WASHINGTON — Scholars have already debated for decades, and will debate for centuries, the role U.S. policies — military, diplomatic, economic — played in bringing the Cold War to endgame and the Soviet Union to extinction. One milestone was Ronald Reagan’s 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative proposal, a technological challenge that could not be met by […]
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Intolerance can never be up for debate
Donald Trump is a man of famously definite opinions. Whether it be about Mexicans, Muslims or Mueller, he knows what he thinks and isn’t shy about sharing. So it was telling, one year ago this weekend, when he refused to take a stand. Meaning, of course, Charlottesville and the white supremacist rally that shocked that […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Mike Bove, who teaches at Southern Maine Community College. Great Aunt June Saves the World By Mike Bove On the banks of the Androscoggin they lived in a shack. Frost between wood slats, a paltry wall between winter and themselves: children with absent parents, still […]
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Face Time: Kevin Gagne and Scout, partners in policing
Lewiston Police Officer Kevin Gagne has had a dog before. But a dog as a partner? That’s something different. And Scout, a yellow Lab, is a different kind of police dog. Unlike some of the other, more aggressive K-9s, Scout is a sniffer, not a fighter. She’s been trained since puppyhood for life as a […]
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Kirk — Provencher
LEEDS — Doug and Brenda Kirk of Leeds are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Katelyn “Kate” Kirk, to Dayle Provencher, son of Jennifer and Daniel Barker of Eddington, and Norris “Butch” and Beth Provencher of York. The future bride is a 2009 graduate of Leavitt Area High School in Turner. She graduated summa cum […]
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From gun kits to 3D printable guns, a short history of rogue gun makers
Gun rights activist Cody Wilson got a green light from the Trump administration in June to publish digital blueprints on the internet that will enable anyone with a 3D printer to make a plastic gun. A federal judge blocked distribution of those blueprints. But thousands of people have already downloaded them. Designs include handguns and […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, Aug. 12
AKERLEY — Blaine Gordon, 80, of Lewiston, passed away in Bridgton on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Service will be Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. at the Court St. Baptist Church. A reception is to follow at the Eagles Club at 4 p.m. BEAN — Patricia A., 82, passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, in South Paris. There […]
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She has been hiding her credit card debt
DEAR ABBY: I am married to a great man, but he’s very tight with his money. We found out early in our relationship that we couldn’t have a joint account because it caused so much fighting. We share our bills, but I am broke all the time. I have credit card debt he doesn’t know […]
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Taurus: Know the facts before sharing information
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Imani Hakim, 25; Cara Delevingne, 26; Pete Sampras, 47; Peter Krause, 53. Happy Birthday: Put in the hours, struggle through any trials and tribulations you face and you will surpass your goal. Letting go of the past will help you see what’s ahead of you and the possibilities that exist. […]
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Wiscasset’s Castle Tucker
Once home to a congressman and a sea captain, 200-year-old Castle Tucker offers a close-up look at the not-always-grand life of the Tucker family in the 1800s. WISCASSET — Mollie Tucker moved into what would become Castle Tucker overlooking the Sheepscot River in 1858, a 16-year-old wife and young mother with a 43-year-old retired sea […]