WATERVILLE — At a wedding ceremony this weekend, the groom wore a gown.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Seeking info about relatives’ descendants
My late father’s uncle, Joseph Thomas Gosnay, and cousin, Thomas Froggett Gosnay, immigrated to America in 1876. I understand that the cousin became a plate printer and worked on a newspaper in Maine. They used to write to my father, but later we lost contact. I recollect that my father mentioned a Helen Parker as […]
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Wesleyan scores late, beats Colby
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Freshman LaDarius Drew rushed for a 1-yard touchdown with 1 minute, 36 seconds remaining to snap a tie game and give the Wesleyan University football team a 28-21 victory over Colby in a New England Small College Athletic Conference game Saturday.
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THEODORA KALIKOW: We need to lead the leaders away from rancorous behavior
Once upon a time, when the world was young, we used to inscribe our new school notebooks with our name, address, town and state.
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COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY: Team effort sparks Black Bears
Thursday afternoon, Jocelyn Mitchell spent her lunch hour helping the University of Maine field hockey team sell baked goods as part of a team fund raiser for women’s cancer awareness.
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Pipeline would allow US to cut imports from unstable regimes
While European and Asian countries have become increasingly dependent on oil imported long distances from politically volatile regions of the world, the United States has its own supplier right next door in Canada.
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1,700-mile long pipeline could spur huge economic disaster
Recent spikes in gasoline prices have led once again to calls for more aggressive off-shore oil drilling and consideration of other sources of petroleum, particularly Canadian tar sands, to meet the nation’s enormous appetite for fuel.
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It’s important to look at world from every angle
I was impressed with the cartoon on the newspaper’s opinion page of Sept. 27. It depicted a chair on the left with a set of papers marked “peace talks .” Next to it was an Israeli flag. On the opposite side of the table was another chair, “peace talk” papers and a Palestinian flag. Only […]
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MAINE COMPASS: Cooperative economy can be key to Maine’s future
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Seems as if we’re all standing around on the street corners waiting for the government or the guys in pinstripe suits to expand the U.S. work force.
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Fines planned over asbestos at Wilton demolition site
WILTON — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection plans to fine the private companies that the state agency says broke asbestos removal laws at a contaminated demolition site.