Area musicians are invited to contact the orchestra for a chance to play in the company’s 34th season in Topsham and Lewiston
2023
Red Sox strike out 17 times in 3-1 loss to Rays
Tampa Bay starter Tyler Glasnow strikes out 14, tying a career high, and the bullpen finishes up in a win over Boston.
U.S. Open: On hottest day, Medvedev warns a player is ‘going to die’
Daniil Medvedev advances to the semifinals with a straight-set win over Andrey Rublev, but laments the brutally hot conditions in New York.
A Russian strike on a city market in eastern Ukraine kills 17 and wounds dozens, officials say
Associated Press journalists at the site of the attack in the Donetsk region saw covered bodies on the ground and emergency workers extinguishing fires at market stalls, with blackened and mangled cars nearby.
Pups in the Park to raise money for Standish Community Dog Park improvements
The Sept. 16 fundraiser for solar lighting and a shade shelter will include games, food, a dog show, demonstrations and raffles.
More wild Atlantic salmon found in U.S. rivers than any time in the past decade, officials say
The greater survival of the salmon could be evidence that conservation measures to protect them are paying off.
Lawsuit contends Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause bars Trump from running again for president
The complaint, likely destined for the U.S. Supreme Court, was filed on behalf of 6 Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
Intertidal: Clam harvesting and reseeding an industry in Maine and Florida alike
While last weekend might have felt like we were living in Florida with the unexpected late-summer blast of heat, Maine is certainly not Florida. And while the heat is fun for a short period, we are grateful not to have the persistent heat that the South has had to endure this summer. We are also […]
Your Land: A bridge quite near
Over the past week, even amid the rains that have seemed constant punctuation this summer, work began on the first project in the projected 10-year effort to upgrade Mere/Mare Brook from its current “urban-impaired” state. On Sept. 1, a newly completed footbridge carried its first walkers over the stream. Part of the effort to help […]
BoomerTECH Adventures: Have phone, will travel
“Yikes! Where’s my phone?” I was standing in line to board the bus to Logan Airport, frantically searching through my carry-on bag, when I realized that my phone — my lifeline during my upcoming trip — was missing. Before panic set in, I remembered that I had the app Find My on my iPad. The Portland […]