NEW YORK Bill de Blasio began his second term as mayor on Monday at a swearing-in ceremony outdoors in freezing temperatures, taking the oath of office administered by Brooklyn native and Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. “By Vermont standards this is a warm and pleasant afternoon,” Sanders joked to the crowd at City Hall Park. […]
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Jean Irene Watson
Jean Irene Watson (Fleming), 78, died peacefully on Saturday, December 23, 2017, while visiting her family in Bath, Maine for the Christmas holidays. The first of four daughters born to Clinton and Ruth Fleming on October 1, 1939, Jean lived a full and blessed life. She graduated from Morse High School in 1957 and later […]
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Marjorie J. Oliver
Marjorie J. Oliver, passed away on December 23, 2017, at her home in Georgetown. Born in Damariscotta Mills, Maine, daughter of George F. and Loantha York Jones, Marjorie grew up in Damariscotta and graduated from Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. She graduated from Quinnipiac College in New Haven, CT. with an AA Degree. She then went […]
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Robert Matthews
CUMBERLAND FORESIDE — Robert (Bob) Mathews passed away quietly at Falmouth by the Sea on Dec.5 after a 30 year-long battle with lymphoma. Bob was born in St. Louis, MO in 1934, the son of Wallace Kieselhorst and Mary Mathews. After his parents’ divorce, Bob took his mother’s maiden name. Childhood years were spent in […]
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Penny Radley
WEST GARDINER — Penny Radley, 56, passed away December 27, 2017 at her residence on West Gardiner. Arrangements under the care of Direct Cremation of Maine, Belfast.
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LePage says feds demanding return of $51M spent on Riverview
AUGUSTA Maine’s Republican governor is warning that lawmakers tasked with finding tens of millions of dollars to fund a voter-approved Medicaid expansion must also consider the potential return of $51 million in federal funding spent on the operation of a state psychiatric center. Gov. Paul LePage recently told The Associated Press he expects federal officials […]
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California rolls its own recreational pot sales out for 2018
SACRAMENTO, Calif. From a pot shop in Santa Cruz that hung a banner proclaiming “Prohibition is Over!” to one in San Diego handing out T-shirts showing the first moon landing and declaring a “giant leap for mankind,” the Golden State turned a shade greener with its first sales of recreational marijuana. Ceremonial ribbon cuttings marked […]
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Colorado authorities were warned about gunman’s mental state
DENVER A man who shot and killed a Colorado deputy and wounded four others along with two civilians was an attorney and an Iraq war veteran who had posted videos online in recent months criticizing professors and law enforcement officials, authorities said Monday. Shooter Matthew Riehl, 37, died Sunday during what officials called an ambush […]
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Iran’s leader blames protests on meddling by ‘enemies’
TEHRAN, Iran Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday blamed the protests roiling the country on “enemies of Iran” who he said were meddling in its internal affairs, as state television reported that overnight clashes between protesters and security forces killed another nine people. The demonstrations, the largest seen in Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election, […]
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S. Korea offers to talk with North on Olympic cooperation
SEOUL, South Korea South Korea on Tuesday offered high-level talks with rival North Korea to find ways to cooperate on next month’s Winter Olympics in the South. Seoul’s quick proposal following a rare rapprochement overture from the North a day earlier offers the possibility of better ties after a year that saw a nuclear standoff […]