Letter
2021
Karen Hand Ogg, Windham: On mental map, old world still lives
Hometown was the central character in the theatrical version of my father’s life. At 74 he took his life, directly because of an untreated mental illness, but indirectly as the result of never having been able to stay rooted to a hometown of his own. It is a complicated story, parts of which I learned […]
‘They didn’t know me or what I would do for this country’
Yasin Ahmady, who had come to the United States from Afghanistan 20 years before 9/11, is one of many Muslim Americans who suffered verbal and physical attacks in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
‘The Courier‘ perfectly crafted cold war snooker complete with Moscovian streets, alleys, walls and green rooms
“I can’t believe I’m having lunch with spies,” he said, with the glee of a 9-year-old entering Disneyland. “He” is Greville Wynne, (Benedict Cumberbatch “Sherlock,” “The Imitation Game”) a British businessman who sells machinery parts on an international level, when his many trips abroad, including to the Soviet Union, catch the attention of the grey […]
Obituary: Patricia A. Bragg Hannon
WINSLOW – Patricia A. Bragg Hannon, 79, of Winslow, passed away on August 25, 2021 at Cedar Ridge Center in Skowhegan. …