In March, the Maine State Auditor’s office released its annual state government audit, which reviewed a sample of $37 million worth of government contracts to help the state improve its processes regarding spending and contracts with vendors. The audit is critical to ensuring transparency and responsibility within state government. So, why does this matter? The […]
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Rebecca Emery Chapter will host American Revolution Experience
The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk is the site of the collaboration between the American Battlefield Trust and National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
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From Augusta: Protecting Maine’s voice in presidential elections
Last session, the Legislature passed a law that limits the voices of small states like Maine in selecting a president. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact that was approved by lawmakers by one vote, and allowed to become law without the governor’s signature, would award the state’s four electoral votes to whichever candidate garners the […]
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Library Links: A peek behind closed doors at Saco Museum this summer
Have you ever been curious about how the magic happens at a museum? Visit the Saco Museum to see “Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work” from May 24 to Aug. 23 to find out. We’re taking a different approach to our summer exhibition this year. Instead of focusing on a particular historical theme […]
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Council Corner: Developing budgets in a time of uncertainty
Last week, I checked my 401K and immediately wished I hadn’t. I usually do the grocery shopping in my household. My grocery cart is getting smaller (I’m trying to be better about not grabbing things not on the list), but the cost at the register doesn’t seem to be going down. We have opted not […]
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Allagash Brewing Co. will open Scarborough location in July
The Portland-based company first announced in 2022 that it would open at The Downs, the state’s largest mixed-use development.
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How a Maine poet turned Paul Revere into a hero for the ages
The Boston silversmith was not a nationally-known Revolutionary War figure until Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote ‘Paul Revere’s Ride,’ a call for unity and action on the eve of the Civil War.
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Establish a day to honor Maine’s public servants | Letter
America should have a “Celebrate Public Service Day,” a holiday to recognize and honor the thousands of nameless, faceless public servants who work to make the daily lives of the rest of us safer, healthier, less complicated and more efficient. A shining reminder of this commitment to excellence occurred, once again, on April 9. Since […]
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Read ‘Paul Revere’s Ride’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul Revere’s Ride Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang […]
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Everybody knows what April 5 protesters are against. But what are we for? | Opinion
While the turnout for the Hands Off! rallies in Maine and elsewhere was heartening, we need a more unified message.