Shirley and Maurice Mailloux LEEDS — Maurice and Shirley Mailloux of Leeds recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The gathering was given by their daughter and son-in-law, Mark and Diane Cherilla Sr., and was held at Marco’s Restaurant where a dinner party was held. Decorations were in pink and white with centerpieces of pink and […]
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Obama: Korean War veterans ‘deserve better’
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised veterans of the Korean War at a ceremony Saturday marking the anniversary of the armistice, using their return to an apathetic America decades ago as a promise to better care for the generation returning from distant battlefields today. After three and an half years of fighting on the Korean […]
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North Korea military parades through Pyongyang
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea’s adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th […]
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History on the side of the forgotten heroes
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, a war that went uncelebrated and largely unremembered in the U.S. for nearly 20 years. In 1970, the war was re-introduced to millions of Americans by the movie “M*A*S*H,” then by the long-running TV series by the same name. While the groundbreaking show explored the complexity […]
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50th anniversary celebrated
Wilbur and Gloria Wilson (photo taken at their 25th anniversary) TOPSHAM — Wilbur and Gloria Jones Wilson of Pejepscot Village, Topsham have marked 50 years of marriage. The couple exchanged their marriage vows July 6, 1963, in the parsonage of the United Baptist Church of Lisbon Falls, which was performed by the late Rev. Robert […]
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60th anniversary celebrated
Roger and Lucille Fortin LEWISTON — Roger and Lucille Fortin celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on April 7. The day began with a limousine ride with their children and grandchildren. The family took a ride around memory lane, with the couple being able to see and talk about where they were born, where they met, […]