SACO — Incumbent Democrat Donna Bailey is facing competition from Republican Stephen DuPuis and Independent Frederick Samp for the House District 14 seat, covering part of Saco. Bailey, 57, is an attorney and is serving her first term as a state representative. She is a former York County Probate Court judge and has also served […]
October 2018
Fury over reported federal plan targeting transgender people
WASHINGTON — LGBT leaders across the U.S. reacted with fury Monday to a report that the Trump administration is considering adoption of a new definition of gender that would effectively deny federal recognition and civil rights protections to transgender Americans. “I feel very threatened, but I am absolutely resolute,” Mara Keisling, executive director of the […]
Bernadette Courtois
BIDDEFORD — Bernadette Hubert Courtois, 85, of Biddeford died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born April 27, 1933 in Biddeford, a daughter of Amable and Grace (Ridley) Hubert, Jr. and was educated at St. Andre’s School and graduated from Biddeford High School. On June 27, 1953 she married […]
Alcide J. Bergeron
BIDDEFORD — The heavens opened on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 5 a.m. as Alcide Joseph William Bergeron said goodbye, surrounded by his family and enough love to survive a thousand generations. Born Dec. 24, 1929 to Horace and Edna Bergeron of Cumberland, Rhode Island, he got out of Dodge as soon as legally possible and made his […]
‘Wonder Woman’ sequel pushed back to summer 2020
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world will have to wait a little longer for the “Wonder Woman” sequel, which will now arrive in theaters in summer 2020. Warner Bros. announced Monday that “Wonder Woman 1984” will now open on June 5, 2020. The film starring Gal Gadot as the Amazonian superhero had been slated for […]
Barbara G. Robinson
SANFORD — Barbara G. Robinson, 77, was born Nov. 22, 1940 in Oakland, California. She was a longtime resident of Shapleigh. After retirement, she and her husband spent winters in R0ckport, Texas and summers at their cottage in Madawaska, Maine. She was an avid fitness enthusiast who loved workouts at the Sanford YMCA, swimming, biking […]
Alice T. Bisson
LEWISTON — Alice T. Bisson, age 90, of Roger Street, passed away Friday, October 19 at Marshwood Center. She was born June 2, 1928 in Nashua, NH, the daughter of Oscar and Clara (Girard) Ouellette and was the oldest of 6 children, Yvette Boivert, Gerard, Muriel LeClair, Leo and Paul Ouellette. As a young child, […]
Major Merle I. Howe
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Major Merle Irene Howe was Promoted to Glory on Oct. 19, 2018. She was born in Picton, Ontario, Canada on Feb. 3, 1925, the daughter of Charles and Merta Rea Howe. Major Howe graduated from Haverhill High School. She received her Bachelor’s degree in 1967 from Boston University and continued her education […]
Hilda Mae Tyler
On September 14th, 2018, Hilda Mae Tyler, 84 of Woolwich and Port St. Lucie FL, was called home to her Lord. She was born on June 23, 1934 to Harriet (Dodge) and Lester H. Vinal. Hilda married US Air Force T/Sgt. M. Dean Harper of Wisconsin in 1952 and was widowed in January 1957, when […]
Treaty exits and extensions top Trump adviser’s Moscow talks
MOSCOW — U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser met in Moscow with top Russian officials Monday, less than 48 hours after Trump declared he intended to pull the United States out of a 1987 nuclear weapons treaty. National Security Adviser John Bolton and his Russian counterpart, Security Council chairman Nikolai Patrushev, discussed arms control […]
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