The battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court forms a chapter in a new epoch in American history. Like other countries, the U.S. has dealt slowly with the rights and roles of women. Now, the country is undergoing major change, and allegations about Kavanaugh are part of it. His nomination and the […]
September 2018
Letters to the editor: Supporting PreK in Brunswick; Take down Bowdoin Pines
Brunswick Police Chief: PreK program has many benefits I am very excited about the possibility of Brunswick adding pre-kindergarten classes at the new Kate Furbish Elementary School when it opens in 2020. Quality pre-K is instrumental in developing youth in many ways. As police chief, I view pre-K as one of the most effective crime […]
Letters to the editor: On the candidates
Vote Hepler As a candidate for the Maine State Legislature, Allison Hepler has worked hard to learn about issues that are important to those she would represent. She has knocked on thousands of doors and regularly attended public events in each of he towns in her district. Her monthly email newsletter is full of interesting […]
My baseball memorabilia
The term “baseball memorabilia” usually refers to articles such as baseball cards or autographed baseballs or scorecards of famous games. I have no such items, but baseball has played a major role in my life, yielding memories as treasured as any old baseball card. I got a confidence boost as a nine-year-old in West Virginia […]
Selma Sternlieb
Selma Sternlieb, 82, died peacefully at home in Brunswick on September 26. She was born in the Bronx, NY, to Rae (nee Levine) and Eli Smith (Eisenschmidt), Jewish immigrant parents from Poland, who were among the only members of their families to escape the Holocaust. Her first language was Yiddish. From the age of 7 […]
Donald R. Tharpe
BIDDEFORD — Donald Ray Tharpe, 75 of Biddeford, Maine joined the Lord in Heaven on Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018 at the Gosnell House in Scarborough, Maine. Don was born on Dec. 17, 1942 to the late Horace Tharpe and Margaret Eloise in Columbus, Georgia. Don moved to Old Orchard Beach in 1956. Old Orchard Beach is […]
Ron Chase: Kayaking to historic Damariscove Island
More than four centuries ago, Damariscove Island was a busy place. Before Jamestown and Plymouth Colonies were founded, the island was settled in 1604 as a commercial fishing enterprise. Abenaki Indians were even earlier intermittent residents, sporadically visiting what they called Aquahega in primitive canoes during the summer months. Located off the coast of Boothbay, […]
Farmington man sentenced to 20 years for raping two girls in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — A Farmington man was sentenced this week to serve 20 years in the state prison after pleading guilty to four of 16 counts of gross sexual assault on two girls in Skowhegan — one who was under the age of 14 at the time, and another who was under the age of 18 […]
Police find man’s body after car plunges into Presumpscot River
The body of a local man was pulled from the Presumpscot River on Thursday morning after the car he was driving left the roadway, went into the river and overturned, police said. No further details about the person were immediately available. Police are expected to release more information Thursday or Friday after his family has […]
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