It’s just gotten a little easier for the government to control the weather. Social media sites moved en masse to ban Alex Jones, the self-parodic conspiracy theorist. Jones is a poisonous toad who leveraged his compellingly ridiculous persona and bizarre rants into considerable notoriety and a lucrative dietary supplement empire. He doesn’t represent anything new. […]
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The huge 'if' of Medicare for all
Imagine a world in which the rosy assumptions Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., makes on behalf of his “Medicare for all” health-care plan turn out to be true. That is what Charles Blahous, a professor at George Mason University’s libertarian-leaning Mercatus Center, did in a paper released last month. He found that the government would expand […]
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Local golf results
Apple Valley Wednesday, August 1 “Three Chicks and a Rooster” sidestep results: Net — 1. Chad Hopkins/Kaitlin Gallagher/Meghan Barriault/Claudette Stewart 59 2. Bill Pepin/Elaine Dube/Jill Longstaff/Ethel Landry 66; Fewest Team Putts — Chad Hopkins/Kaitlin Gallagher/Meghan Barriault/Claudette Stewart 22; 50/50 — Jill Longstaff. Fox Ridge Standings of the Provision Golf League as of Wednesday, August 2: 1 . Tiner/Carroll 177 2 […]
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Flora (McKeen) Komulainen
SOUTH PARIS — Flora (McKeen) Komulainen, 91, of South Paris went to be with her Lord and Savior on Aug. 11. She is predeceased by her husband, Gunnar Komulainen, and daughter, Susan (Komulainen) McElravy. She is survived by her sister, Evelyn Campbell; daughter, Pamela Woodworth; sons Danny and Wesley Komulainen; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and four […]
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Friendship with women
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 35-year-old gay man who has been in a serious relationship for five years. During the last year, my significant other, “Grady,” has grown very close with a female co-worker of mine he met at my office party. (I’ll call her Tina.) They have become inseparable, and when they aren’t hanging out, […]
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Beatrice L. Pierce
LEWISTON — Beatrice L. Pierce, 89, a resident of Livermore Falls, passed away Monday morning, Aug. 13, at Marshwood Center in Lewiston. She was born March 21, 1929, in Lewiston, the daughter of George and Gladys Sampson. She attended school in Jay. On Oct. 25, 1947, in Phillips, she married Richard Phair. He passed away in […]
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Franco Radio Queens, Kindness
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I saw recent comments about my mother, Roselle Coury Fortier, in July 23 and 27 Sun Spots. Mom was indeed a “first-class talent in every respect.” She attended the School of Radio Technique in New York City in the 1930s. Her radio career in Maine spanned more than 30 years, from 1940 […]
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Funeral notices for Tuesday, Aug. 14
ALLAIN — Virginia I., 91, of Auburn died Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Clover Manor. At Virginia’s request, there will be no visitation. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church. Committal will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Those wishing to make memorial donations in Virginia’s […]
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Betty A. McAfee
WEST PARIS — Betty A. McAfee, 89, formerly of Rumford for many years, died Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Ledgeview Living Center in West Paris, Maine. She was born in Joplin, Missouri on Oct. 8, 1928, the daughter of Rufus A. and Anna Louise (Stewart) McAfee, and had attended schools in Joplin. Betty worked at Livermore […]
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Robert W. Baker
SOUTH PARIS — Robert W. “Bob” Baker, 91, of Perkins Township died early Saturday at the Maine Veteran’s Home in South Paris. He was born July 10, 1927, in Fayette, son of David and Stella (Lane) Baker, and on June 22, 1945, married Patricia M. Mitchell. She passed in 1999. Mr. Baker served in the U.S. […]