PORTLAND (AP) — Postage stamps featuring five New England lighthouses are now on sale. The stamps feature Maine’s oldest lighthouse, the Portland Head Light, which was established in 1791, along with the nation’s oldest, the Boston Harbor Light, Portsmouth Harbor Light in New Hampshire, Point Judith Lighthouse in Rhode Island and New London Harbor Light […]
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Mon/15 BLOOD DRIVE AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCross- Blood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS. MISCELLANEOUS BATH REPUBLICAN ELECTION, 6:30 p.m. Bath Republican Committee is having an election for officers at the Bath Town Hall. All Bath residents that are registered as Republican may vote. HARPSWELL FAMILY OUTING, 1 p.m. Swimming and […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have led an unusual life. I lived abroad alone in my late teens, spent my early 20s exploring the West, and finished my college degree a year early while working full time. It gave me independence, experience and clarity. My problem is, in dating I feel leagues ahead of men who are […]
Journalist: Snowden has NSA ‘blueprints’
RIO DE JANEIRO Edward Snowden has highly sensitive documents on how the National Security Agency is structured and operates that could harm the U.S. government, but has insisted that they not be made public, a journalist close to the NSA leaker said. Glenn Greenwald, a columnist with The Guardian newspaper who first reported on the […]
‘Glee’ convention becomes memorial for Cory Monteith
What was supposed to be a weekend celebration of the musical TV series “Glee” turned into an impromptu memorial of song and dance for Cory Monteith after news of the “Glee” co-star’s death rocked a “Glee” fan convention in England. The hundreds of “gleeks,” as they’re known — joined a chorus of thousands worldwide who […]
Carleton W. Crosman
LISBON FALLS — Carleton W. “Billy” Crosman, 59, of Grove Street, Lisbon Falls, died unexpectedly Tuesday July 9, 2013, at his home. He was born in Lewiston on May 2, 1954, a son of the late Edwin and Mary (Kenopensky) Crosman. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Lisbon High School class of […]
Arthur W. Elie
BRUNSWICK — Arthur W. Elie, 72, of Harpswell Road, died at home on Thursday, July 11, 2013, surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be held at the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall, 22 Water St., Brunswick, ME, on Monday, July 15 at 6 p.m. Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick.