Last Saturday and Sunday I spent my time walking, climbing and crawling through the entirety of the USS Salem with a local Cub Scout Pack. The ship, docked in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the last of a proud series of Des Moines class cruisers which provided speed and muscle to the US Navy during the first […]
December 2016
Which Will Live in Infamy …
75 years ago today, the Empire of Japan leveled our fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in a sneak attack. The date lives in infamy because Japan failed to first declare war, not because 2,403 Americans perished. More important even than lives, war has rules. Growing up, the war whispered through family gatherings. In Grandpa’s boisterous […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My husband of five years has confessed to affairs that resulted in two children. I suspected that something was up when after a year of marriage he seemed distant. Despite our almost 15- year age difference, I never in a million years thought he would do something like this. A few months ago, […]
Dana L. Stimpson
NORTH BATH — Dana L. Stimpson, 68, of Varney Mill Rd., North Bath died unexpectedly at his home on Nov 30, 2016. He was the son of Phyllis (Bailey) & Albert Stimpson Sr. Born Nov 18, 1948. He attended Brunswick schools, and joined the US Navy serving in Vietnam 1966- 1971. He held his service […]
John H. O’Connell
BRUNSWICK – John H. O’Connell 71 of Brunswick passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side on November 27, 2016. He was born Sept. 26, 1945 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Howard and Lillian O’Connell. He grew up in Connecticut graduating from Pomperaug High School. John retired from the Air Force. He also […]