WILTON – Linwood Burtchell, 95, of Wilton, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 29, 2020, in the care of …
June 2020
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Obituary: Florence C. Porter
RUMFORD – Florence C. Porter, 82, of Canton Point Road, Dixfield, died early Friday evening at the Rumford Community Home. She …
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Obituary: Lewis Burdick
BRIDGTON – Tall, lanky, and tanned, 17-year-old Lewis Burdick posed with two enormous pickerel he caught in Long Lake using his …
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Obituary: Stanley E. Newell
OXFORD – Stanley “Grouch” Newell of Oxford passed away on Saturday evening, May 30, 2020, with his family by his side. …
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Laurel Libby: Local restaurants should be allowed to open
As a nurse and member of a federal disaster relief team for over a decade, I learned first-hand how slowly the wheels of government turn, even in a crisis. This is not a critique of any particular administration or political party. It’s simply an acknowledgement of the fact that the larger an institution, the more […]
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Janet Mills: Protecting the health, safety of Mainers
As governor, it is my responsibility to protect the health and safety of Maine people, and I spend every waking moment of my life thinking, questioning, wrestling with how we can accomplish that and how we can do it better than the day before. I do it because, at the end of all of this, […]
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Looking Back on June 2
100 Years Ago: 1920 The children at the Garcelon School had a new kind of learning of Friday morning. They could not be expected to study the ordinary school subjects with a circus literally in the schools back yard, and so, seated at the window the little people read the signs from the wagons‘ and […]
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Going to Thorncrag? Leave your dog home
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Over the last two months we have kept Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary in Lewiston open as we saw early on that many community members, especially families, were taking advantage of the trails on our 450-acre property to get a chance to get outside while staying “safer at home.” We do want to remind […]
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Sagittarius: Verify the facts before distributing them to others
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Justin Long, 42; Zachary Quinto, 43; Dana Carvey, 65; Dennis Haysbert, 66. Happy Birthday: Dig deep, question your motives and consider what will make you happy. You may long for a change, but preparation is required before you head in a different direction. Use your intelligence, creativity and physical strength […]
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Blood antigens can cause trouble for transfusion patients
DEAR DR. ROACH: I had two blood transfusions in 2012 during an almost yearlong bout with an out of control infection that ended up in a fused knee. In a recent antibody screen, I was identified as having anti-jkb. The information on this that I was able to find on the internet was incomprehensible to […]