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The Book Corner

How to Love A Country By Richard Blanco, Poet Published Beacon Press, Boston 2019 Pages 92 Price $18.95 This new poetry book by Richard Blanco covers a wide variety of issues facing America today. Selected by Barak Obama as the 5th Inaugural poet in U.S. history, poet Richard Blanco describe America both in its strengths […]

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Gordon Weil: States recognize natural rights beyond those in Constitution

True or false?  The U.S. Constitution begins: “Natural Rights.  All people … have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights….” False.  That is in the first sentence of the Maine Constitution.  Most other states have a natural rights clause.  For example, the Kansas Constitution begins: “Equal rights.  All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural […]

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New York Times Best Sellers

The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending May 5, 2019: FICTION                 1. Redemption David Baldacci The fifth book in the Memory Man series. The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared. 2. Where The Crawdads Sing […]

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Carmen Gobeil

BIDDEFORD — Carmen Gobeil, 88, of Biddeford, died Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at St. Andre’s Healthcare facility in Biddeford. She was born June 13, 1930 in Biddeford, a daughter of Joseph and Anais (Michaud) Parent and was educated locally. On May 30, 1953, she married Lucien A. Gobeil at St. Joseph Church in Biddeford. She had […]

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Josephine A. Hills

OCEAN PARK — Josephine A. Hills, 95, of Ocean Park died April 8, 2019 after a short illness. Jo/Josie was born on Dec. 22, 1923 in Caribou to Alma and Arthur Anderson the youngest of seven. When her sister Carol became engaged, Jo met Carol‘s fiancé‘s younger brother Alfred and it was instant chemistry. They […]