BIDDEFORD — Rita Hamel, 91, of Biddeford died April 30, 2019 at Seal Rock Healthcare. She was born June 1, 1927 daughter of Ernest and Bertha Huot Laflamme. Rita attended parochial school and graduated from St. Andre High School in 1947. She married Armand Hamel in 1950 at the former St. Andre’s Church. She was employed […]
2019
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Support young climate activists at Portland rally, march Saturday
Anna Siegel (“Maine Voices: Recognizing the stakes, young people leading the fight for climate justice,” April 30) has the climate situation well analyzed. The most vulnerable to climate disruption are people with the least economic clout and the 27,000-plus species in imminent danger of extinction. My husband and I had the distressingly sad experience of […]
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Priscille A. Folger
Topsham – Priscille A. Folger, age 95 of Front Street, died Wednesday, May 1st at Dionne Commons in Brunswick. She was born in Topsham on October 27, 1923, the daughter of Joseph H. and Josephine E. Belanger Michaud. She attended St. John’s School and Brunswick High School. On December 30, 1944 she married Martin O. […]
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Maine Voices: Assessment tests set up special education students for failure
The state evaluates and reports on youth with disabilities in a way that is developmentally inappropriate and fails to speak to their learning needs.
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Reid F. Wyman
VASSALBORO – Reid F. Wyman, 76, passed away peacefully after a short struggle with cancer at Togus Springs Hospice Care on April 17, 2019. He was born on May 2, 1942, in Bath, the son of Leroy and Evelyn (Gilliam) Wyman. He attended Westpoint schools. Reid served honorably in the US Army during the Vietnam war […]
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Henry (Bob) Dionne
Brunswick – Henry (Bob) Dionne passed away Wednesday, April 24th at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick after a long illness. He was born in Brunswick, Maine, February 11, 1937, the eldest of five children born to Henry and Anne (Sullivan) Dionne. Bob graduated Bridgewater Teacher’s College in 1959. There he met his wife. Virginia (Ginny). The […]
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Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca in the ‘Star Wars’ films, dies at 74
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Mayhew, the towering actor who donned a huge, furry costume to give life to the rugged-and-beloved character of Chewbacca in the original “Star Wars” trilogy and two other films, has died, his family said Thursday. Mayhew died at his home in north Texas on Tuesday, according to a family statement. […]
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Waterboro candidates to take questions at Wednesday forum
WATERBORO — Three people are in the running for two seats on the Board of Selectmen, two people are running for two seats on the RSU 57 School Board and three people are vying for one position on the Board of Trustees of Waterboro Water District. A Candidates Night for residents to listen to those […]
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Grateful for community support
Editor, We, the Saco-Biddeford Literacy Team, would like to thank everyone who showed up for our two literacy forums in March. We would also like to say a special thanks Abigail Worthing for her article in the Journal Tribune covering the forums. This kind of participation by everyone is so necessary to drive positive change, […]
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Maine Senate votes to preserve religious exemptions to vaccines
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate voted Thursday to pass a bill that would end philosophical exemptions to childhood vaccinations but would continue to allow parents to cite religious objections to vaccines The razor-close, 18-17 vote to preserve religious exemptions for vaccinations puts the bill at odds with a version passed last week by the Maine House, […]
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