MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Madeleine Aurore Ducheney (née Fortier), 99, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, died on June 1, 2021 at St. Anne’s Salvatorian …
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Obituary: Harold E. Carver Sr.
SOUTH PARIS – Harold E. Carver Sr., “Babe”, born April 30, 1927 died July 1, 2021 at the age of 94. …
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Michael Avenatti, former Stormy Daniels lawyer, gets 30 months in Nike extortion case
A jury found the celebrity lawyer guilty of fraud and attempted extortion for his efforts to shake down Nike for as much as $25 million.
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Reader recalls Wasson Grove in New Gloucester and its delicious hamburgers
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I want to ask if anyone remembers Wasson Grove on Route 4 in New Gloucester, popular in the 1940s and beyond. Their hamburgers were something many people enjoyed for many years until the turnpike was built. I hope all who remember this place will write to Sun Spots. — John, Augusta ANSWER: […]
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Looking Back on July 9
100 Years Ago: 1921 George G. Glbbs found a dollar on a river ferry boat the other day which he is anxious to return — strange as the statement may sound. It was in an envelope on which was written “Lucky Dollar.” On the bill itself was written in ink: “My last dollar, Helen.” 50 […]
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Austin Bay: Guard duty after the Afghan deluge
Al-Qaida’s 9/11 massacre taught open-minded Americans that anarchy in even the world’s most remote and impoverished corners provided anti-American terror cults with a base of operations. If you read anti-American as also meaning anti-modern and anti-personal freedom, by George you’ve got it.
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Rangeley museum to host Logging Festival Days, parade
RANGELEY — The Maine Forestry Museum is to hold its 40th annual Logging Festival Days on Friday and Saturday, July 16 and 17. The festival is located at the fairgrounds at 221 Stratton Road. Artists, crafters and vendors are planned to be onsite from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Beans will be buried around […]
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Upton woman earns Emerson College degree
BOSTON — Caitlin Casey of Upton recently received a BA in Media Arts Production at Emerson College. More than 950 undergraduate degrees and more than 470 graduate degrees were awarded on May 2 at Fenway Park during the college‘s 141st commencement exercises, and virtually on May 9. The College also honored the class of 2020 […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Every morning is a miracle
Nearly two weeks after part of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside sheared off in the middle of the night, the search for answers is not moving nearly fast enough to keep pace with the all-too-human need to know.