A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2021
Current Events/ Krishna Janmashtami
Krishna Janmashtami, also known simply as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It is observed according to the Hindu lunisolar calendar, on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha which overlaps with August or September of the Gregorian calendar.[3] It is […]
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PublishedAugust 18, 2021
How do they say that in…
English apartheid French aparté Spanish segregación racial Italian discriminazione razziale German apartheid Chinese Zhǒngzú gélí 种族隔离
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PublishedAugust 18, 2021
Word of the week
Apartheid A former social system in South Africa in which black people and people from other racial groups did not have the same political and economic rights as white people and were forced to live separately from white people. Note: The extreme racial segregation of apartheid lasted from 1948 to 1994 and included such restrictions […]
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PublishedAugust 18, 2021
Current events/ The month of August … looking back
August 1, 1944 – Anne Frank penned her last entry into her diary. “[I] keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would like to be, and what I could be, if…there weren’t any other people living in the world.” Three days later, Anne and her family were arrested and sent to […]
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PublishedAugust 12, 2021
Mayo and Ward wed
BETHEL — A Justice of the Peace performed the wedding of Ariel Marie Mayo and Lawrence on June 22, at the Stonybrook Campground. The bride is the daughter of Michelle and Jim Bonsey. Her grandparents are Marc and Charlotte Mayo. The groom is the son of Tammy White and late stepdad Billy White of Peru. […]
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PublishedAugust 12, 2021
Briefly
Hebron Historical Owner Fred Huntress has researched the early homestead and property in Hebron Center, which also included the Maple Ridge Cemetery and a grammar school, and will present his findings to the Hebron Historical Society . This will be at the Town Office , 351 Paris Road, at 7 p.m. on Aug 24. The […]
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PublishedAugust 11, 2021
Current Events/ 100 years ago this week
Did you know that 100 years ago three major inventions that would change they way we live, were invented and patented? On August 12, 1877, Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonograph. Don’t know what a phonograph is? How about a record player? Tape player? CD player? Well all of those evolved from his original invention […]
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PublishedAugust 11, 2021
Current Events/ 100 years ago this week
Did you know that 100 years ago three major inventions that would change they way we live, were invented and patented? On August 12, 1877, Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonograph. Don’t know what a phonograph is? How about a record player? Tape player? CD player? Well all of those evolved from his original invention […]
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PublishedAugust 11, 2021
How do they say that in…
English invention Spanish invención French invention German erfindung Italian invenzione Chinese fāmíng 发明
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PublishedAugust 11, 2021
Word of the week
Invention 1 : an original device or process 2: the ability to think of new ideas Thomas Edison was a man of invention. Some of his inventions were the light bulb and the phonograph.
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