A Response to ‘College, Maybe Not’ I often like Mr. Crimmons’ columns (Prose and Cons) as they force me to articulate where I agree or disagree with him. As is often the case, his column last week contains some valid as well as, in my opinion, invalid points. He begins his column by saying that […]
2018
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Today in History
In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, retreated because of artillery fire. In 1913, Richard […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have grown children. All of them are underachievers. When contemporaries talk about their children getting jobs, getting married, having kids, going on vacation, buying a house/car, adopting a pet, I have nothing to contribute. My children do not have lives; they work low-paying jobs and scrape by. Worse, they have no ambition […]
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Daryl D. Gushee
NEW GLOUCESTER — Daryl David Gushee, 54, of New Gloucester, passed away suddenly on Friday, December 29, 2017, at his shop on Route 100 in New Gloucester. He was born in Portland, ME on Friday, August 2, 1963, to David Allen Gushee and Beverly Ann Upham Gushee. Daryl resided with his parents in South Portland […]
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Richard D. Shaffer
BOWDOINHAM — Richard Dean Shaffer, 61, of Bowdoinham, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born October 11, 1956, in Urbana, Ohio, the son of Lawrence Shaffer and Donna (Nelson) Shaffer. He was a 1975 graduate of Livermore Falls High School. Following graduation he proudly served in […]
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Yvonne G. Drolet
BRUNSWICK — Yvonne Germaine Drolet died following respiratory illness at Hawthorne House in Freeport, Maine, on January 5, 2018. She was 91 years old. Yvonne was born on February 13, 1926, to William and Marie Brillant in Topsham, Maine. She attended high school in Brunswick and in April 1947 married the love of her life, […]
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John Ribas
BRUNSWICK — John Ribas, age 83, 28 Magean St., died on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, at home in the arms of his loving wife, Circe Ribas. A memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen St. in Brunswick. Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral […]