On Jan. 7, 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation’s first chief executive. Ten years ago Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped and her translator shot dead in one of Baghdad’s most dangerous Sunni […]
2016
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Spat erupts over state bill to bar women’s exposed nipples
CONCORD, N.H. — A top state legislator warned his colleagues Wednesday to be civil following a social media spat over a bill barring women from exposing their nipples in public. Lawmakers “have a responsibility to act with dignity, to act with respect, because we represent not only ourselves but our constituents and, in fact, the […]
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Mom of Baby Doe pleads not guilty
BOSTON (AP) — The mother of a 2-year-old girl dubbed Baby Doe after her body washed up on a Boston Harbor island inside a bag has pleaded not guilty to an accessory charge connected to the toddler’s death. Rachelle Bond was arraigned Wednesday on charges she helped her boyfriend conceal the body of her daughter, […]
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Helen I. McGahey
SACO- Helen Irene McGahey, age 87, of McKenney Road, passed away on Jan. 5, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her beloved family. She was born in Needham, Massachusetts on Aug. 10, 1928, a daughter of the late William and Nellie Kozloff, and attended Thornton Academy. Helen will always be remembered for her love of […]
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Lucille Croteau-Lavoie
BIDDEFORD — Lucille Croteau-Lavoie, 86, of Biddeford, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. She was born April 8, 1929, in Biddeford, a daughter of Oscar and Aurore (Fillion) Descoteaux, and was educated in Biddeford. Lucille attended and graduated from Coaticook High School in Coaticook, P.Q., Canada. On April 10, […]
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Aline Fontaine
SACO — Aline L. Fontaine, 90, formerly of Old Orchard Beach, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, at Seal Rock Healthcare in Saco surrounded by her family. She was born June 12, 1925, in Biddeford, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Leroux) Leveille, and attended local schools. On September 26, 1942, she married Paul Fontaine in […]
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Normand R. L’Heureux
SACO — Normand R. L’Heureux 82, of Saco, died Jan. 6, 2016, at Gosnell Hospice House. He was born in Biddeford on May 4, 1933, a son of Ernest L’Heureux and Albertine Parras. He was educated in Biddeford schools. Mr. L’Heureux worked at the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, the Saco Tannery and Spurwink Cord Company, retiring […]
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Is showtime over?
Establishment Presidential Candidates Battle to End Flirtation With Outsiders.” That Wall Street Journal headline sums up the race for the Republican nomination less than a month before the Iowa caucuses. Most political analysts, including us, have long predicted that once GOP voters got serious, once they focused on the importance of their decision, they would […]
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Teaching young journalists old-school ethics
Many of today’s journalism stars rose to prominence by writing exceptional blogs that broke some important national and international stories. When you stand alone as a journalist, your own conscience must be the judge of your ethics. Most get it right on their own. Others don’t, sometimes in spectacular fashion. However respected they become, these […]