AUBURN — Michael Haley, 75, of Auburn, formerly of South Paris passed away Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Clover Manor. He was born in Norway on Feb.13, 1943, the son of Gerald and Jeanette Downing Haley. He graduated from Paris High School in 1961 and from the University of Maine at Orono with a master’s degree in […]
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Margaret L. Bouchard
SABATTUS — Margaret L. Pulk Bouchard, 76, of Sabattus passed away peacefully May 20, 2018, after a 23-year battle with COPD. She was surrounded by her loving, doting husband of 29 years, Maurice R. Bouchard, and her children. She was born July 28, 1941, to (now deceased) Arthur J. Pulk of Eastport, father, and Josephine LaNora […]
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Glad-hatters: Easter or really anytime, it’s not too late to get a bonnet on it
On this Easter Sunday, it’s a little history, a little bonnet buzz and how to make a fashion statement directly from a milliner (and we’re not talking out of our hats!) Easter bonnet 101 Beginning in the 1870’s, New York City’s stylish set would celebrate Easter by attending church and then promenading down Fifth Avenue […]
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Why horses used to wear bonnets, caps and peaked straw hats
Last month, Connecticut police arrested a former college professor after his Labradoodle died in his hot car. Officials later discovered that his previous dog had died the same way. The story was horrific, but not a surprise. Being stuck in a hot car kills hundreds of pets every year, a tragic trend that has prompted […]
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School takes hat off to students learning public policy
PARIS — A group of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students want to convince School Administrative District 17 directors that hats belong in the classroom. Four OHCHS Student Council members, representing the entire student body, presented their arguments for allowing students to wear hats in the classroom before the Policy Committee last week. The Policy […]
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V. Bacon: Cover up to stay warm
I don’t get outside much so I watch a lot of television, quite often of outside sports — such as skiing and skating — when it is usually cold. I have seen some of the officials and reporters, out in the cold, wearing warm winter jackets, but some are bare-headed. I have been told by […]