Lt. Col. Michael Backus, 44, died Monday while performing his duties at Camp Keyes in Augusta.
2013
Posted inNews
AARP warns of phone scam in Maine
The organization says it doesn’t ask for personal banking information from its members, and urges Mainers to be aware of the scam.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – More numbers ?for the tote board
Another accumulation of factoids from various reliable sources: Semper fidelis: There are now more deaths by suicide among active-duty soldiers than killed by war. Among veterans of all ages, the ratio is about 25 to 1. Who says Congress isn’t working: In the past 10 years, there have been 4,428 changes to the U.S. tax […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
QUINN'S CORNER – More numbers ?for the tote board
Another accumulation of factoids from various reliable sources: Semper fidelis: There are now more deaths by suicide among active-duty soldiers than killed by war. Among veterans of all ages, the ratio is about 25 to 1. Who says Congress isn’t working: In the past 10 years, there have been 4,428 changes to the U.S. tax […]
Posted inLife & Culture
Review: ‘The Thinking Heart’ a tribute to Holocaust poet
Etty Hillesum chose to sacrifice her freedom for those she loved, ultimately dying in Auschwitz at age 29.
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Greely dominates York in testy showdown
FALMOUTH—Coming off successive losses to open the 2013 portion of its schedule, the Greely boys’ hockey team didn’t need much motivation. Making the Rangers even hungrier Thursday evening at Family Ice Center was the team lined up across from them. Longtime rival York. As it turned out, the Wildcats never had a chance. Greely erupted […]
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Helen M. Arsenault, 84: Loved to travel and play bridge
SCARBOROUGH — Helen M. Arsenault, 84, died Jan. 6 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough with her family by her side. Arsenault was born Oct. 12, 1928, in Portland, a daughter of James and Diana Tanguay Mills. She was a 1947 graduate of South Portland High School, where she was the founder of the student […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Obituaries, The Forecaster
Marilyn R. McLain, 90
BRUNSWICK — Marilyn R. McLain, 90, died Jan. 1 in Bath. McLain was the third child of Victor C. and Rena McNevin Ramsdel, born in Lubec on August 12, 1922. She attended Lubec schools until the age of 12 when her grandfather moved the family and the business, Ramsdell Packing Company, to Rockland. She graduated from […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Mid-Coast Meetings: Jan. 11-17
Brunswick Mon. 1/14 5:30 p.m. Water Board 266 River Road Mon. 1/14 7 p.m. Planning Board BS Tue. 1/15 7:15 p.m. Village Review Board BS Wed. 1/16 12 p.m. Brunswick Development Corp. McLellan Bldg. Wed. 1/16 6 p.m. Appointment Sub-Committee MB Wed. 1/16 7 p.m. Recreation Committee BS Thu. 1/17 6 p.m. Bicycle […]
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Winter season resumes
Local athletes and teams continue to set the bar with plenty of challenges to come. Here’s a glimpse: Boys’ basketball Hyde’s boys’ basketball team began 2013 the way it ended 2012, red-hot. The Phoenix opened with wins over host Valley (72-69) and host Seacoast Christian (41-35) to improve to 6-0 (first in the Western D […]