I n recent months, an organization called “The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting” has been doing some digging into the Maine State Lottery. While the reports have raised a number of interesting questions, among them how the lottery targets its advertising and who is buying the tickets, the most recent story they published again […]
2015
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Editorial Roundup
The Providence Journal (R.I.), Dec. 18: Does North Korea have a hydrogen bomb? Kim Jong-un, the communist country’s weird supreme leader, recently claimed it has developed one. Neither South Korea nor China has confirmed this rumor to date. If true, a hydrogen bomb would be a refinement of the nuclear weapons North Korea already possesses […]
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Fool me twice, New York Times
In my experience, you can fool a golden retriever exactly twice with the old hidden ball trick. Our late dog Big Red was as exuberant an animal as ever lived. I used to say that if he wasn’t wet, cold, and hungry, Red was happy. Then I had to rescue him from the Arkansas River […]
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Praising young writer
It was our great joy to read Nina Collay’s column, “The youth view” during our summer sojourn in Old Orchard. She is a gifted writer and an adroit communicator. Her topics were varied and intriguing. Her pre-16th birthday column, “Letting life happen on its own terms” was thought provoking. She balanced well her youthful optimism […]
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Christmas by the Sea ‘Thank you’
We would like to take a moment during this special holiday season to thank the many individuals and organizations whose volunteer efforts and donations made the 23rd annual “Christmas by the Sea” event the success it was on Dec. 6. Hundreds attended and enjoyed the costumed characters, the holiday trolley, food, goodies, and warm drinks, […]
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Pope, President should focus less on climate change
There was a climate change conference held in Paris, France from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11. “It’s now or never,” said the Pope. “Adding every year the situation gets worse, we are on the verge of suicide to put it strongly.” My opinion is that the Environmental protection Agency (EPA) has lied to us many […]
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Chicago police shooting of grandmother, teen draws criticism
CHICAGO — Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighborhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding to a domestic disturbance just hours after she hosted family on Christmas Day. The fatal shooting of Jones, 55, and 19-yearold Quintonio LeGrier, a college student visiting his father for the holiday, at a […]
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Robert Lester
PORTLAND — Robert “Uncle Hank” Lester, 93, of Burnham, formerly of Biddeford, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Born in Burnham on July 23, 1922 to George and Sara (Young) Lester, he was educated in Burnham public schools and graduated from Unity High School, Class of 1940. He went on […]
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Effie Lang
SANFORD — Effie Wilson Lang, 74, of Sanford, passed away on Dec. 23, 2015 at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. She was born in Port Jefferson, New York on July 30, 1941 to Merlon and Edna Wilson. She attended local schools. She lived in New York for most of her life until she moved […]
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Irene DuDevoir
SACO — Irene DuDevoir, 86, of Saco and formerly of Old Orchard Beach, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 at her home. She was born April 21, 1929 in Biddeford, a daughter of Adelard and Laura (Brunelle) Gobeil and was educated in Biddeford schools. In 1950 she married Robert A. DuDevoir in St. Andre’s Church, Biddeford. […]