SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The family of a 5-year-old boy who remains hospitalized after being injured in the November shooting rampage inside a Texas church said Monday that his recovery is going well and he remains in good spirits. Ryland Ward has been hospitalized since the Nov. 5 shooting inside the First Baptist Church of […]
2017
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I had planned a trip to Europe with my friend “Elizabeth,” a friend of hers and Elizabeth’s daughter. The plan was I would share rooms with Elizabeth. We paid for the hotels in advance. Shortly before our scheduled departure I fell, broke my ankle and couldn’t go. We tried unsuccessfully to obtain some […]
Poll: Sexual misconduct allegations voted top news story
NEW YORK The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. Here are 2017’s top 10 stories, in order: 1. Sexual misconduct: Scandals involving sexual misdeeds by […]
AP picks top entertainer
NEW YORK Arguably the biggest thing that came from Hollywood this year wasn’t a movie or a TV show. It had heroines and villains, but no script. And it went viral despite having no big publicity machinery behind it. The women who initially spoke out against sexual misconduct in Hollywood this fall — inspiring millions […]
Edward Smith Gilfillan III
Ed passed away after a brief illness on December 14, 2017. Ed lived in Harpswell, Maine, and is survived by his wife of 53 years, Katherine (Kathie). Ed was born on June 1, 1941, to Edward Gilfillan II and Ruth Chadderdon Gilfillan and grew up in Manchester, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1959 from Manchester High […]
Adelaide L. Guernelli
BRUNSWICK — Adelaide Lugo Guernelli, age 86, of Willow Grove, died on Dec. 16, 2017, at The Governor King Assisted Living Facility in Topsham. She was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 7, 1931, daughter of and Emilio Lugo and Leonore Suarez- Lugo. She attended schools in San Juan and received a doctorate […]
Congress goes on holiday with much to do next year
The Republican-led Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown, doing the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punting disputes on immigration, health care and the budget to next year. The measure passed the House on Thursday on a 231- 188 vote over Democratic opposition and then cleared […]