Pity America’s big, public Christmas trees. They’ve been buffeted by controversies involving Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Falwell. They have been argued over on the floor of the Michigan Senate. In 2005, an irate logger got so angry about the one on Boston Common that he told reporters he wanted to feed it into a wood […]
2011
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Sound and fury
To the editor: Two recent articles (“Layover facility advisory panel grows,” Nov. 29, and “Private audience,” Nov. 30) cite a noise study made by Charlie Wallace on behalf of Bob McEvoy, a new member of the train layover facility project advisory committee. This study purports to show how noise levels for a locomotive idling overnight […]
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Follow which star?
To the editor: Lo, a star appeared in the East and a host of celestial beings appeared, and a voice said, “Fear not, for unto you a child is born who shall be called comforter, merciful, the prince of peace. And you shall declare war on and enslave each other is his name; you shall […]
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Ed Roman, renowned guitar builder, dies at 61
LAS VEGAS (AP) — As a guitar-maker for the stars, Ed Roman found a platform for fierce opinions about his commercially manufactured competition, exhorting musicians to drop what he called “misdirected ignorant brand loyalty.” His own guitars found their way into the hands of everyone from Ted Nugent to British rockers Eric Burdon of The […]
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LPGA founding member Danoff dies at 88
Bettye Danoff, one of the LPGA Tour’s 13 founding members, has died. She was 88. The LPGA Tour said Danoff ’s family confirmed she died Thursday in Texas. At 5-foot-2 and barely 100 pounds, Danoff earned the nickname “Mighty Mite” and was the first grandmother to play the tour. Before the formation of the LPGA […]
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Carl P. Champine
TITUSVILLE, FL — Carl P. Champine, age 62 of Titusville, Florida and formally from Brunswick, Maine, died Tuesday November 15, 2011 at his home after a long battle with heart disease. He was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on April 8, 1949, a son of Raymond & Charlotte Champine. He graduated from Cheverus High School […]
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Rene N. Albert Jr.
LIVERMORE FALLS — Rene N. Albert, Jr. – age 68, of Androscoggin Bluffs, died unexpectedly on December 20, 2011 at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston. He was born in Augusta, Maine on February 6, 1943 the son of Rene Albert, Sr. and Laura (Veilleux) Albert. Rene was educated in Augusta schools and graduated from Cony […]
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DEATH NOTICES
Rita M. Porter FARMINGTON — Rita M. Porter, 71, of Farmington, formerly of Cumberland Center, died on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2011, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington, after a battle with brain cancer, Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma and breast cancer. Family and friends are invited to call at the Wiles Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Road, Monday […]
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John Chamberlain, made art from scrap, dies
NEW YORK ( AP) — An artist known for turning automotive scrap metal into sculpture has died in New York City. John Chamberlain was 84. The Gagosian Gallery represented Chamberlain and says he died Wednesday in Manhattan. Chamberlain’s career spanned decades. He started working with junked car metal in the late 1950s, gaining admirers and […]