LOS ANGELES (AP) — With its purchase of left-leaning Current TV, the Pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera has fulfilled a long-held quest to reach tens of millions of U.S. homes. But its new audience immediately got a little smaller. The nation’s second-largest TV operator, Time Warner Cable Inc., dropped Current after the deal was confirmed Wednesday, […]
2013
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‘Decorating the Everyday’ now on view
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum opened an exhibition in the museum’s Crosman gallery titled “Decorating the Everyday: Popular Art from the Farnsworth,” on Dec. 29, that will run through Sept. 22. This exhibition features furniture, paintings and textiles reflecting mainly 19th- and early 20th-century regional life in Maine and New England. This exhibition celebrates […]
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Gunn expands his mentoring ‘Baileywick’
NEW YORK Tim Gunn has advised divas for years on “Project Runway,” so working with a princess is no big deal. In the new Disney Junior animated series “Sofia the First,” Gunn’s royal steward character, Baileywick, helps the young Sofia adapt to royal life after her mother marries a king. Baileywick not only helps Sofia […]
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Hollywood faces fracking in Pa. ‘Promised Land’
ALLENTOWN, Pa. The new movie “Promised Land” digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that’s generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production while also stoking controversy over its possible impact on the environment and human health. Written by and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski, the film comes at an opportune […]
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Route 24 remake discussed Thursday
TOPSHAM — The Route 24 Corridor Plan Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting Thursday. Route 24 has been identified by the Maine Department of Transportation a “corridor of regional significance, and stakeholders in the the five Midcoast Council of Governments municipalities served by the corridor — Richmond, Bowdoinham, Topsham, Brunswick and Harpswell — have […]
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POLL: 2012 warmest ever in Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — The National Weather Service says 2012 is going into the record books. Portland’s average temperature for the year came in at 49.2 degrees, tying 2010 as the city’s warmest year on record. Temperatures are recorded at the Portland International Jetport, where records have been logged since 1940. The weather service says 2012 […]
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7 years for Brunswick man in Arundel bank heist
PORTLAND, Maine — A federal judge Friday sentenced a Brunswick man to one day in prison for robbing an Arundel bank last year followed by a mandatory seven years for using a gun. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen imposed the unusual sentence on Travis Leeman, 30, who pleaded guilty last year to the armed bank […]
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Maine called ripe for “community wind”
Net energy billing could allow for the owner of an apple orchard in Monmouth to partner with a school in Topsham to create wind-generated energy. The concept, successful in Massachusetts and Vermont, is underutilized in Maine, according to Sue Jones, president of Freeport-based Community Energy Partners, which hopes to help change that during the Maine […]
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Friday, Jan. 4
William J. “Bill” Morrow, 55, of Lebanon, died at his home on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, located at 580 Main St. in Springvale. A memorial service will be held at the funeral home at 2 p.m. on […]
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Warriors win with lockdown defense
WELLS — Practice made perfect for the Wells Warriors Thursday night, as they played tenacious defense in a 34-28 victory over Fryeburg at Ronco Gymnasium in Wells. “I think they were pleased with the way they played defensively, and they recognized that the hard work that we did all week in practice paid off defensively […]