At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, Curt Dale Clark, artistic director at Maine State Music Theatre, got word that he had to play the part of the producer Don Kirchner in “Beautiful: the Carole King Musical” at MSMT that very night. He went to a rehearsal at 3:30 p.m., hosted the MSMT concert at […]
August 2024
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston house and garage burn on College Street
The home has been the site of numerous police raids and drug arrests in recent months.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Mainers can now access their vaccination records on a mobile app
The Maine CDC is partnering with Docket, an app that gives people access to their immunization history. Requests for those records have skyrocketed since 2019.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan
The Education Department is seeking to provide a faster path to loan cancellation and to reduce monthly income-based repayments.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Harris campaign launches new ads continuing to tie Trump to Project 2025
Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from the blueprint, even as its origins are with his political allies and former administration officials.
Posted inSports
Patriots shuffle roster, claim four off waivers
New England brings in two new tackles in attempt to improve its offensive line.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as ‘target of opportunity,’ FBI official says
Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot at former President Trump from a nearby roof before being killed by a Secret Service countersniper, did extensive research for an attack before the shooting.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Lowe’s changes DEI policies amid activist pressure, legal attacks on diversity programs
The retailer also will no longer participate in an annual survey by the Human Rights Campaign that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees.
Posted inBusiness
Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing
The technology’s problems have led many observers to become skeptical that Tesla’s system will ever be able to operate safely on a broad scale.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Online shopping has never been easier. Why is returning so hard?
A complicated and wasteful system is leaving shoppers with piles of unwanted stuff and plenty of shame.