November 2016
Giving Thanks
There are a great many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Of course, depending upon your background or your sense of the world your list could be wildly different from others at your work, your neighborhood, your family, even your home. While you are giving thanks to your blessings this week here are just […]
When They Go Low, We All Lose
The candidate preaching love trumps hate won by 1.7 million votes. More votes than people living in Maine. More votes than voters in 11 other states. Yet to the loser goes the spoils. To be clear: we, all — we, our children, our parents, our grandchildren, friends, and neighbors — we are the spoils in […]
Q&A: Why Justice Dept. operates free of White House sway
WASHINGTON The revelation that President elect Donald Trump does not intend to seek a new investigation into Hillary Clinton was startling not only because it seemed to reverse a campaign pledge. It also suggested that Trump thinks that that’s his decision to make, reflecting an apparent lack of regard for the cherished independence of the […]
Trump’s plan to deport millions of immigrants may aid private prisons
BOISE, Idaho President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of immigrants in the country illegally and his selection of tough-on-crime Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general could mean big money for the private prison industry. Some analysts believe the prison population could climb under the Trump administration, and the stock market seems to agree. […]
Many Thanksgiving travelers hoping to leave politics behind
CHICAGO When Mary Mitchell gathers with family for Thanksgiving, she plans to enjoy cooking with her sister, a satisfying meal and maybe a game of charades afterward. One thing that’s not on the list: politics. “It’s kind of a sacred time for family to be together, be thankful and enjoy a holiday,” Mitchell said Monday […]
Theodore L. Anderson
NEWCASTLE — Theodore Livingston Anderson “Ted”, 84 of Newcastle, passed away on the morning of November 16, 2016 at his home. Born in Cundys Harbor on July 20, 1932, he was the son of Theodore and Althea (Alexander) Anderson. Ted grew up in Cundys Harbor and Phippsburg, and attended the Sebasco Village School and Brunswick […]
Louise L. McIntire
BRUNSWICK — Louise Litchfield McIntire, age 88, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2016. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Doris and Paul Litchfield. She was pre-deceased by her parents, her husband Justin McIntire and brothers Paul and Dan Litchfield. She is survived by a daughter, Gail and husband Charles Howard of Westport, New […]
Elizabeth “Dolly” N. Brown
BOWDOINHAM and BRUNSWICK — Elizabeth N. Brown, 90 of Dionne Commons, died Sunday, November 20, 2016, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. She was born in Topsham, Maine on July 19, 1926, the daughter and youngest child of Ada Davis Fickett and Henry Fickett. She attended Brunswick Schools. In June of 1946, she married […]
Amuel L. Rude
TOPSHAM — Amuel Lee Rude, 93, of Topsham passed away at his home surrounded by his friends and family November 18, 2016. Lee was retired from the U.S. Navy and Federal Civil Services. He loved life, people and will be greatly missed by all that knew him. He was predeceased by his wife Natalie Ellingwood- […]