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June 27, 2019

Robert L. Petrillo, Westbrook: What makes a memory that lasts years after graduation?

I attended my 50th high school reunion last fall. Of course, it was a terrific time, especially since it was the first I’d ever been to. I was glad for the little name tags and reproduced yearbook photos that the very capable organizers thought to include for each of us. I would have been hard-pressed […]
Published
June 20, 2019

Annunziata Graziano, Brunswick: Putting on my cap and gown to cross the stage of life

Many moments in my life have been capped off by a graduation. I’ve graduated from Daisy Girl Scouts to Brownies, from Brownies to Junior, and so on. I’ve graduated from fifth grade, eighth grade, 12th grade and college. For all of these milestones, I’ve celebrated with people who mean the world to me. They have […]
Published
June 13, 2019

Todd R. Nelson, Penobscot: ‘Really educated people’ learn wherever they are

It is commencement season, and so I contemplate the succinct messages being delivered to graduating classes. There is a body of thought that usually surfaces at this time of year, delivered by a voice with as much eminence as a school can recruit. They tend to be the voices of prominence and wisdom. They will […]
Published
June 6, 2019

J. Lauren Sangster, Portland: Springtime ceremonies, a ‘graduation’ and a fancy hat

I recently flew to Scotland to meet with the Sangster family and scatter part of Mike’s ashes, per his wishes. The second leg of my trip took me to Ireland for the wedding celebration of Mike’s eldest nephew. The trip across the pond did not disappoint. Our day to scatter Mike’s ashes was filled with […]
Published
June 2, 2019

Candy Guerette, Topsham: A diploma for the happiest voice in the choir

Published
June 2, 2019

John E. Lawrence, Winslow: Speech showed not all knowledge is power
Published
June 2, 2019

Cheryl Stringer, New Gloucester: Leaving it all behind and discovering what lies ahead
Published
June 2, 2019

Laura Henry, Yarmouth: Struggling with stigma, hoping for empathy
Published
May 23, 2019

Jon Dubois, Sidney: Shocking lessons on the farm

I wanted to go to my Aunt Flavie’s dairy farm to work with my cousins. My cousins were there to meet us when we arrived. As my mother drove off, I instantly became homesick. My cousin told me that we had to go to bed early because we had to milk twice daily; we were […]
Published
May 23, 2019

Norman Abelson, Wells: A real Mainer, at last

At age 88, I feel I am finally and truly a Mainer. Behind me are an unfortunate accident of birth, which kept me a prisoner for my first 21 years in Massachusetts, and necessary career choices, which, for the next half-century, kept me trapped in New Hampshire and Washington, D.C. During those yearning decades, I […]

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