AUBURN — Lorraine Joan Schovitz, 81 — devoted wife, mother, and grandmother — passed away peacefully in her beloved sun room overlooking the garden of her home on Sunday, July 15. A Maine resident since 1991, she resided at Edgewood Condominiums, Auburn. A deeply religious Catholic all of her life, she was a member of the […]
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Barbara Jewett
FAYETTE — Barbara Louise Lewis Jewett, 51, of Fayette, is now dancing with Jesus after surviving breast cancer for 16 years. She was born May 28, 1967, in Waterville, the daughter of Clair H. and Mary E. Lewis. She was raised in Unity and graduated from Mt. View High School. She received her B.S. in elementary […]
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Desda Rutledge Fogg
FREDERICK, Md. — Desda Rutledge Fogg, 80, of Mount Airy, Md., and formerly of Norway, passed away at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Md. She was born in Norway on Sept. 4, 1938, to Leonard Rutledge and Ruth Louise Tracy.
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Cindy R. Brown
NORTH YARMOUTH — It is with deep sadness that our Family announces the passing of Cindy R. Brown on Aug. 7. She was a beloved daughter, sister, mother, meme and auntie. There will always be an emptiness without her (she certainly left her mark!) She had multiple medical conditions and through it all she fought like […]
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Surviving suicide
When a friend’s son committed suicide, she told me she had read that people killing themselves want to kill at least one other person, likely the person closest to them. When my father killed himself in 1950, he may not have killed anyone else — each survivor might wonder who was the other person he […]
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Impeachment is just a liberal fantasy
WASHINGTON — Michael Cohen’s decision to plead guilty for making hush-money payments on Donald Trump’s behalf has raised the prospect that if Democrats take control of Congress, they might try to impeach the president over a matter completely unrelated to a perceived criminal conspiracy with Russia. Good luck with that: Even if Democrats win back […]
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Breaking the shackles of religious bondage
My family and I were deeply, fervently Catholic. Catholic kindergarten and grade school: Notre Dame, New Hyde Park, New York; St. Molloy Catholic Summer Camp, New York; St. Mary’s High School, Manhasset, New York; St. John’s University, New York City. We prayed the rosary on our knees every night along with my Italian, immigrant grandmother […]
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Face Time: Grillin' and chillin' with 'Rocket' Ron Demers
OXFORD – For most of his adult life, Ron Demers of Otisfield worked at his father’s business in Lewiston selling leather to manufacturers. He traveled the country, offering his product to everyone from luggage manufacturers to cowboys who performed in rodeos. Nowadays, Demers is more known for the restaurant he runs out of a yellow […]
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Vesta Gillon
ORLANDO, Fla. — Vesta Gillon, 80, of The Villages, Florida, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 29. She was born Oct. 17, 1937, the daughter of George Jaffe (a WW II U.S. Marine veteran) and his wife Margarite (“Mike”), both school teachers, in Long Island, New York. Vesta attended college at Hofstra University in New York and spent […]
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Mystery Photo for September 2
If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at bmail@sunjournal.com or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo online at www.sunjournal.com/bplus.