DEAR ABBY: Making wise decisions about what to do with your money can be tough. Insurance policies, mortgages and investment plans come with so much terminology and fine print. The phone calls, email messages and mail offers for products and services are endless, and some are downright dishonest. It seems as if there’s a scammer […]
2015
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, June 17, the 168th day of 2015. There are 197 days left in the year. On June 17, 1944, the Republic of Iceland was established.
‘A setback’: Activists fret about Rachel Dolezal impact
SPOKANE, WASH. Civil rights leaders in this largely white city that lies between the Cascade and Rocky mountains are worried that the ruse perpetrated by former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal will hurt efforts to move the region beyond a troubled racial past. Dolezal resigned her NAACP post this week after her parents revealed she was […]
Bettie C. Kettell
AUGUSTA — Bettie Cornise Detjen Kettell died suddenly on Sunday, June 7, 2015, doing something she was passionate about: participating in a retreat at Pilgrim Lodge. She was born in Danville, Pa., on Feb. 9, 1947, a daughter of Cornise Denise Detjen and Herbert F.C. Detjen. Bettie was a 1965 graduate of Berwick High School […]
DEATH NOTICE
Rita Wallace BATH — Rita Wallace, 84, of Windjammer Way, died on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at Winship Green Nursing Center in Bath. There will be no services. Arrangements are by Daigle Funeral Home in Bath.
Police tout success in unique fight against drug epidemic
BOSTON A police chief in a small New England city combating its drug epidemic through a unique program that allows drug users to turn over their drugs and get immediate treatment said Tuesday that there’s been a strong early response. Gloucester police Chief Leonard Campanello said that 17 addicts abusing opioids like heroin, morphine and […]