Mr. Abbott moved to Rockland in the late 1940s and founded the Rockland Animal Hospital, which he operated for 38 years.
2013
Posted inNation & World, News
Pope washes, kisses feet of inmates, including 2 young women
No previous pope has ever washed women’s feet, and current liturgical rules restrict the ritual to men.
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New round of anti-smoking ads aired
The ads feature sad, real-life stories of people disfigured and made ill by the effects of tobacco smoke.
Posted inBusiness
Briefcase
Entitlement cuts would hurt aging Maine business owners The Maine Small Business Coalition has released a report that shows 39 percent of the state’s small-business owners are older than 55 and increasingly reliant on social programs such as Social Security and Medicare. The coalition released the report, “Business is (Baby) Booming,” in Boothbay on Wednesday. […]
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Lines but no panic as Cyprus banks open
NICOSIA, Cyprus – There were long lines of anxious people but no sign of trouble as banks in Cyprus opened Thursday for the first time in nearly two weeks, following an international bailout that sought to prevent the country from financial ruin. The government has imposed a daily limit on how much people can withdraw […]
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Blackberry surprises investors with profit
Ongoing cost reductions and Z10 numbers get the credit, but about 3 million subscribers jumped ship.
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Poll: Despite financial gains, half of women fear poverty
Despite making enormous strides professionally and financially, almost half of American women fear poverty, even many of those earning six-figure salaries, according to a new survey. Six in 10 women describe themselves as the primary breadwinners in their households, and 54 percent manage the family finances, according to the poll by Allianz Life Insurance Co. […]
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Weekly jobless claims highest since February
WASHINGTON – The number of people applying for new jobless benefits rose more than expected in the most recent weekly report, which contained mixed data on an employment environment that has seen substantial gains in recent months. The U.S. Department of Labor reported that initial claims for regular state unemployment-insurance benefits rose 16,000 to 357,000 […]
Posted inLife & Culture
People & Entertainment: Walters ready to wind it down
NEW YORK – Barbara Walters plans to retire next year, ending a television career that began more than a half century ago and made her a trailblazer in news and daytime TV. Someone who works closely with Walters said the plan is for her to retire in May 2014 after a series of special programs […]
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M.D. Harmon: There’s more than one kind of diversity — but not at Bowdoin
The National Association of Scholars (NAS) was established in 1987 by a group of university professors and others who wanted “to confront the rising threat of politicization of colleges and universities and to summon faculty members back to the principles of liberal education and disciplined intellectual inquiry.” Needless to say, a group with that goal […]