Pantry thanks community To the editor, The volunteers of the Biddeford Food Pantry would like to express their thanks to the community for its tremendous support of our efforts during this past year. You were there for us when we needed you! This has been a year like no other, and friends new and old […]
2021
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Letter to the editor: Trump backers complicit in Capitol violence
The time for soul searching has arrived for all supporters of Donald Trump. As they wash the blood from their hands, they should take a long, honest look in the mirror, for every Trump vote is complicit in what happened last week, especially those enabling votes for re-election. And if that look in the mirror […]
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Guest column: Will Susan Collins learn her lesson?
Despite social media evidence dating back to late 2020 of the intentions of President Trump’s fan base and his role in fueling the fires of misinformation, the white supremacist insurrection that occurred on Jan. 6 in the Capitol was shocking and unprecedented for many Americans. But what I wonder is whether Sen. Susan Collins had […]
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Catherine C. McHugh
BIDDEFORD — Catherine C. McHugh, 78, of Saco died on Dec. 26, 2020 from COVID-19 complications comforted at her bedside by her loving husband Edward. She was an adored member of the Seal Rock community where she and her husband Edward found residence. Born Oct. 19, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of […]
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Letter to the editor: Thin line exists between seeking accountability, vengeance
Like most others, I was shocked at the violence in the Capitol last week, and by the role of the president in encouraging it. The events have resulted in calls for impeachment. I urge a more cautious approach. We should always hold people responsible for their misdeeds. However, there is a thin line between holding […]
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Letter to the editor: Attack should raise awareness of need for tighter gun measures
Now that members of Congress know what it’s like to cower under their desks in fear for their lives, maybe they will take a less measured – and politically expedient – approach to school shootings and gun control. American children huddled in fear for their lives in their classrooms and cafeterias long before last Wednesday’s […]
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240 Strings to hold 3rd livestream of season
240 Strings will hold its third livestreamed performance of the season later this month. Anastasia Antonacos, of the Portland Piano Trio, will play some solo piano music by European, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Asian-American composers and arrangers on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. Antonacos has performed around the world as a soloist and chamber musician. She […]
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Carol Abbott 1949–2020
Carol Linda Abbott, 71, passed away quietly at home on Christmas evening, Dec. 25, 2020, with her husband of 48 years by her side. Carol was born on .1, 1949, in Portland, Maine, to Hervey Robert Tousignant and Irene Bernice Tousignant (née DesRoberts). She graduated from Biddeford High School in 1967, and the Holy Ghost […]
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Commentary: Executions don’t deter murder, despite the Trump administration’s push
Three more federal inmates are slated to be executed before the end of President Donald Trump’s term, though the first received a stay hours before she was slated to die on Jan. 12. Ten have already been put to death since the Trump administration announced in July 2019 that it would resume executions after a […]
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Letter to the editor: No excuse for Collins’ silence regarding assault on democracy
In the 1930s in Germany, so-called “good” people remained silent as their neighbors were beaten, arrested and taken away: Jews, of course, but also the disabled, gays and anyone who did not fit the Nazi vision. This did not happen all at once, but began with incidents of violence that the perpetrators blamed on the […]