Tue/3 BLOOD DRIVE AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS. MISCELLANEOUS FREE GAME DAY, noon-3 p.m., Richmond Senior Citizen’s Group, 164 Pleasant St.; starts with lunch, followed by variety of games; transportation or more info, Barbara Barter 737-2190. KNITTING CIRCLE ‘CRAFTERNOONS,’ 3:30-5 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer […]
2012
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 11 years. We went through eight years of fertility treatments before having our twins. When they were a year old, we discovered I was pregnant with our third child. The twins are now 2 1/2 and the baby is almost a year old. For the first […]
NASA starts off new year with moon mission
LOS ANGELES T he cruise to the moon took 3 1/2 months and covered 2 1/2 million miles — far longer than the direct three-day flight by Apollo astronauts. Over the New Year’s weekend, a pair of NASA spacecraft arrived back-to-back at their destination in the first mission devoted to studying lunar gravity. Mission controllers […]
Leighton Russell Keirstead
DAMARISCOTTA — Leighton Russell Keirstead, 82, died, Thursday, December 29, 2011 peacefully in the arms of his daughters while he was lovingly received by his bride of 55 years. He was born August 1, 1929 in Presque Isle, ME a son of Oscar R. and Harriett A. (Cook) Keirstead. He graduated from Mapleton High School […]
Mary Breese Lipovsky
BRUNSWICK — Mary Breese Lipovsky, 84, resident of Casco Road in Brunswick died Sunday, December 25, 2011 at the Vicarage by the Sea in Harpswell following a long illness. She was born January 7, 1927 in New York City, NY a daughter of Jefferson M. and Hetsel A. (Wilson) Hartill. As a child, Mary had […]
Park still closed following ranger’s fatal shooting
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. ( AP) — Mount Rainier National Park remained closed today following the discovery of the body of the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a park ranger that has devastated the closeknit group of park workers. The park, which sees more than 1.5 million visitors annually, has been off-limits […]
UK police: Body found on queen’s estate was murder
LONDON (AP) — British police are treating the discovery of a body on the queen’s Sandringham estate as murder. A woman’s body was found on the vast estate in eastern England on New Year’s Day, and Detective Chief Inspector Jes Fry said authorities are examining missing person reports and unsolved cases around the country to […]
Complex online gambling fight now about where and when Americans can play, not if
LAS VEGAS ( AP) — The fight to fully legalize online gambling in the U.S. is now less about whether Americans will be able to play and more about who will bring the action to them — and when. A recent U. S. Justice Department opinion opened the door for cash- strapped states and their […]
Good people guide The Park
I have worked with the Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark for more than 10 years, first as a city councilor when it was proposed and developed with the help of Councilor Bernie Wyman, Police Chief Pete Lizanecz, Joe Black, Jamie Sylvestri, Gretchen Jaeger, prevention counselor Marty O’Brien, and businessman and Bath resident Herb Kresser. Unfortunately, Herb […]