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Emerging artists with disabilities tour comes to Engine in Biddeford

BIDDEFORD — An exhibit of young artists is now showing the nonprofit arts organization Engine in downtown Biddeford. What makes this particular show unique is that all the artists have some form of disability, ranging from Tourette Syndrome to oculocutaneous albinism, a genetic condition. Electrify! is a nationally-touring show of 15 emerging young artists, ages […]

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A Memorial Day Remembrance

Memorial Day is a wonderful constant. Every year, it never ceases to touch me. My family attends an annual parade in Mercer, Pennsylvania. It’s terrific—total old-school. The flags, the courthouse, the kids, the snow-cone stand, the marching bands, and, most of all, the troops from different wars—that is, the survivors who remain with us.Speaking of whom, […]

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Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival approaching

OGUNQUIT — The 24th Annual Chamber Music Festival presented by Ogunquit Performing Arts and featuring performances by Boston Chamber Music and the DaPonte String Quartet is nearing in Ogunquit. Boston Chamber Music will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 8, at the Dunaway Center, and Daponte Strong Quartet appears in concert at 7:30 p.m. […]

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Saco considers beach management agreement

SACO — The City of Saco and a number of coastal residents will need to sign off on a beach management agreement to protect piping plovers and other threatened and endangered birds before the city can receive sand from an upcoming Saco River dredging project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to start work […]

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What does a Republic look like?

Most people ignorantly refer to our political system as a democracy although this word is not in the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, or any document given to us by our Founding Fathers.  Our Pledge of Allegiance to the flag identifies our form of government as a republic. Benjamin Franklin wrote in […]