HARPSWELL — A bluegrass gospel concert with the LeClairs is planned at Cundy’s Harbor Community Church on Sunday at 10 a.m. There is no charge but there may be opportunity to take a love offering for them. The public is invited. For more information, call Pastor Veronica Gonsior at 729- 1466.
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Haddock chowder lunch on menu Fridays at South Freeport church
FREEPORT — South Freeport Congregational Church continues its popular winter Haddock Chowder Luncheon series on Feb. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch is offered in the community hall on the second and fourth Fridays through March. The luncheon is buffet style and includes creamy haddock chowder, coleslaw, corn muffins, cake and a beverage. […]
Rev. Peterson to preach at Islands Community Church
HARPSWELL — The Islands Community Church has announced its lineup of guest speakers for February. Leading off this Sunday is the Rev. Elizabeth Peterson. The morning worship service begins at 9:30 a.m. Islands Community Church on Bailey Island is a nondenominational church based on the teachings of the Bible. The church is led by a […]
First Parish Winter education series focuses on water
BRUNSWICK — Windows On Water, a six week series exploring Earth’s most precious resource, begins Sunday with a look at water ‘In the beginning …” The Rev. Geoff Parker, associate pastor at First Parish Church, opens the series with a look at the historical, scriptural and artistic streams in which water flows through imaginations and […]
Douglas Raymond Jordan
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Douglas “Doug” Raymond Jordan, 72, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away Thursday, January 24th, 2013 at home. He was born to the late William and Kathryn Jordan, March 29, 1940, in Milo, Maine. Doug attended Bangor schools then joined the US Navy. He then married Colleen Landry Jordan. They were long time residents […]
Ruth Mills Gaudet
BRUNSWICK — Ruth Mills Gaudet, age 97, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Hill House Assisted Living, Bath. She was born in Oxford, Nova Scotia on September 29, 1915 to Stella West Mills and Coughlin Lumley Mills. She moved to South Paris, Maine in 1918 and became naturalized United States citizen. She graduated from South […]
Roger P. Haymon
GRAY — An avid outdoorsman, Roger was born on January 11, 1946 in Newport, Rhode Island and passed away on January 28, 2013 in Portland, Maine. He was the son of Jeanne C. and James H. Haymon of Middletown, RI. Roger served in the US Navy and graduated from the University of Rhode Island. He […]
Military Update
Congressional leaders appear to have reach consensus that it is safer politically to allow deep and arbitrary cuts to military budgets than it is to negotiate a large debtreduction deal that would have names attached. With Republicans and Democrats unwilling to make difficult decisions to address budget deficits in a balanced way, the military is […]
U.S. gains 157K jobs; rate rises
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January, and hiring was stronger at the end of last year than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady even as economic growth sputtered. The Labor Department report today showed a jump in hiring just when the economy faced the threat of deep […]
As she leaves, Clinton sounds warning over Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a parting warning Thursday about Syria’s civil war, accusing Iran of playing an increasingly prominent role in directing the violence, which she said heightened the danger of a larger regional conflict that draws in Israel or other neighbors. “I’ve done what was possible to do,” […]