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American Red Cross volunteers recognized at annual awards

The annual meeting and volunteer recognition awards of the Mid Coast Maine Chapter of the American Red Cross took place on May 13 at the Topsham Chapter house on Community Way. The event included a meeting of the Board of Directors, dinner and networking and a volunteer awards ceremony. Among the numerous awards of the […]

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Danny Tyree: Are you hopelessly confused about telephone etiquette?

“Don’t you dare call me without texting first!” blared a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, forget about Taiwan and other potential hot spots; battle lines are being drawn over the divisive issue of modern telephone etiquette. (“Plenty of ink for the battle lines, since we didn’t use any codifying the unwritten rules […]

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LC Van Savage: I have touched greatness

If any of you readers are under 60, you may as well turn to another fabulous article in this remarkable publication because, you see, I’m not sure you’ll recognize many of the names I’ll be naming. Some you’ll get but not all. You see I’ve decided to share a few of the glory moments of […]

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Joe Guzzardi: Teddy Roosevelt, the U.S. flag and Americanism

In 1904, the United States was booming under President Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.’s dynamic leadership. Roosevelt took over as president after a Polish anarchist assassinated President William McKinley in Buffalo. The populace loved Roosevelt, who had been the Rough Riders’ leader, an author, an outdoorsman, a rancher and the New York governor. No city was thriving […]