Chances Are By Richard Russo Published by Alfred Knopf Pages 302 Price $26.95 Richard Russo has created a new exciting novel that I like better than his famous “Empire Falls” book which won him the Pulitzer Prize in 2002. This book is refreshing, humorous, and compassionate. It reveals the feelings of youth in the 1970’s […]
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‘Easy Rider’ star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic “Easy Rider,” died Friday at his home of complications from lung cancer. He was 79. “I am very sad,” Jane Fonda said in a […]
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Tlaib declines to visit West Bank, citing Israeli conditions
JERUSALEM (AP) — Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Friday she would not visit her grandmother in the occupied West Bank, despite being granted an Israeli permit on humanitarian grounds, saying Israel’s “oppressive” conditions aimed to humiliate her. Israel barred Tlaib and another Democrat, Rep. Ilhan Omar, from visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank over their […]
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South Portland Po joins Cities for Citizenship
SOUTH PORTLAND — South Portland will join 25 other cities and counties in the Cities for Citizenship initiative, which will allow the city to promote the naturalization of immigrants in South Portland. At the Aug. 6 South Portland City Council meeting, the council voted unanimously to join Cities for Citizenship, which is a national initiative […]
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Backpack drive in full swing
SCARBOROUGH — Project G.R.A.C.E. is partnering with a library, church, and local banks to collect backpacks and supplies for families in Scarborough. Board President Bert Follansbee said that, for a family struggling to pay bills, filling a backpack with supplies can be a strain. “There’s a lot of need at back to school time: clothes, […]
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El Nino fades so forecasters expect busier hurricane season
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government meteorologists say this year’s hurricane season may be busier than initially expected now that summer’s weak El Nino has faded away. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center said Thursday the Atlantic season looks more active than normal as peak hurricane season begins. Forecasters now expect 10 to 17 […]
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Berwick musical is fun for the whole family
Someone in a galaxy not-so-far away came up with an idea: If one can’t milk any more money from a sequel of a successful picture (“Star Wars” for example), then why not make a prequel of it? Why not indeed. This idea leads us from “Peter Pan” to “Hook” to … “Peter and the Starcatcher.” This is […]
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Home County: Groaning through the toast course
“Sanctimonious siphons, it’s hot!” said Dud, sitting at the philosophy counter and turning over his coffee cup for action with a single smooth move. Dud is a regular at the Mule Barn truck stop’s legendary world dilemma think tank. “Epithet time again, Dudley?” said Doc. “Epithets and heat time, Doc. When that heat comes along, […]
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‘Lost You’ delivers a psychological thriller
“Lost You: a Novel” (Crown), by Haylen Beck Surrogacy — in which a woman agrees to carry a baby for another person or couple — is a legal swamp in America, and in this, veteran crime novelist Stuart Neville, writing under the pen name Haylen Beck, has found the makings of an emotionally wrenching psychological […]
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