The Knights of Columbus of Biddeford, Saco and Lyman would like to extend warm wishes and a big thank you to the community and parishioners of Good Shepard Parish for their support for our 17th annual free Thanksgiving dinner held this year at the Most Holy Trinity hall in Saco. The outpouring was again very […]
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Brattleboro Reformer (Vt.), Dec. 19: One of the biggest disappointments for many supporters of President Barack Obama has been his failure to prosecute, or even investigate, war crimes committed by officials of the United States in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq and in the so-called war on terror. In addition to investigating […]
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A look back on 2015
The year 2015 was one of struggle and hope – and a poignant reminder of just how interlinked those two things are. We met with tragedy, heartache and fear, yet emerged with resolve to rise above our adversaries, above difficult circumstances and above our own less noble impulses in order to move forward. The milestones […]
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Pope, President should focus less on climate change
There was a climate change conference held in Paris, France from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11. “It’s now or never,” said the Pope. “Adding every year the situation gets worse, we are on the verge of suicide to put it strongly.” My opinion is that the Environmental protection Agency (EPA) has lied to us many […]
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Christmas by the Sea ‘Thank you’
We would like to take a moment during this special holiday season to thank the many individuals and organizations whose volunteer efforts and donations made the 23rd annual “Christmas by the Sea” event the success it was on Dec. 6. Hundreds attended and enjoyed the costumed characters, the holiday trolley, food, goodies, and warm drinks, […]
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Praising young writer
It was our great joy to read Nina Collay’s column, “The youth view” during our summer sojourn in Old Orchard. She is a gifted writer and an adroit communicator. Her topics were varied and intriguing. Her pre-16th birthday column, “Letting life happen on its own terms” was thought provoking. She balanced well her youthful optimism […]
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Fool me twice, New York Times
In my experience, you can fool a golden retriever exactly twice with the old hidden ball trick. Our late dog Big Red was as exuberant an animal as ever lived. I used to say that if he wasn’t wet, cold, and hungry, Red was happy. Then I had to rescue him from the Arkansas River […]
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The Providence Journal (R.I.), Dec. 18: Does North Korea have a hydrogen bomb? Kim Jong-un, the communist country’s weird supreme leader, recently claimed it has developed one. Neither South Korea nor China has confirmed this rumor to date. If true, a hydrogen bomb would be a refinement of the nuclear weapons North Korea already possesses […]
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Welfare shouldn’t be used for lottery tickets
I n recent months, an organization called “The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting” has been doing some digging into the Maine State Lottery. While the reports have raised a number of interesting questions, among them how the lottery targets its advertising and who is buying the tickets, the most recent story they published again […]