BELFAST — Park by the waterfront in Belfast and stroll up Main Street, toward the post office.
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J.P. DEVINE: Watch the door
My oldest has moved into a new home in Hollywood, and she thinks it’s haunted. It’s in a wonderful newly renovated neighborhood that was once part of the old art deco Hollywood, a space where golden age writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain lived, when Hollywood was the capital of make believe. They’re all dead, but some think they’re still hanging around. L.A. is hard to leave even if you’re dead.
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Purdy,Beaudoin
AUGUSTA — Gisele Albert Purdy and Ronald Marc Beaudoin were married on January 1, 2011. The double-ring ceremony, officiated by David Madore, and reception were held at Le Club Calumet in Augusta.
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COMMENTARY: Would flat tax benefit U.S.?
Over the past decade or so, China’s policy of export-led growth has triggered double-digit economic gains, leading some commentators to predict that the Chinese economy — already second-largest in the world — would soon eclipse our own.
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Franklin,Washburn
SKOWHEGAN/THOMASTON — Sheila Franklin and Glen Franklin, both of Thomaston and Brenda and Jeffery Washburn of Skowhegan are announcing the engagement of Loralie Lynn Franklin and Timothy Dawes Washburn.
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COMMENTARY — ON BASEBALL: Chiang trying to make a name for himself
Introducing the other outfielder from Taiwan: Chih-Hsien Chiang.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Bar Harbor’s Bluenose Inn defines luxury
Webster defines an inn as “a public house for the lodging and entertaining of travelers.” That definition is entirely insufficient for Bar Harbor’s Bluenose Inn.
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KVCC to offer online program in early education
FAIRFIELD — People working full-time jobs far beyond Fairfield will find it easier next year to enroll in early childhood education classes at Kennebec Valley Community College.
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OUR OPINION: In spite of slow start, Legislature had solid session
If it seemed as though members of the Maine Legislature had a lot of bills to consider during their recently concluded session, it’s because they did. Legislators introduced a mind-numbing total of 1,587 bills, eventually passing about 600 of them.
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Exhibit puts Skowhegan’s Civil War ties in spotlight
SKOWHEGAN — One-hundred and fifty years ago next week, a divided nation was cast into the first significant conflict of the American Civil War at a place Union forces called Bull Run and the Confederates called Manassas.