As a prosecutor, I understand firsthand the practical importance of filling our courtrooms with fair, impartial, hardworking and intelligent judges. As a military officer sworn to defend the Constitution, I expect our judges’ wisdom and discipline to prevail over partisan interests in defending the Constitution in the courtroom, just as our soldiers’ sense of duty […]
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Brakey can fix the problem
Have a debt problem? Call Sen. Eric Brakey. America is in financial trouble, and America needs someone who will fix the problem. Brakey is that person. With the debt clock ticking away, it seems like no one is watching it. America is $20 trillion in the hole, but lawmakers in Washington, D.C., keeps spending more […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, Aug. 19
BLONDIN — Marie Anna, of Lewiston passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 15. Visitation at Fortin/Lewiston, Monday, Aug. 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 11 a.m. in the lower chapel of the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul. Committal at St. Peter’s Cemetery. A […]
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Stephen H. Brown
LEWISTON — Stephen H. Brown, 75, of Carthage died in Lewiston on Thursday, Aug. 16, from complications of cancer. Steve was born in Northampton, Mass., on Aug. 8, 1943, the son of Stephen Brown and Elsa Parshley Brown. He grew up in Northampton and Amherst and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1968. He […]
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Roddy A. Glover
MONMOUTH — Roddy A. Glover Jr., 57, of Monmouth died unexpectedly Thursday, Aug. 16, at his home. He was born in Augusta on April 17, 1961, the son of Roddy A. Glover Sr. and Jacqualyn (Cooper) Prescott. Roddy was a lifelong avid outdoorsman who trapped, musket, rifle and bow hunted year-round based on the season. […]
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Elaine P. LaBrecque
AUBURN — Elaine Poliquin LaBrecque, 66, of Poland Spring, died Friday, Aug. 17, at the Androscoggin Hospice House following a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Lewiston on May 23, 1952, to the late Guildo and Dorita Poliquin. Elaine graduated from Westbrook College in 1972 with a degree in art and […]
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Lobsterman saved from drowning in Rockland Harbor
ROCKLAND — A Rockland lobsterman said he thought he was going to die as he struggled Thursday to stay above water in Rockland Harbor. But the quick response by a crew member of a fishing vessel docked at the Rockland Fish Pier prevented a tragedy. Gary Kenney had come in from hauling traps and was […]
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A perfect storm of factors is making wildfires bigger and more expensive to control
Hopes for fewer large wildfires in 2018, after last year’s disastrous fire season, are rapidly disappearing across the West. Six deaths have been reported in Northern California’s Carr Fire, including two firefighters. Fires have scorched Yosemite, Yellowstone, Crater Lake, Sequoia and Grand Canyon national parks. A blaze in June forced Colorado to shut down the […]
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The world's on fire. Blame a kink in the jet stream
Sweltering? Swimming? Choking on wildfire smoke? Blame it on the jet stream. Kinked, buckled, stuck or stalled, it doesn’t matter how you describe it, the ribbon of wind that circles the Earth is doing strange things and the calamity list includes wildfires across Scandinavia, Greece and California, record heat in Texas, Japan and Africa and […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by former Portland poet laureate, Marcia Brown, of Cape Elizabeth. Fish By Marcia Brown End of summer languor has set in. Lowering sun quickens the gilded evenings we have loved. One last social down the beach plants wine glasses in our hands. We stand […]