Alexandria, VA — R. Scott Lopez, age 54. It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely death of Scott Lopez of Alexandria, VA/Phippsburg, ME, on March 17, 2012. Loving father of daughters Lindsey Lopez & Sydney Lopez. Loving son of Reuben & Catalina Lopez. He is survived also by sisters Terri Caouette and […]
March 2012
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Elizabeth M. Oliver
VERO BEACH, FL — Elizabeth “Betty” M. Oliver age 92, of Vero Beach, FL. and Bath, ME. died March 10, 2012. Betty was born in Brunswick February 4, 1920 the daughter of Arthur and Emma Fournier Doyon. Betty was married to George Oliver in 1944, in Savannah, GA. They resided in Bath, ME for many […]
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Isabelle D. Rhoades
TOPSHAM — Isabelle D. Rhoades, 86, of Middlesex Road died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick. Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High St., Bath. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at […]
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Co-developer of Mr. Coffee machines dies
CLEVELAND ( AP) — Samuel L. Glazer, co-owner of the company that revolutionized American mornings with the Mr. Coffee drip coffeemaker, has died at age 89. The funeral home that handled the arrangements said Glazer died of complications from leukemia March 12 at the Cleveland Clinic. Services were held March 14 at Berkowitz- Kumin- Bookatz […]
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‘Hunger Games’ support cast wowed by story, star
LOS ANGELES — Woody Harrelson and Elizabeth Banks jumped at the chance to take supporting roles in “ The Hunger Games,” a film about children who are forced to compete in a live televised death match in the not-too-distant future. Why? They were moved by Suzanne Collins’ book series and the script that the author helped […]
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Team effort
Brunswick school officials face a daunting challenge to craft a 2012-13 budget with almost $3 million less than what’s available for this year’s educational expenses. Painful deliberations remain to come, but a positive note resonated from Monday’s Town Council meeting. Town Manager Gary Brown announced that a state grant to fund road repairs near Cook’s […]
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Pay schools first
Gov. Paul LePage and Republicans in the Legislature continue to push illtimed and irresponsible “tax reform” proposals in their effort to remake Maine into a fantasy land where wealthy people keep more of their riches, state government runs on peanuts and we all can blissfully ignore the fact that tax cuts historically have failed to […]
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Mapping the ideological divide
Conservatives may not like liberals, but they seem to understand them. In contrast, many liberals find conservative voters not just wrong but also bewildering. One academic study asked 2,000 Americans to fill out questionnaires about moral questions. In some cases, they were asked to fill them out as they thought a “typical liberal” or a […]
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Simple steps to reduce colorectal cancer risks
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most deaths from colorectal cancer could be prevented if everyone older than 50 years old did one simple thing: Get screened regularly for colorectal cancer. In the United States, colorectal cancer is the second most deadly cancer for both men […]