Some items available to bid on during the Damariscotta Historical Society’s silent auction from Sept. 2-12. (Lisa Hagen photo) The Damariscotta Historical Society will hold its annual silent auction event from Sept. 2-12 to raise funds to preserve ancient burial grounds in Damariscotta. The silent auction will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Skidompha Library […]
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DAR and Rockland library to host talk on veterans in Tolman Cemetery
The Lady Knox Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Rockland Public Library will present “The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Patriots of the Tolman Cemetery” with archivist Mary Kelly at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4. The cover of “Fight for Freedom, Fighting for Survival,” which will be the basis of a […]
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Gardiner artist’s solo show opens at River Arts in Damariscotta
River Arts is showing the artwork of Kate Buehner in a solo show, “Activation of Shapes, Color and Design,” from Aug. 28 through Sept. 27 in the River Room. A meet-the-artist opening reception is from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, at the gallery. A piece by artist Kate Buehner, a Gardiner resident whose solo exhibition […]
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Gordon Lightfoot collaborators bring his music to life this weekend
The Lightfoot Band will take the stage at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Aug. 30. (Courtesy of The Lightfoot Band) The seasoned musicians who collaborated with Gordon Lightfoot on his world-famous recordings and toured extensively with him in North America and internationally for decades will perform at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House on […]
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This is just the beginning of government intrusion into our lives | Letter
Everything seems to be working out just fine now. We have the federal government patrolling our city streets and special agents rounding up the undesirables. All we need now is to indoctrinate our children and come up with a special salute. No more burning flags; people should expect trouble if they don’t agree with our […]
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Veggies to Table’s Dîner en Blanc raises substantial seed money
Mainers who can afford to get into a bidding war for a week in a French villa and Mainers struggling to afford food for their families might as well be living in different worlds entirely. Standing in the gap between those worlds is Newcastle resident Erica Berman, who traded in her life as a boutique […]
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Italian stonecutters in Hallowell carved a legacy of industry and labor from granite
‘Working Granite: Italian Stonecutters and their Union’ at the Maine Historical Society highlights one of Maine’s earliest labor unions, started by stone workers in 1877.
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The Telecommunications Act needs a major overhaul | Douglas Rooks
The Federal Communications Commission is just as helpless before the internet as the rest of us. The time has come for sensible regulatory reform.
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Grateful for Sen. Collins’ support for international assistance funding | Letter
I want to thank Sen. Susan Collins for her leadership during recent debates over cancelling international assistance funding. Sen. Collins demonstrated real leadership by holding substantive hearings on international assistance funding, consistently voting against harmful cuts, and providing a platform for bipartisan voices to defend programs like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), […]
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Where is the compassion for the Palestinian people? | Letter
I ask: When we look into the eyes of a Palestinian child begging for food, do we not see the eyes of our own children? Or do we stop ourselves from believing our eyes and decide that that Palestinian child is somehow not a valid human being who is entitled to food? In George Orwell’s […]
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