St. Patrick’s Day Showcase Dance Ongoing “El Lobo y La Paloma,” a Portland-based Bourassa Dance production, rent or purchase online through Vimeo On Demand. Exhibits “A Walk in the Woods an Annual Exhibit of Landscape Paintings,” 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday-Sunday through March 28. Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. Free, […]
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Sports Digest: McIlroy tied for lead at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Rory McIlroy and Corey Conners open with 6-under 66s, and Bryson DeChambeau is one shot back.
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Pentagon reviewing police request to keep Guard troops at Capitol
There was no disturbance Thursday connected to a threat tied to the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory that former President Trump would rise again to power on March 4.
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Boston Marathon plan to hand out 70,000 medals causing rift among runners
Some are bickering that it cheapens the coveted Unicorn finisher’s medal, but others are happy to help the struggling Boston Athletic Association.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
New unemployment claims follow seasonal decline in Maine
Last week’s decrease in initial jobless claims fits a typical late-winter trend in which hiring in the state starts to increase.
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Press Play: Listen to ‘Keep Us Around’ by Now is Now
The rock song was inspired by a Stephen King pandemic novel along with the actual pandemic.
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Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs
The Biden administration is racing to absorb a growing number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border amid shortages of bed space and personnel.
Posted inMaine, News, Religion and Values
Bishop calls for Maine’s Catholics to choose alternatives to Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Bishop Robert Deeley cites concerns about abortion-derived cell lines in connection with the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Posted inNation & World, News
House passes sweeping voting rights bill over Republican opposition
House Resolution 1, which touches on virtually every aspect of the electoral process, was approved Wednesday night on a near party-line vote.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
White House says relief checks will go to most people who got $600 payments
A White House official says 98% of U.S. households that received COVID-19 relief checks in December will also qualify for the next round of payments.