Trucks carrying badly needed aid have waited there for days unable to pass through. Israeli airstrikes last week forced the shutdown of Rafah, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt.
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Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Kennebunk High School plans celebration for new athletic complex
The facilities include a new track, field and lighting system, as well as revamped supporting infrastructure.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values
Women’s voices being heard at Vatican’s big meeting on church’s future, nun says
A prominent Irish nun said delegates are also acknowledging the hurt caused by the church’s position on homosexuality.
Posted inNation & World, News
North Korea may be sending arms to Russia for Ukraine war, images suggest
Russian ships linked to military transport networks have collected cargo from North Korea and delivered it to an apparent Russian military port on multiple occasions over the past two months.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Ford executive Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike, says company’s future is at stake
Ford said high labor costs could limit spending to develop new vehicles and invest in factories.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This, Maine, Review
Theater review: Follow a budding romance’s slow burn in ‘Fireflies’
The tender play, set in small-town Texas, opens Good Theater’s season.
Posted inMaine, News
Rangeley woman killed in Dallas Plantation crash
Deborah Ryder of Rangeley was traveling north on state Route 16/Stratton Road when her vehicle left the road, struck a tree and rolled down an embankment into Redington Stream.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Letter: Aliens would be shocked at the state of this world
My husband often asks me, “What planet did you come from?” when I express frustration about the state of economic, environmental and social systems in this country. That got me to pondering just what an ET would think if they arrived here. I can only imagine they would be confounded. They would wonder, perhaps, why […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: L.L.Bean can lead others to better climate future
We are in the midst of a climate emergency. To deal with this emergency it has been said that we need a WWII-scale mobilization on all levels from the local to the international. On the local level here in my hometown of Freeport, a group of us are encouraging L.L.Bean, with its reputation for being […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Congratulations to all those who make Falmouth Community Supper possible
I am writing to congratulate the Falmouth community on the upcoming 15th anniversary of its Community Supper. Except for a three-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, each October since 2009 Falmouth’s faith communities have hosted, at the Falmouth Congregational Church parish hall, a roast turkey supper (with local squash, potatoes and apple crisp) for […]