March 2018
Lewiston Mayor Tries to Scare Student Voters
In what has become a distressingly perennial event, Lewiston’s conservative political establishment is once again in the news for using its resources to confuse, intimidate, and suppress young and new voters. Last week, over 200 recently registered voters in Lewiston, roughly a third of whom are students at Bates College, received an official letter from […]
In Defense of Trump’s Tariffs
It’s interesting how Trump’s tariff proposal has opponents screaming it’s the end of the world.” Granted, I’m no proponent for a trade war. China can win by oppressing their citizens into mud hovels, forcing them into slave labor with little recourse. That won’t happen in America, where citizens protest peacefully without fear of being mowed […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I’m frustrated that guests in my home almost never use the guest towels I’ve put out for them in the bathroom. Why do they do this? I remember a little poem in your column that addresses this. I’d like to clip it and put it in there next to the towels. Please print […]
Rebecca A. Roberts
Rebecca Anne Roberts (Becky), 46, of West Bath, passed away on March 3, 2018 peacefully with her family by her side at Maine Medical Center. Becky graduated Morse High School in 1989 and immediately went to University of Maine at Farmington for a year with the intent to be a teacher. Then took a break […]
Michael Harmon
BOWDOIN — Michael “Rocky” Harmon, 51, drifted peacefully away to knock on Heaven’s Door on March 9, 2018. He was surrounded by his family at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick at the time of his passing. Michael was born on July 22, 1966, the third of four children, to Vernon “Joe” Harmon and Shirley Young Harmon. […]
Marshall Aubrey Dunn Jr.
BOWDOINHAM — Marshall A. Dunn, Jr. (Marshy) passed away unexpectedly on March 6, 2018 in his home. Marshall was born on December 17, 1947 in Brunswick, Maine to Marshall and Emily (Wallace) Dunn. Marshall was predeceased by his parents; his brother, Myron Dunn; sister, Susan Dunn and half-sister Janice Curtis. Marshall attended schools in Bowdoinham […]