2018
College? Maybe Not
I might be alone with this idea, but I have always considered our educational system to be one big job training program. Where better to instill in our future workforce the skills and necessities that will earn then a decent pay day later in life. From Kindergarten straight through their senior year in high school, […]
State and Federal Spending
We are fortunate that the economies statewide and nationally are growing at a very strong rate. However, both the state of Maine and the federal government are faced with the same problem as we begin the New Year, and that is how we control spending. The state must come to grips on how to pay […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My son and his wife have been together 10 years. They met and fell in love young. They are only 25 and have two beautiful children. I remarried three years ago, and my son’s wife was instantly attracted to my 54-year-old husband. It’s always uncomfortable for the two of us when they come […]
Evelyn M. Desmond
BATH — Evelyn Mary (White) Desmond passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 31, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Evelyn was born on September 11, 1924 in the living room of her family farmhouse in West Bath, the very same room that she passed. She was the daughter of the late Herbert […]
Arthur J. Gaudreau Jr.
NEWMARKET, N.H. — Arthur Joseph Gaudreau Jr., 51, died on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, after a short illness in Boston, Mass. Visiting Hours celebrating Arthur’s life will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, January 6, 2017, at the Conroy Tully Walker South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland. A funeral service will follow at […]
Marjorie Oliver
GEORGETOWN — Marjorie Oliver passed away on Dec. 23, 2017, at her home in Georgetown. The family would like to say thank you to the CHANS Home Health Care and Hospice for their time and care they gave to Marjorie. Their love and support allowed Marjorie to remain at her home, surrounded by her family, […]
Famed Muscle Shoals music producer Rick Hall dies at 85
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Alabama record producer Rick Hall, who recorded some of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s and ’70s and helped develop the fabled “Muscle Shoals sound,” has died. Hall died at his home Tuesday following a fight with cancer, said longtime friend Judy Hood. He was 85. Hall founded FAME Recording Studios in […]