A Close Call
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PublishedDecember 26, 2019
J. Lauren Sangster, Portland: Happiness found amid duct tape and paint
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PublishedDecember 26, 2019
Jody Rich, Waterville: Stop for repairs turns farmer’s field into concert venue
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PublishedDecember 19, 2019
Marpheen Chann, Portland: Fear overtakes common sense during a post-storm drive
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PublishedDecember 12, 2019
Kay Wheeler, Raymond: Progress has saved us many close calls
Sometimes at my age, my mind wanders and looks back at what has passed before me. Often I ask, “Why am I still here?”, but I am so will go with it. Lately, articles in the paper regarding religion and vaccinations, blood transfusions, immigration and the like have caught my attention. My mind goes […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Annunziata Graziano, Brunswick: When in doubt, consider that it might be just fireworks
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Steven Price, Kennebunkport: In the desert, seeking salvation
A year out of college, I was finding it impossible to land a job in the journalistic profession for which I’d spent four years preparing. There were two newspapers in Salt Lake City, where I was living at the time, and neither the Tribune nor the Deseret News was interested in my unproven reportorial prowess. […]
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Leslie Bowering, Concord Township: Saved by the miracle map
My husband, Alan, walks through the Maine woods regularly with an ease and confidence I cannot share. He has been wandering through vast woodlands since he was 5, so I was not surprised when he saw the old fire tower off in the distance, researched the trail map and decided to hike to it. We […]
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Cheryl A. Stringer, New Gloucester: Panic on the rocks
I am not by nature a risk-taker. In general I prefer to play it safe, at least in real life. But even the most cautious people can have their moments of insanity, especially in their teen years. One summer day I visited Fort Williams with my family. I had spent several of my formative years […]
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
Body identified as missing Waterville woman; boyfriend charged with murder
Family and friends of Melissa Sousa, 29, say her boyfriend and the father of their children, Nicholas Lovejoy, 28, was mentally unstable and could not take knowing she was leaving him.