On Feb. 25, 1986, President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election; Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency. Ten years ago: In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner in the central African country’s first multiparty election in 25 years. Apolo Anton Ohno upset favored […]
2016
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Warm winter could affect next year’s snowmobile season in New England
CONCORD, N.H. — The warm winter is proving to be a double whammy for snowmobilers in northern New England. Not only are thousands of miles of trails closed due to lack of snow, but the corresponding drop in snowmobile registrations and club memberships could jeopardize money aimed at maintaining trails in future years. In New […]
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Changes could be coming to lobster license system
PORTLAND — A series of changes are coming to the state’s lobster fishing licenses system that has divided lobstermen in an era of unprecedented hauls for the valuable creatures. Some of the changes that a panel of the Main Legislature signed off on Wednesday are aimed at speeding up the process of getting fishermen off […]
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Betty Begin
SACO — Betty Mae Begin, 79, of Saco, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born June 12, 1936, in Farmington, a daughter of Allison and Barbara Christine (Yeaton) Seamon, and was educated there. On Sept. 17, 1964, she married Wilfred A. Begin Sr. in Wilton. Betty had been […]
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Pauline Couture
BIDDEFORD — Pauline B. Couture, 84, of Biddeford, died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, surrounded by her family. Pauline was born Aug. 31, 1931, to Arthur and Antoinette Maurice. She grew up in Biddeford in a large family with her two brothers, four sisters and one niece. She met and fell in love with her […]
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James McKenzie
BIDDEFORD — James B. McKenzie, 74, of Biddeford, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. He was born Feb. 8, 1942, in Waterville, a son of Charles K. and Dorothy M. (Jordan) McKenzie. Coming to Scarborough as a child, he was educated in local schools, and was a graduate of […]
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Washington Warlord: Hillary Clinton’s child soldiers
“Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.” – Frederick Douglass If there is one policy issue that most Americans can agree upon, even in our hyperpartisan political times, it is that child slavery should not be tolerated. President […]
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Time to join the movement
On Sunday, March 6, if you’re a registered Democrat in Old Orchard Beach, you’ll have the rare opportunity to change the course of history – for the better! Here’s why. Because on the above date, OOB Dems will be conducting its town caucus – one of many statewide caucuses held to determine how many delegates […]
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Editorial Roundup
The (Worcester) Telegram & Gazette (Mass.), Feb. 16: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia played a towering role in legal history during his three decades on the court, and in death will play an equally outsize role in political history in a precedent-setting battle over his successor. Like President Reagan, who nominated him, Justice Scalia’s contributions […]