PORTLAND — Portland Ovations presents Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn and the Del McCoury Band at Merrill Auditorium Saturday, November 1st at 8 p.m. On the heels of releasing their first album together, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn hit the Merrill Stage to perform original songs as well as old Appalachian classics, for an unforgettable evening […]
October 2014
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Booked for the night at Curtis Memorial
BRUNSWICK — On Saturday, Oct. 25, from 6 – 9 p.m., join Curtis Memorial Library for BOOKED FOR THE NIGHT, hosted by the Curtis Contemporaries — a newly formed group whose mission is to strengthen the library’s connection with a new generation of community members, and engage them in the future stewardship of the library […]
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Litchfield man cut from vehicle, taken to Mid Coast Hospital
RICHMOND A Litchfield man was taken to a Brunswick hospital Thursday afternoon after crashing his vehicle along Route 201 in Richmond. The crash was reported at 2:26 p.m. according to Richmond officer Doug Bellevue, in the area of Box 587 on Brunswick Road. Once emergency personnel stabilized the driver in the 2004 Nissan Xterra, firefighters […]
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Richmond apartment fire displaces five tenants, two hospitalized
RICHMOND Two people were taken to an Augusta hospital and three more were displaced for the night after a fire broke out in an apartment house on Front Street in Richmond Sunday night. At around 7:50 p.m., a downstairs tenant reported heavy smoke in the upstairs of the apartment building at 381 Front St. When […]
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Chapter & Verse
Evangelist Terry Schmidt will give a sermon on “Damaged Goods” at Southern Maine Church of Christ, meeting at 159 Alfred Road in West Kennebunk, on Sunday. Sunday morning Bible study is at 9:30 a.m., followed by worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Bible study is at 6 p.m., and a midweek Bible study is offered […]
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Chinese art colony’s free-speech illusion shatters
BEIJING — Just a few weeks ago, oil painters in eastern Beijing’s Songzhuang art district had welcomed foreign reporters into their studios and shown off works tackling such touchy subjects as China’s prisons and Communist Party politics. Over lunch, they candidly lamented the state of free speech in China while chewing on chicken and downing […]
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Old Orchard Beach voters should not re-elect MacDonald
“Chaotic,” “divisive” and “costly” are adjectives that describe Sharri MacDonald’s tenure as chair of the Old Orchard Beach Town Council. These adjectives are part of the reason why she has the distinction of being the only town council chair to ever be recalled in our town’s history. Under her tenure as chairwoman, meetings were chaotic, […]
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Elver fishing quota may be reduced
PORTLAND — Fishermen who make much of their living in Maine’s lucrative baby eel market might see a reduced quota in 2015. A federal panel on Thursday recommended a quota of 9,688 pounds of elvers, also called glass eels, next year. That would be a reduction of slightly less than 18 percent from the quota […]
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Red Sox announce hiring of Chili Davis as hitting coach
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have hired Chili Davis as their hitting coach. Davis held that job with the Oakland Athletics the past three seasons and with Boston’s top minor-league team at Triple-A Pawtucket in 2011. In a 19-year playing career as an outfielder and designated hitter, Davis was a three-time All-Star. The […]
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Bruins lose captain Chara, then game to Boychuk’s Islanders
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins lost the game to the New York Islanders 3-2 and then waited to find out how long they will be without their captain and No. 1 defenseman, Zdeno Chara. The 2009 Norris Trophy winner left Thursday night’s game in the first period with an undisclosed injury and didn’t return. Coach […]