Teachers and other school staff members were supposed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when the bell rang Monday morning for New York City’s sprawling school system.
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Community Calendar: Oct. 6-16
Benefits Saturday 10/9 White Cane Walk for Independence & Auction: Poetry in Motion, 10 a.m., guest poets and virtual online presentation, proceeds support people who are blind or visually impaired, register for auction at bit.ly/38ARYr7. Saturday 10/16 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Maine Street Mall & Gazebo, Brunswick, bit.ly/3mX0itz. Ongoing Bottle Drive, Falmouth Transfer Station, Bucknam […]
Reagan: Sticking with my father on John Hinckley
News that a federal judge had approved the unconditional release of John Hinckley Jr. next June set my phone to ringing furiously earlier this week. Journalists naturally wanted to know what I thought about the decision to let Hinckley go free after serving nearly 40 years in a mental hospital for trying to assassinate my […]
Service Notice: Dr. Connor Moore
SACO — Conner Moore passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, in the company of his loved ones. Friends and family are invited to attended visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral, 365 Main St., Saco. Visitation will also be held Saturday from […]
Watch: Making It Work: Networking Now
Moderator Carol Coultas and panelists Stefa Normantas, co-owner of Green Tree Event Consultants, and Jodi Flynn, executive coach with Women Taking the Lead and president of the board for the Maine Women’s Conference, share advice.
Two Americans win Nobel Prize in medicine
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian identified receptors in the skin that respond to heat and pressure.
Photographer Arthur Fink remembered with ‘Dancing in the Light’
A posthumous exhibition of the loyal Portland arts supporter’s work opens Thursday at the Maine Jewish Museum.
Live Music Lineup: A pair of singer-songwriters and a retro spin on modern tunes
Catch performances by Patty Larkin, Lady Lamb and Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox.
Face the Music: ICYMI, local music released this summer that’s worth a listen
Stray Bikes, Alice Limoges and Renee Coolbrith all put out new music in the last few months.
Carl Golden: Joe Biden versus the press
The White House press corps is in a snit again because President Biden, who many reporters openly cheered on in last year’s election, has stiffed them repeatedly, refusing to answer their questions and – most recently – and tossing them unceremoniously out of the Oval Office. Indignant, the White House Correspondents Association filed a protest […]