Services were under the care and guidance of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation & Monument Services, […]
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Steven Joel Fyrberg
EAST ANDOVER – Steven Joel Fyrberg, 61, of East Andover, died on Thursday, Aug. 17, at Rumford Hospital after a lifelong battle with diabetes. He was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on Aug. 20, 1955, the son of Judith and the late Roland Fyrberg. After spending summers on Richardson Lake, the Fyrberg family moved to East Andover […]
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America repudiates its president
A remarkable thing happened last week. You might have missed it, because while it happened in plain sight, it also happened in increments. You had to put the pieces together to appreciate the magnitude of it. Last week, you see, America repudiated its president. This, of course, was in response to that pathetic performance in […]