In the midst of all the heartache, it’s appropriate to praise public officials who rose to the grim occasion and have been of special comfort to the people of Newtown in their sorrow. Public servants such as Newtown First Selectwoman E. Patricia Llodra, President Barack Obama and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. They comforted a stricken […]
2012
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Build a world that’s safe for kids
To the Editor: In the 1980s, Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament adopted a poster of a woman holding an infant and offering the baby a small globe. “Children ask the world of us,” the poster read. Universal concern for the welfare of children brought women together to work towards a world free from the threat […]
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State elections affect ‘fiscal cliff’ debate
When voters chose members of state legislatures on Nov. 7, 2000, it’s a safe bet that none of them thought that a dozen years later their vote might affect the resolution of the major national political issue of the day. Yet the election of those legislatures has had a direct effect on the struggle between […]
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Vickey Erickson
AUGUSTA — Vickey Lynn Gallagher Erickson, 57, of Augusta, ME, passed away on Dec 20th at home, with family by her side, after a courageous battle with a long illness. Vickey was born in Bath, Maine on December 5, 1955, the daughter of Robert Lewis Rowland & Joanne Helen (Rasmussen) Rowland. She graduated from Morse […]
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Helen G. Thibodeau
PORTLAND — Helen G. Thibodeau, 90, of Portland Center for Assisted Living and formerly of Bath died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born in Gardiner on May 19, 1922, a daughter of Edward and Florence (Lashow) Gallant. She attended Gardiner schools and graduated from Gardiner High School […]
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Michael E. Rose
BRUNSWICK — Michael E. Rose age 46 of Spring St. died Friday, December 21st at Mid Coast Hospital. He was born in at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on September 27, 1966 the son of Dale “D” and Marie E. Belanger Rose. Although Michael was born with many challenges, he lived a happy […]
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Wind power picks up speed in Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — Wind power generated in Maine is now producing nearly 500 megawatts, enough to supply the average needs of 175,000 households. However, it’s still well short of the state’s goal for wind generation by 2015. But new projects that are in conceptual stages, under regulatory review or approved but facing challenges could catapult […]
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N.Y. firemen’s killer planned for slayings
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — The ex-con turned sniper who killed two firefighters wanted to make sure his goodbye note was legible, typing out his desire to “do what I like doing best, killing people” before setting the house where he lived with his sister ablaze, police said. Police Chief Gerald Pickering said Tuesday that the […]