Today is Thursday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2016. There are 51 days left in the year. In 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central […]
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Arrivée de toujours, qui t’en iras partout.” (Arriving from always, you will go everywhere.) — Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (born 1854, died this date in 1891)
Go, Dragons Go!
When I was a young man the go-to sports team in Brunswick was the boys’ high school soccer team. They were seemingly always winning. Conference titles, State titles, All State players. Those teams had it all. Then there was the team that I played on, the boy’s high school football team. We attended conference title […]
Trump’s Alarming Success
Guest column Just days ago I was in Ohio. I was talking to Republicans, and this was the refrain I kept hearing: Donald Trump is throwing this election away. He has no real campaign here. No get-out-the-vote operation. No ground game. Nothing that signifies or befits a truly serious presidential candidate. These Republicans thought that […]
Charles A. Bibber Jr.
HARPSWELL — Charlie passed away peacefully from complications of cancer on October 22 at Togus VA Hospital with his wife, Beverly, children, and Masonic Brothers at his side. He was born February 7, 1926 to Charles A. and Affie V. (Morse) Bibber in Harpswell. His eleven brothers and sisters predeceased him: Medreth, Kenneth, Madelene (Chadburn), […]
Lillian M. Parker
Lillian passed away peacefully on November 4, 2016 from the complications of Wegener’s Granulomatosis. A battle she fought with both grace and courage. Lillan was born on June 1, 1938 in Owls Head Harbour, Nova Scotia, to Mabel (Eisan) Parker and Homer Parker. Her childhood, spent kicking in the waves of her ocean home, was […]
Howard H. Fraser
Howard H. Fraser, 93, of Brunswick went to his heavenly home on November 6, 2016. He was born on August 20, 1923, in Durham, the first child of three, to John Howard and Meta Fraser. He graduated from Brunswick High School in 1941. After completing his Machinist certificate, he joined the Hyde Windlass Company (later […]
Ellena C. Riley
BATH — Ellena C. Riley, 74, of High Street died Saturday, October 29, 2016, at Bodwell House, in Brunswick. She was born in St. Louis, MO, on October 19, 1942, the first daughter of Robert H. and Olive (Sewall) Charles. She graduated from Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, CT, and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. […]