NEW GLOUCESTER — LeRoy E. Farrington went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 16, with family by his side. He was born to LeRoy G. and Stella Farrington on Sept. 25, 1927. Roy attended West Grammar School and Portland High School, and served his country in Korea in the late 1940s. He was […]
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Ernest Vernon Bent
RUMFORD — Ernest Vernon Bent, age 73, of Hancock Street in Rumford, passed away on Saturday, June 2, at Rumford Hospital after a long and courageous battle with COPD and dementia. Ernest was born March 23, 1945, in Chelsea, Mass., the son of Albert and Alice (Hamilton) Bent. He attended Chelsea schools. Ernest entered the Army, […]
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Kenneth C. Austin
LEWISTON — Kenneth C. Austin, 87, formerly of Sunrise Lane in Lewiston, died Friday morning, April 13, at d’Youville Pavilion with family at his side. He was born in Auburn on Feb. 20, 1931, one of three children born to William and Sadie (Cliff) Austin. Ken was educated in Auburn schools and graduated from Edward […]
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Despite the Olympic glow, half of Korea remains in darkness
WASHINGTON — Watching the media fawning over the North Korean delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics, I recalled a picture that my old boss, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, kept under the glass of a table in his office — a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night. At the bottom, awash in light, is […]
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A message to world leaders
We at Hope House applaud the amazing peacemaking efforts of the Koreans and the International Olympic Committee, as opportunities to build bridges are being enthusiastically seized. We cheer on these peace efforts and pray that the Olympics is a turning point of hope for the Korean people and, indeed, the world. We have a special […]
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Against a tense backdrop, let the Games begin
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — On the one hand: The world gathers for a scripted, globalized spectacle of competition and unity. North Korean athletes and performers stream into the rival South for a display of cooperation that maybe, just maybe, could ease anxiety about possible nuclear war. The North’s head of state announces plans to […]
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What time is it?
Alexa, what time is the apocalypse? Ulp. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced the symbolic Doomsday Clock a notch closer to the end of humanity Thursday, moving it ahead by 30 seconds. It is now set at two minutes to “midnight.” In moving the clock 30 seconds closer to the hour of the apocalypse, […]
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Is a unified Korea possible?
North and South Korean athletes will march under one flag during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. The “Korean Unification Flag” is both a highly symbolic marker of reconciliation and a reminder of a divided Korea, a condition that has lasted since 1945. As a scholar of East Asian […]
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Raymond A. Buckminster
LEWISTON — Raymond A. Buckminster, 84, of New Vineyard, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at CMMC in Lewiston, surrounded by his wife, Debbie Martin and family. Raymond was born on Nov. 30, 1932 in Sunshine, Deer Isle, Maine, the son of Emery and Ethna (Shepard) Buckminster. He graduated from Stonington-Deer Isle High School in the […]
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Robert N. Hilts
LEWISTON — It is with regret we announce the passing of Robert N. Hilts on Sept. 26, 2017 at C.M.M.C. in Lewiston, while surrounded by loved ones. He was born on Sept. 14, 1930, in Oneida, N.Y., the son of Iona (Stokes) and Ernest Hilts. He spent some of his childhood in Canastota, N.Y., attending school […]