May 2018
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My granddaughter, “Emily,” is 13. I have been very involved with her all her life. My daughter, “Ginger,” is divorced and has had a boyfriend, “Greg,” for about three years, but there has been no talk of marriage. Greg’s mother has told Emily to call her “Grandma.” Emily is OK with that, but […]
Need an entry-level job at a store? It can be harder now to get hired
NEW YORK Asia Thomas knew she was at a disadvantage. It had been 16 years since she quit a job at McDonald’s to raise her kids. When she left, restaurants didn’t have kiosks to take orders, people didn’t use smartphones to pay, and job seekers did applications on paper. “Things have changed,” said Thomas, who […]
Zada Thurlow
BATH — Zada Thurlow, a resident of Bath, died at home on Sunday May 27th. She was born August 3, 1941 to Ella Barstow and Harvey E. Barstow Sr. in Richmond, ME. Zada enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She also enjoyed shopping and stopping at McDonald’s for ice cream sundaes. She was predeceased […]
William Ciciotte
TOPSHAM — William “Chick” Ciciotte, age 85, of Tedford Road, died on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at Mid Coast Hospital. Visiting hours will be held Friday, June 1 from 4-6 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, where a memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 2 at 11 a.m. A celebration […]
Alberto’s last gasp: Mudslides and flooding in Appalachia
As remnants of Subtropical Storm Alberto spread into the Great Lakes region, people were keeping a weary watch on dams and hillsides today as rains from the storms have triggered floods and mudslides in the Appalachians of the Southeast. In the North Carolina mountains, one of those landslides was blamed for a gas leak that […]
U.S.-N. Korea meetings aimed at salvaging summit
NEW YORK Top American and North Korean officials are holding a full day of meetings in New York today aimed at deciding whether a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can be salvaged. Ahead of the meetings, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the North’s former military intelligence chief, […]
As Trump summit nears, Kim Jong Un meets Russia’s Lavrov
TOKYO North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met today with Russia’s foreign minister, who was in Pyongyang on a visit that Moscow hopes will reassert its role as a force to be reckoned with ahead of Kim’s expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore next month. Moscow has remained largely on the sidelines […]
Trump continuing with plans for steel, aluminum tariffs on EU
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions from the European Union, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs and inflame trans- Atlantic trade tensions. U.S. and European officials held last-ditch talks in Paris today to try to reach a deal, though […]
Saving Sessions: Inside the GOP effort to protect the Attorney General
WASHINGTON Days after President Donald Trump deemed Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president’s inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general’s job. The White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and the president’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, pleaded with Trump during a heated Oval […]