It was a windy spring day when a small cluster of relatives gathered at the All Saints Cemetery outside Pittsburgh to lay their aunt to rest. The affair was simple — no hulking tombstone, no choir singing “Amazing Grace,” no long sermon. Then came Ken Haselrig’s turn. Haselrig is tall and built like a retired […]
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The $247 trillion global debt bomb
WASHINGTON — The untold story of the world economy — so far at least — is the potentially explosive interaction between the spreading trade war and the overhang of global debt, estimated at a staggering $247 trillion. That’s “trillion” with a “t.” The numbers are so large as to be almost incomprehensible. Households, businesses and […]
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Funeral notices for Wednesday, July 18
BELLAVANCE — Lorraine, 84, of Auburn, passed away in Auburn on Saturday, July 7. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, July 21, at 9 a.m. at St. Philip Church, Turner Street, Auburn. Burial will be private at a later date. In lieu of flowers, tax-deductible donations can be made in Lorraine’s memory […]
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Nonprofit seeks yard sale donations
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Rural Community Action Ministry is accepting donations for its third “Somewhat Annual” yard sale scheduled on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24 and 25. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the RCAM office, 81 Churchill Road in Leeds. Call 207-524-5095 for more information. — No name, no town […]
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Robert P. Preo
AUBURN — Robert P. Preo died Thursday, July 12. He was born July 1, 1945, in Auburn. His parents were Ralph Preo and Ruby Kinlin. Bob married his childhood sweetheart, Carol LaChance, on March 21, 1964. Bob and Carol had four children: Lisa, Lauri, Rob and Karen. In 1962, Bob joined the U.S. Marine Corps, then, […]
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Bethelyn Sweatt Fushimi
AUBURN — Bethelyn Sweatt Fushimi, 91, passed away Monday, July 16, at the Sarah Frye Home in Auburn, where she had resided for the past four years. Beth was born in New Gloucester on May 8, 1927. She was the daughter of Dr. Linwood Sweatt and his wife, Vivian Marden Sweatt. She graduated in 1945 from […]
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Looking Back on July 18
100 Years Ago: 1918 Browse this newspaper and it ought to be generally known that “coffee is not good for babies!” But the state board of health has discovered some need for making this fact public. The board also emphasizes the “necessity for sanitary dishwashing, the wash that really washes.” This is a hint to […]
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Carole Lyn Guilford Maynard
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. — Carole Lyn Maynard of Wisconsin passed away Friday, July 6, at the age of 54. She was born in Norway on Nov. 6, 1963, at Stephens Memorial Hospital, the daughter of Richard and Janice (Decato) Guilford. Carole attended local schools and graduated from Oxford Hills High School, Class of 1982. She was […]
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Harry L. Lowe
SOUTH PARIS — Harry Leo Lowe, 96, of Oxford died Saturday, July 14, following a brief hospitalization and stay at Market Square Health Care Center. He was in the presence of his two sons: the Rev. Frank Lowe of Reading, Mass., and Barry Lowe of Oxford. He is survived by his two sons; one grandson, Michael […]
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Rand N. Stowell Jr.
SOUTH FREEPORT — Rand N. Stowell, Jr. died in South Freeport on Thursday, July 12, after a long illness. Rand was born Oct. 14,1941, the son of Rand and Phoebe Hinman Stowell of Dixfield. He attended Dixfield schools, and graduated from Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. He then graduated from Dartmouth College and the Boston […]