Paul Bailey, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, is gravely ill. Until last week, he wondered how his wife would be able to stay in their New Hampshire home after he dies of cancer.
August 2013
Posted inLifestyle
Find someone who appreciates you
I’m about to lose my wife because she says I’m not the man she has tried to make me into. I’ve tried to tell her that relationships are give and take, and that accepting and understanding someone as he or she is is the first step to a healthy relationship. She says that she’s been trying too long and just wants to give up. Please tell me what I can do or say to keep my marriage together.
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Posted inCelebrations
Mosher, James
CASTINE — John and Lynn Mosher of Castine, Maine are happy to announce the upcoming nuptials of their daughter Janine Mosher to longtime fiance Eric James. The groom is the son of Lee and Linda James of Yorktown, Va.
Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: Debt-free college education?
Almost a month after Congress failed to prevent student loan rates from doubling, Democrats and Republicans recently reached a compromise that will keep rates low, at least temporarily, for most graduates.
Posted inLifestyle
She thinks it’s rude, he thinks it’s normal
Dear Annie: I’ve always known that my husband’s widowed mother runs his life. She picks out his clothes and even decided which house we should buy. Of course, it’s about a half-mile from hers.
Posted inCelebrations
Gamache,Wilber
SKOWHEGAN — Ronald and Anna Wilber of Skowhegan have announced the engagement of their son, Robert D. Wilber of Portland, formerly of Skowhegan, to Terri J. Gamache of Portland, daughter of Claire Gamache of Lewiston and the late Alfred Gamache.
Posted inOpinion
TINA DUPUY: New ways to blame poor for their poverty
You’ve heard the term “slut-shaming.” It’s a tactic used by those fighting to repeal the 20th century. As women make strides for equality, a chorus of antiquities pronounces women who want to work outside the home as promiscuous. Only wanton women would want abortion rights. Loose ladies demand day care.
Posted inOpinion
LIZ SOARES: Some folks fear human interaction found at local farmers’ markets
I was at the Augusta Farmer’s Market at Mill Park a couple of weeks ago, buying my usual half-gallon of raw milk from Sarah Smith of Grassland Farm. She was talking to a person who, at the time, appeared to be a customer, but who I now have reason to believe was a Kennebec Journal reporter.
Posted inOpinion
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Administration still bending language to fit political need
Jen Psaki, blameless State Department spokeswoman, explained that the hasty evacuation of our embassy in Yemen was not an evacuation but “a reduction in staff.” This proved a problem because the Yemeni government already had announced (and denounced) the “evacuation” — the word normal folks use for the panicky ordering of people onto planes headed out of country.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Gibraltar-Spain tension rears its ugly head
As if there were not enough going on around the Mediterranean already, Gibraltar has raised its head again. The latest round of cross-border tension appears to have started in a row last year over fishing rights, when Spanish fishermen were expelled from Gibraltar’s waters for using large nets. Gibraltar’s answer to Spanish dragnet fishing was to dump blocks of concrete into the sea to create an artificial reef.