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Students present arms when passing the site of ‘El Faro.’ (Photo courtesy Maine Maritime Academy)
Phonetic Flags for each of the alumni lost on ‘El Faro.’ (Photo courtesy Maine Maritime Academy)
The ‘State of Maine’ approaches the Elizabeth River, entering Norfolk. (Photo courtesy Maine Maritime Academy)
Capt. MacArthur and Capt. Cashman with the students who designed the life ring. (Photo courtesy Maine Maritime Academy)
On May 1, officers, students, faculty and crew aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship,
State of Maine, paused on the sea, near the final resting place of
El Faro off Crooked Island in the Bahamas. They gathered on the deck to honor the lost ship and its crew, which included five MMA alumni who perished on October 1, 2015.
Buying the Stanmer estate was one of the best bargains Brighton Council ever made – or so it seemed at the time. The Earls of Chichester, who had owned Stanmer for three centuries, decided after the Second World War that they could no longer afford to run it. So in 1947 they sold Stanmer for a rock bottom price of £224,000 to the council. It included Stanmer House a handsome Palladian mansion, plus 5,000 acres of land and most of the villages of Stanmer and Falmer. The council donated land for the start of Sussex University and leased the house to the embryo institution for 20 years from 1960. It also provided land for a college of education, later to become part of Brighton University.
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Local U3A meets again The local branch was started by Karen Marshall in 2003 and has grown, along with Knysna and Plettenberg Bay, to be the central gathering place for like-minded people in the Garden Route. Thursday, 15 April 2021, 07:45 Photo for illustration purposes only.
GEORGE NEWS - Over a year has passed since the local University of the Third Age (U3A) last met face to face at a general meeting. The Covid-19 pandemic has interrupted the lives of everybody but one thing it has taught us is the need to maintain the connection between family and friends. Sadly some friends have died while others have moved or, in some cases, are still stranded outside the country.