St. John’s Catholic School students celebrated Dr. Suess’s birthday last week, taking part in Read Across America. Kiara Brown — author, illustrator and publisher of “Princess Pretend and the Not Knight” — had Skype sessions with students Tuesday and Wednesday. Her story takes readers on a journey that motivates them to be themselves and appreciate […]
March 2018
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FAITH NOTES :
We were late for a family reading night at our youngest child’s school. It was dark and cold. The end-of-winter ground was oozing mud, and the parking lot was packed. I slowed our minivan in front of the brightly lit building, wondering where to park. And that’s when I saw it: Just enough room off […]
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New parochial vicar assigned for Holy Trinity
A new parochial vicar has been appointed for a trio of parishes in the Diocese of Portland, including Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls. Bishop Robert Deeley announced the appointment of Fr. Anthony Kanagaraj Chinnaiyan, HGN, as parochial vicar of Prince of Peace Parish (Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Cross Church, and Holy […]
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Attacking Prejudices
I attack my prejudices every day. Every day I bring myself to account as Baha’u’llah commands. He says, “Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning.” Ever since becoming a Baha’i I have brought myself to account. During Black History month I doubled my efforts to overcome these character defects […]
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Living the Word
“As long as he earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 Spring Ahead No sooner do our yards become free of snow than we get walloped with another foot or so of the white stuff. On the plus side Daylight Savings Time […]
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Edward Schreiber
TOPSHAM — Reverend Edward Schreiber, 72 of Topsham, passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at his home. Born in Gloucester, MA on November 15, 1945, the son of Rudolph Max and Bertha (Hyytinen) Schreiber. Reverend Schreiber celebrated over 40 years as a Lutheran pastor in Hempstead Long Island, Cambria Heights, Queens and Saugerties, NY. Originally […]
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AP analysis: NRA gave $7.3M to hundreds of U.S. schools
The National Rifle Association has given more than $7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that they’ll follow the lead of businesses that are cutting ties with the group following last month’s massacre at a Florida high school. […]
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Study: Bones found in 1940 seem to be Earhart’s
NEW YORK Bones found in 1940 on a western Pacific Ocean island were quite likely to be remains from famed aviator Amelia Earhart, a new analysis concludes. The study and other evidence “point toward her rather strongly,” University of Tennessee anthropologist Richard Jantz said Thursday. Earhart disappeared during an attempted flight around the world in […]
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Watchdog report: Failed VA leadership put patients at risk
WASHINGTON A stinging internal investigation finds “failed leadership at multiple levels” at the Veterans Administration during the Obama administration that put patients at a major hospital at risk. It’s another blow to current Secretary David Shulkin, who also served at the agency then and now is fighting to keep his job. The 150-page report released […]
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Her dreams are realized
BRUNSWICK Ten years ago, new Bowdoin College women’s basketball coach Adrienne Shibles held her first Polar Bears Basketball Camp. A young, 12-year-old Brunswick Junior High School player introduced herself to Shibles, and the rest, as they say, is history. That Brunswick girl was Lydia Caputi, who tonight will lead her Bowdoin College women’s basketball team […]