2016
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I am a community college sophomore (age 20) in an international honor society, double-majoring in biotechnology and biological sciences. My dream is to become a cardiologist. I have worked hard and excelled at my studies, as well as in my friendships and sports. However, my brothers have not. My older brother, “Aaron,” barely […]
Frances Elliot Allen Dunn
Frances (Mrs. Walter C.) Dunn, Jr., of Hampton, NH, died after an extended illness on March 1st in Rye, NH. Frances was born to Carroll and Leah Burns Allen on November 9, 1921, in Danielson, CT. She grew up mostly in Danielson, Manchester, NH, and Lowell, MA, graduating from Lowell High School in 1939. She […]
William Randall
WEST HARPSWELL — William “Billy” Randall, age 79, died Saturday February 27, 2016 at Bodwell House, Brunswick, under the loving care of CHANS Home Healthcare and Hospice. He was born March 15, 1936 in the family home in West Harpswell, the youngest child of Edwin R. and Leila I. Anderson Randall. He was a graduate […]
Susan H. (Hirschberg) Linet
FREEPORT, ME FORMERLY OF ACTON, MA & BOXBORO, MA — Susan H. (Hirschberg) Linet MD, 58, of Freeport, ME died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family due to complications associated with Multiple Sclerosis. Born in New York City, NY, she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University […]
DEATH NOTICE
Barbara A. Cornell WOOLWICH — Barbara A. Cornell, 66, formerly of Bath, died on Friday, February 19, 2016, in the company of her closest friends and immediate family. A service of remembrance will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016, at the Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Arrangements are by […]
Lawmaker accused of trying to lure teen into sex encounter
CONCORD, N.H. A state representative was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of trying to lure a 14- year-old girl into a sexual encounter. Rep. Kyle Tasker sent the girl, an acquaintance, inappropriate messages online before police took control of her social media account and agreed to the meeting, investigators said. Tasker, a 30-year-old Republican from […]
NH student expulsion rates far below national average
CONCORD, N.H. Students are far less likely to be expelled from school in New Hampshire than elsewhere, according to a new report, while the frequency with which students are suspended out of school is more in line with national trends. From 2010 to 2014, the national expulsion rate of 2.7 percent was more than 100 […]