September 2013
Cut the right way in Georgetown
To the Editor: Concerning forest management in the Ipcar Preserve and Round the Cove forests, I attended a field trip Sept. 7 and understand the reasons given for clear cutting the area: health of the forest and the safety of the neighborhood in the case of a forest fire. However, I have seen the results […]
Number 13 and the mother of bluegrass
To the Editor: The number 13 is one of the lucky numbers beside 4 and 7. I still have 13 silver coins my mother gave me in January 1962, when I returned to the United States from Italy. I always choose the number 13 when I travel around the world. I am 72 years old […]
Mom selling Cobain’s childhood home
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — This month marks the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s final studio album, and fans aren’t just able to buy a new “super deluxe” box set to celebrate the occasion. They can also buy the childhood home of late frontman Kurt Cobain, complete with his mattress. Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor, is putting the […]
Iran’s president tones down anti-Israel rhetoric
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Iranian president’s first speech to world leaders was absent anti-Israel rhetoric and offered up negotiations with the U.S. and its allies over the disputed nuclear program, showing a more moderate face of the hard-line regime in Tehran. However, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani also took repeated digs at America and the […]
Richard D. McCluskey II
LEWISTON — Richard D. McCluskey II, 42, of Randolph, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 21st, 2013, while performing at a benefit for the “Rock Out Cancer! Rockfest benefit concert for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing.” Rich was born in Brunswick, December 1, 1970. He spent his early years in Freeport […]
Sumner Rollins Archer
TOPSHAM — Sumner R. Archer, age 79, of Marc Avenue, died Sunday, September 22, 2013, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born May 11, 1934, in Rockland, the son of Sumner B. and Frances Dobbins Archer. He was educated in Thomaston schools and graduated from Thomaston High School in 1952. He entered the […]
Rodney “Bud” J. Wright
BRUNSWICK — Rodney “Bud” J. Wright, 81, of Stone Street, died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at V.A. Maine Health Care in Augusta. He was born in Brunswick on December 25, 1931, a son of Ralph E. Sr. and Ella M. (Condon) Wright. He attended Bath schools and graduated from Morse High School in the class […]
Tea party bid to derail Obamacare doomed
WASHINGTON The Democratic-controlled Senate is on a path toward defeating tea party attempts to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law, despite an overnight talkathon on the chamber’s floor led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The freshman Cruz and other conservative Republicans were trying to delay a must-pass spending bill, but were virtually sure […]