DULUTH, Georgia — Announcement is made of the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Maria Dumont, formerly of Greene, and Jordan Easter of Duluth, Georgia. Ms. Dumont is the daughter of David and Stephanie Dumont of Greene. Mr. Easter is the son of Dennis and Susan Easter of Temple, Georgia. The future bride is employed at […]
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Advice for the president
Dear Mr. President, “Would you take this advice I hand you like a brother”? It’s a song lyric from the musical “The Pajama Game,” but fitting here. There is a way you can hang onto your base, keeping them engaged, energized, without the constant Twitter assaults on those who criticize you for attacking them. If […]
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Mystery Photo for August 12
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.
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Democrats have their own foreign espionage problem
WASHINGTON — Imagine if it emerged that the Republican chairman of the House or Senate intelligence committee had a Russian spy working on their senate staff. Think it would cause a political firestorm? Well, this week we learned that Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., had a Chinese spy on her staff who worked for her for […]
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Talk of the town: You're not from around here, are you?
Hot, ain’t it? Whenever I find myself cussing over hot and humid weather, I close my eyes and try to imagine being out in my driveway shoveling four feet of fresh snow while an icy wind blows down my neck and up the legs of my pantaloons. I imagine the back-busting weight of the slush […]
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The First Amendment protects plans for 3D guns
The prospect of ordinary people making guns at home on their 3D printers seems scary. Even President Donald Trump, a strong Second Amendment supporter, has tweeted that it “doesn’t seem to make much sense.” Attorneys general in eight states and the District of Columbia agreed, and sued to stop the website of Defense Distributed from […]
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Sarah Ann Williams
BRUNSWICK — Sarah Ann (Senz) Williams, 71, of Lisbon Falls passed away Friday, Aug. 3, at Mid Coast Hospital after a long battle with cancer. She was the wife of Edward T. Williams. He passed Aug. 26, 2013. She was born in Lodi, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1946, a daughter of the late Gordon Joseph Senz and […]
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Berry good, berry quick
Have some guests drop in unexpectedly? And just happen to have some blueberries in the fridge? Treat your friends to a cup of coffee and some baby blueberry streusel bundt cakes from Kathy Wakile and Miriam Harris’ “Indulge: Delicious Little Desserts That Keep Life Real Sweet,” from St. Martin’s Press. Makes 2 dozen cakes To […]
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Is your hate speech my free speech?
If you don’t like the way your political party leans, just wait a while. That paraphrase of the old saw about the weather in Maine (or just about anywhere that isn’t San Diego) exaggerates the situation, but look at how the two major political parties have switched places over the past few decades on the […]
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Trump’s voter-fraud claims are the real fraud
In the Kafkaesque world of President Donald Trump, unsubstantiated widespread voter fraud accounts for the fact that he lost the 2016 presidential popular vote while substantiated Russian election campaign meddling, which may have facilitated his victory in the electoral count, is nothing but a “hoax.” Though it’s taken an intensive FBI probe, hearings by two […]