Congratulations to the University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities upon reaching the end of its 10th anniversary year, under the superb direction of Anouar Majid. Through these lectures, I have broadened my horizons in many different areas. Majid has the uncanny ability to schedule lectures that are extremely timely even though he does […]
2019
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: The real impeachable offense is Trump’s inaction on climate change
I suspect I am not the only person fed up with all the hype, speculation, semi-facts, fake news, reasonable doubt, redactions and hypertensive blathering about the Mueller report, collusion and “possible” obstruction of justice. Not that the charges didn’t need to be investigated, but wasn’t it predictable that the conclusion would only be more noise? […]
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Gov. Mills signs bill renaming Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day
AUGUTA — Saying she hoped it would help “heal the divisions of the past,” Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a bill that establishes a new holiday recognizing the indigenous people of Maine. Indigenous Peoples’ Day will replace Columbus Day as an official state holiday on the first Monday of October. The law, […]
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Presque Isle police searching for missing children
Presque Isle police Friday were asking the public’s help in finding two boys who may have been taken from Maine against their will. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, police have “reason to believe” that Joel Strother II, 12, and Carter Strother III, 10, were taken from their home and could be […]
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250-unit apartment building planned for Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — A 250-unit, six-floor, two-building multi-family complex off the Barra Road in Biddeford is in the preliminary planning stages and will go before the city’s Planning Board on Wednesday. To be developed, the project will need a contract zone, which the Biddeford City Council has already endorsed. A final approval for the contract zone […]
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Old Orchard Beach seeking new fire chief
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town of Old Orchard Beach is looking for a new fire chief. The town is advertising for the position on the Maine Municipal Association website and other online locations. The position offers a starting salary range of $82,000 to $92,000 along with a generous benefits package, according to the job […]
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay shares her favorite classic films
LOS ANGELES (AP) — To say filmmaker Ava DuVernay is a busy woman is an understatement, but when Turner Classic Movies called and asked her to curate the channel’s “The Essentials” series, she knew she had to make it work. Usually “The Essentials” is filmed across two or three days. But the only way it […]
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The humble Farmer: After the buggy and before the computer, Maine was a simpler place
As a kid, humble knew what wood to put on the fire – now it’s all he can do to find his taskbar.
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BASEBALL WORLD: My hero in this story is out to prove he’s worth the trouble
Every once in a while, a story catches my eye that is not necessarily one of the biggest stories of the century but makes me feel the need to make it the subject of one of my columns. I assume that everybody who writes about sports, whether for a newspaper, magazine, book or another method […]
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