2023

Death Notice: Sheila (Murphy) Abourjaily

January 29, 2023

Abourjaily, Sheila (Murphy) 84, of Cape Elizabeth, Jan. 23, at home. Mass of Christian Burial 11 a.m., Feb. 10, St. Bartholomew …

Death Notices

Death Notice: Mary A. Maifeld

January 29, 2023

Maifeld, Mary A. 55, of Rumford, Jan. 4, in Auburn. Services were Jan. 12. Thibault Remembrance Center, Rumford. …

Horoscope

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Dear Abby

Aging father wants bigger role in grown kids lives

January 29, 2023January 13, 2023

DEAR ABBY: I am an active widower with five grown children. Although three of them live in the same city and two live in a city nearby, I haven’t heard from or seen them as often over the past few years as I would like. I realized recently that I miss their company and I’d […]

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In a word: Into overtime with more football names

by Jim Witherell January 29, 2023January 26, 2023

The Los Angeles Chargers got their name, the story goes, because team owner Barron Hilton liked the word for its affiliation with his new Carte Blanche credit card.

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Mapping the history of New England’s once-booming textile industry

by Karen Kreworuka January 29, 2023January 27, 2023

USM’s Osher Map Library offers an exhibit on the Northeast’s textile mills, including Bates Manufacturing in Lewiston, whose economic power for 100 years changed life in scores of cities and towns.

Perspective

Attacks on U.S. Jews and gays accelerate as hate speech grows on Twitter

by Joseph Menn January 29, 2023January 24, 2023

Former employees and online researchers say an increase in physical attacks in the United States tracks with spikes in some categories of hate speech on Twitter, notably antisemitic and anti-gay slurs and rhetoric.

Connections

Area students make Plymouth State University president’s list

January 29, 2023January 20, 2023

PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Several area students have made the 2022 fall semester president’s list at Plymouth State University. They include Megan Verrill of Auburn, Alaina Adderley of Buckfield, Emma Winning of Bryant Pond, Tyler Hunter of Fryeburg, Emily Wallace of Harrison, Morgan Bilodeau of Lewiston, Ellery Hunt of Bridgton, Lydia Pinard of Gray, Reilly Brown […]