The staffer at Sen. Susan Collins’ office was accessible, smart, and personable. We found a lot to talk about — veterans’ justice, raising our kids, a Catholic upbringing, lawyer stuff. Eventually, though, we turned to the reason for my visit. He supposed it was Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, Sen. Collins’ vote, and the future of Roe […]
September 2018
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The boiling point
One of the great memories I have from my youth is visiting our friends Dick and Madeline Paleski in New Jersey. We would get there at 2 or 3 in the morning and there would be pans of lasagna, sausages and gravy already cooking. There would also be large boiling pots of water for the […]
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Today in History
In 1698, Russia’s Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards. In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. In 1882, the nation’s first Labor Day was celebrated with a parade in New York. (Labor Day now takes place on the first Monday of September.) In 1939, four days after war had broken out […]
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Calendar
WED/5 MISCELLANEOUS MAKE OWN PINBACK BUTTONS, 3-4:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Library provides art supplies for buttonmaking. FMI, (207) 865-3307. TECH MEETUP, 6-7 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick. Introduction to social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Get help in learning features, setting up account. FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS, 7 p.m., Topsham Medical […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My fiance is in a group chat with a dozen of his friends. They are all professional men in their 30s with families. They regularly send each other pornographic images. This includes the group “icon,” which appears to be a solicited picture of a woman’s behind with the group name written on it […]