An attacker is treated by emergency services, as knives lie on the floor, with police looking on at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. London police say they are treating a gun and knife incident at Britain’s Parliament “as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.” The Metropolitan Police […]
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Rep. Devin Nunes reignites Trump surveillance controversy
WASHINGTON — The House intelligence committee chairman privately apologized to his Democratic colleagues on Thursday, yet publicly defended his decision to openly discuss and brief President Donald Trump on typically secret intercepts that he says swept up communications of the president’s transition team in the final days of the Obama administration. GOP Rep. Devin Nunes’ decision […]
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GOP health bill on the brink hours from House showdown vote
After eight hours of debate, House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the vice-chair, listen to arguments from committee chairs as the panel meets to shape the final version of the Republican health care bill before it goes to the floor for debate and a vote, Wednesday, March […]
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Jared Golden offers bill to help officers with post-traumatic stress
AUGUSTA (AP) — A police office diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder could have an easier time accessing worker’s compensation under a Democrat’s bill. The bill would create a presumption that a first responder’s diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder came about from their job. The presumption would be taken as true unless proven otherwise. Assistant House […]
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Reader wondering if Green Stamps have worth
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Among my souvenirs I found an old book of S&H Green Stamps. They must date back to the 1950s or 1960s. I’m wondering if anyone knows if it has any value. You may call me at 207-784-9610. — J.M., Lewiston. ANSWER: Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson founded the Sperry and Hutchison […]
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Looking Back on March 23
100 years ago, 1917How many know that a monster pine, probably the largest in Maine, is to be found in a swamp just this side of Turner? It measures 18 feet in diameter and is tall in proportion, altho the top was broken off in a gale. 50 years ago, 1967Opening day at the new […]
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Theresa F. Daignault
AUBURN — Theresa Fernande Daignault, 93, of Auburn was called to her heavenly home Friday, March 17, at the Androscoggin Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 19, 1923, in Portland, a daughter of the late Fernand and Gratia (Vandal) Martin. Theresa attended local schools, graduating from Edward Little High School, […]
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Republicans must get health care right
Readers of a certain age may recall ads for Ivory Soap, which claimed to be 99 and 44/100ths percent pure. If the soap could have reached 100 percent purity, the company would likely have made the claim. Purity, apparently, is what some conservative Republicans are demanding in a health insurance bill, which likely will be […]
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Annabelle C. Bubar
AUBURN — Annabelle C. Bubar, 91, of 20 Buttercup Circle, Auburn, died on Sunday, March 19. She was born in Auburn on Jan. 22, 1926, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Cole. She was educated in Auburn schools but after moving to Lewiston, she graduated from Lewiston High School in 1944. On Aug. 6, 1970, […]
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Trump a flawed individual
I was watching and listening to Donald Trump at a campaign-style rally in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 15. I noticed how happy and alive he seemed in front of his adoring followers. I couldn’t help but realize how unhappy and unnatural he seems in the White House. How often he seems to prefer going to […]