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For Our Independence from Tyranny

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This coming July, we will be celebrating the 241st anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. Before that date, it might be necessary to read that document once again. I wish to recommend this in light of some recent developments, since they are related to objections initially stated in the Declaration. Keep in mind their list began with: “let Facts be submitted to a candid world.”

Suicide Survivors Group to Meet in Damariscotta

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In response to a troubling increase in the number of suicides in the local community and the need to offer appropriate supports for loved ones, Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice will offer another six-week Survivors of Suicide support group for family members and close friends of suicide victims. The six-week group will meet in Damariscotta beginning Thursday, June 1, from 6-7:30 p.m.

Diaper Drive Heads into Third Year

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The Ecumenical Diaper Bank is beginning its third year of distributing diapers to low-income families. This year, from Mother’s Day, on Sunday, May 14, through Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18, Midcoast-area churches will hold diaper drives. They hope to raise enough funds and diapers with this annual drive to continue to supplement family supplies of diapers for the coming year.

Dems Host Mother’s Day Eve Spaghetti Supper

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Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle, and former State Sen. Chris Johnson will speak at a Mother’s Day Eve spaghetti supper to be held on Saturday, May 13 from 5-7:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Lincoln County Democratic Committee. To honor all of our mothers, Devin and Johnson will speak about their mothers and tell us about the ways that they were influenced by them in their political lives.

Nancy Kerr Jan. 19, 1926 - May 1, 2017

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Nancy Kerr, 91, peacefully went to be with the Lord on the morning of May 1 while surrounded by the loving people who cared for her at Round Pond Green.

Elliot Kennedy Sewall

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Elliot Kennedy Sewall was born at 12:50 a.m. on April 28 at LincolnHealth — Miles Campus in Damariscotta to Sarah Kennedy and Jason Sewall, of Pemaquid, weighing seven pounds, 15 ounces and measuring 19 inches long.

Waldoboro Eighth-Grader Creates Big-Rig Paint Design

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In December of last year, Medomak Middle School eighth-grader Kristina Rolerson was asked to take on a challenge to do any type of tribal design for her uncle’s Freightliner truck that travels around the United States. She decided to accept that challenge.


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