TOPSHAM — Terry Monk Townsend, 86, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, in Topsham from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pleasant Street, Brunswick. Donations in Terry’s memory may be made to the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program […]
November 2016
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TOPSHAM — Shirley Smith, 79, of Topsham, was a longtime member of Berean Baptist Church in Brunswick, where she enthusiastically played the piano, served in many capacities, and enjoyed working with the children in the AWANA Club. A memorial service will be held at Berean Baptist Church at 15 Cumberland St., Brunswick, at 4 p.m. […]
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Killing that sparked boy to ‘divorce’ his dad going to court
BOSTON It was a horrific murder: a Massachusetts man shot his estranged wife seven times, and then bludgeoned her with the butt of a rifle. The couple’s 8-year-old son found his mother’s beaten and bloodied body the next day. The boy later won a groundbreaking legal battle to “divorce” his father. Now, nearly two decades […]
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Police say cat found dead in Vermont park
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police are investigating after they say a family’s cat was found dead and hung in a tree in a Vermont park. Burlington Police Department Deputy Chief Shawn Burke said Wednesday that a person walking through Starr Farm Park spotted the dead adult cat hanging by its neck from a wire attached […]
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Italian woman has become U.S. citizen
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — An Italian woman who has been married to an American for 25 years is heading home to Europe a United States citizen after a federal judge approved a special request to naturalize her. Maria Fears was naturalized Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Burlington by Judge Christina Reiss. The St. Albans […]
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Transition: Obama, Trump to meet at White House
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is set to welcome his successor, Donald Trump, to the White House, extending an olive branch to a man he has blasted as unfit to serve as commander in chief and who led the charge to challenge the legitimacy of his own presidency. The Oval Office meeting scheduled today symbolically begins […]
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After blistering campaign, Americans wonder how to heal
DECATUR, GA. For an hour they stood shoulder to shoulder, those who supported Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, praying together in a service of post-election healing. Noting the painful labels and divisions of the just-finished campaign, the Rev. Jenna Faith Strizak said, “We’ve got to figure out how to live together. And not just live […]
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The alchemy of Trump’s victory, at odds with popular vote
WASHINGTON Donald Trump’s muscular performance with working-class whites overwhelmed the national trend toward a more diverse population that tends to favor Democrats. That dynamic was amplified by the peculiar mathematics of the Electoral College, which gave a megaphone to less-educated voters in the Midwest. A look at the building blocks of Trump’s win over Hillary […]
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For many, Trump a thing called hope
MENOMONIE, Wis. On election night, when Donald Trump claimed victory in her home state of Wisconsin, Shay Chamberlin was so excited she passed out. Chamberlain believes Trump is her savior, sent by God to save America from ruin. She owns a women’s clothing store in this remote town; her husband runs a construction company. They […]
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Dems in dire straits after GOP sweeps
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama hands over the White House to Republican Donald Trump in 71 days, leaving the Democratic Party leaderless and with few up-and-coming stars among its aging cast of stalwarts. In what appeared to be a wave election, Republicans also secured majorities they already enjoyed in the Senate and the House and in […]