The daylight assault in a highly fortified zone of the capital is a brazen challenge to Kabul’s authority only a week after NATO formally handed over security for the country to Afghan forces.
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Festival celebrates Maine’s windjammer fleet
The two-day festival gets under way today in Boothbay Harbor.
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Maine volunteers needed to count bat colonies
Peak bat activity will be taking place through the end of July.
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Q & A with Jennifer Pharr Davis
Jennifer Pharr Davis grew up in the North Carolina Mountains where she developed a love for hiking at a young age. At 21, she hiked the entire Appalachian Trail alone, the first of many journeys on the famed Maine-to-Georgia trail, and fell in love with long-distance backpacking. Davis has hiked more than 11,000 miles of […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Q & A with Jennifer Pharr Davis
Jennifer Pharr Davis grew up in the North Carolina Mountains where she developed a love for hiking at a young age. At 21, she hiked the entire Appalachian Trail alone, the first of many journeys on the famed Maine-to-Georgia trail, and fell in love with long-distance backpacking. Davis has hiked more than 11,000 miles of […]
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Pownal voters OK $3.1M budget
POWNAL – Pownal residents approved a $3,106,292 fiscal year 2013-2014 budget during their annual town meeting June 17. According to Pownal Administrative Assistant Scott Seaver, the new budget will result in a 6.58 percent increase in property taxes for the roughly 1,500 residents of the town. The amount approved is an $183,652 increase from this […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: C’mon in, the water’s fine
Why would anyone want to run for Congress? Why are several state senators and representatives thinking about giving up their mostly secure seats to leave Maine and go to Washington, D.C.? The answer may surprise you. Then again, it might not. Mike Michaud is leaving Congress after 12 years to run for governor, thereby providing […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Durham News – 6/26
Office hours The Durham Town Office will be closed on July 4. The new town office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday. For more information 353-2561. CEO available The codes enforcement officer is available on Wednesday, June 26, from 5-7 p.m., at the town office. Friends […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: The legend – and mystery – of Bud’s camp
The other day my wife and I were invited to a barbecue at what a friend called his “camp.” Having been to a Maine camp or two over the years, I knew all about “going up to camp” and expected to find a weathered, rustic place down a long, rutted dirt road deep in the […]
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Freeport’s 'Birthplace of Maine' motto mothballed
FREEPORT – Correcting a longtime historical inaccuracy, the Freeport Town Council has officially removed the town motto, the “Birthplace of Maine,” from the town seal. The accuracy of the motto came under scrutiny in February after longtime Freeport eatery Jameson Tavern closed, drawing attention to a Daughters of the American Revolution plaque commemorating the tavern […]