WISCASSET On April 1 at 5 p.m., the Fellowship Hall of First Congregational Church, UCC, in Wiscasset will host a potluck dinner and recipe auction event to raise funds for weekend packs of food for Wiscasset school children living in food insecure situations. While 15 percent of Wiscasset area’s population is identified as food insecure, […]
March 24, 2017
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Pope begs forgiveness for church’s role in genocide
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Monday begged forgiveness for the “sins and failings of the church and its members” during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide as the Holy See sought to open a new phase in relations nearly a quarter-century after the slaughter. In an extraordinary statement after Francis’ meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, the Vatican […]
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Living the Word
“Let your light shine among men, that they will see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 Saints Once a little boy asked another, “What is a saint?” Thinking of stained glass windows, the boy answered, “A saint is someone that the light shines through.” History is replete with […]
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Tapestries in NY cathedral get 16 years of grooming
NEW YORK Think your home furnishings are a dust magnet? New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine just spent 16 years cleaning and conserving its rare, super-size wall hangings. Now the historic house of worship is inviting the public to enjoy the fruits of its labor — “The Barberini Tapestries, Scenes from the Life […]
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Terry Clavin
JACKSON, WYOMING — Terry Clavin age 59 of East Simpson St. died Saturday, March 18th at his home. He was born September 22, 1957 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Terry attended St. John’s Parochial School in Brunswick, Maine and was a 1976 graduate of Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, Maine. Terry served in the Navy and […]
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DEATH NOTICE
BRUNSWICK — Sheila Gilmour, 91, of Brunswick, died on March 5, 2017. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at 10 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Pleasant Street in Brunswick. Arrangements under the care of Funeral Alternatives in Brunswick.
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Boy always game to try new things
HOLT, Mich. It’s time for the morning meeting in Betty Brown’s sixth-grade classroom at Holt’s Hope Middle School, and the students are learning an important skill: shaking hands. “Not a floppy fish, not too firm,” Brown tells the class. “Practice a just-right hand grip so the person you’re shaking hands with knows you are confident […]
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Cluster of Black Lives Matter groups joining forces with wage activists
A cluster of Black Lives Matter groups and the organization leading the push for a $15-an-hour wage are joining forces to combine the struggle for racial justice with the fight for economic equality, just as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to do in the last year of his life. They are launching their […]
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Trump administration issues permit for the Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON The Trump administration issued a permit Friday to build the Keystone XL pipeline, reversing the conclusion of the Obama administration and clearing the way for the $8 billion project to finally be completed. The decision caps a years-long fight between environmental groups and energy industry advocates over the pipeline’s fate that became a proxy […]
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Dog pulled from fire revived after 20 minutes
LOS ANGELES California firefighters who spent 20 minutes performing mouth-to-snout resuscitation on a dog they rescued from a burning apartment are being hailed as heroes. The dog’s owner, 35-year-old Crystal Lamirande, had just returned to her Santa Monica apartment Tuesday when a neighbor yelled there was a fire. Lamirande frantically tried to save her dog, […]