Just a few miles outside of Kiev there is a ravine called Babi Yar where, between Sept. 29-30, 1941, 33,771 Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian fascist collaborators during the Nazi campaign against the Soviet Union. By the summer of 1943, the ravine held as many as 100,000 corpses — Jews, Roma, […]
February 2015
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In appreciation
I wish to award legitimate degrees, PHDs, for Persistent Hardy Disposers, based on experience to everyone these past three weeks who has so successfully dealt with significant snow removal. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated. Sandy SchmidtBrunswick
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Court nixes faith-based birth control mandate challenge
PITTSBURGH An appeals court has ruled that the birth control coverage required by federal health care reforms does not violate the rights of several religious groups because they can seek reasonable accommodations. Two western Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses and a private Christian college had challenged the birth control coverage mandates and won lower-court decisions. However, the […]
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1st Parish examines food insecurity
BRUNSWICK — As part of its “Windows On … Food” educational series, First Parish Church, UCC, welcomed three panelists to discuss food insecurity on Sunday, Feb. 8. State Sen. Justin Alfond spoke about the issue of food insecurity among Maine’s children. Alex Petroff, founder of Working Villages International, shared his work trying to alleviate hunger […]
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FAITH NOTES :
Keeping perspective on Valentine’s Day The first Valentine’s Day flowers I received were during my freshmen year at a small Bible school in Rhode Island. All day, floral delivery drivers crisscrossed the school grounds, delivering bright bouquets to triumphant classmates. I’d been dating the same boy for less than a year and wasn’t sure what […]
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St. Paul’s hosting Red Cross blood drive
BRUNSWICK — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brunswick will host its third annual Red Cross Blood Drive in its parish Great Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 1-6 p.m. Donors are urgently needed due to the extensive winter storms and an ongoing strong demand for blood. Healthy individuals who are at least 16 are eligibility. […]
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Good Shepherd Ash Wednesday service
BRUNSWICK — Ash Wednesday services will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. Imposition of ashes and Holy Communion are open to all who choose to participate. Good Shepherd is located at 330 Maine St.
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Mary F. Boucher
WEST BATH – Mary F. Boucher, 72, of Woodlands Point Road, West Bath, Maine, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at Mid Coast Hospital with her family by her side. She was born in Bath, Maine, a daughter of Francis and Lucille McLaughlin. She attended Morse High School class of 1961. On Oct. 29, 1960, she […]
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Elizabeth S. Bartlett
BRUNSWICK — Beth Bartlett, 77, of Brunswick and Fearrington Village, N.C., died at Falmouth-bythe Sea on Feb. 3, 2015, of pancreatic cancer. She was born in New York City on May 19, 1937, the daughter of Lewis P. Stanton and Jane Sternberg Stanton. She lived in Harrison and Scarsdale, N.Y., graduating from Scarsdale High School […]
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Betty Vollmer
DAMARISCOTTA — In the company of family and friends, Betty Vollmer passed away on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta. Betty Lou Boughton was born on Aug. 27, 1929, in Detroit, Mich. She attended schools in Roseville, Mich., and soon thereafter married Donald E. Cowing and began spending summers with Don and […]