WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration tried to balance diplomacy with fresh talk of military action Tuesday in response to the fiery missile and drone attack on the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry — a strike marking the most explosive consequence yet of the “maximum pressure” U.S. economic campaign against Iran. Secretary of State […]
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Village Idiot: The Influencers
She’s 18 and has half a zillion followers on Instagram. Her posts are full of great pearls of wisdom like, “Somedays I feel pretty and somedays I don’t.” That bit of knowledge should be good for a few million likes and a couple of thousand comments. No wonder advertisers pay her to mention them in […]
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Water media art exhibition nears in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk Free Library announces its October 2019 exhibition. “A Painterly Journey,” featuring the works of Gerri Bogdan, Ellie Dunham, Elizabeth Grady, Cheryl Lunde, Pat Minichiello, Liz Roper, Marie Wilson-Lago and their instructor Dennis Rafferty. This water media painting class has been painting together for up to eight years. It is a group made up of all […]
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Academy of Dance opens new facility in Biddeford
The Academy of Dance recently celebrated the opening of a new facility at 567 Elm St. in Biddeford with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Biddeford and Saco Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It is York County’s largest dance school and has a state-of-the-art new studio and offers a wide variety of classes for all ages. […]
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Community Outreach Services teams with Kennebunkport church to feed children
KENNEBUNKPORT — This summer members of the First Congregational Church’s Outreach Committee invited Community Outreach Services to use the church’s kitchen facilities to organize needed lunches for children in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel. The coordinated effort underscored the truth that it takes a village to raise a child. Volunteers from COS and First Church gathered each Monday, […]
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Portland resident pleads guilty to manslaughter in shooting that shook Bayside neighborhood
A Portland man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a fatal Bayside shooting last summer. Tyrese Collins, now 20, was initially charged with murder in the death of Jack Wilson. Police said Collins shot Wilson, 45, during a June 2018 argument at an intersection near the Oxford Street Shelter in Portland. The incident was one of […]
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Biddeford Education Foundation to honor several community pillars
BIDDEFORD —The upcoming Fourth Annual Pillars of Pride Dinner and Silent Auction will salute the contributions of two generous community partners and longtime contributors to local learning, Ron Cote and Robert Hodge, all while benefitting the Biddeford Education Foundation. The festivities will run from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Duffy’s Tavern & […]
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David Shribman: The Trump-Trudeau Conflict
LA MALABIE, Quebec — They walked the ancient halls, gazed out on the mighty St. Lawrence River, felt the cool Quebec breezes, ate Charlevoix Basque-style duck breast with pumpernickel bread chips followed by Saskatoon berry sorbet, and sipped wines from the Gaspereau Valley of Nova Scotia and the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Then everything […]
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‘Green burials’ to be part of Southern Maine Veterans’ Cemetery expansion
SPRINGVALE — As the Southern Maine Veterans’ Cemetery expands within its boundaries, the wishes of those seeking a more environmentally friendly final resting place will be able to be met. As part of the further development of the cemetery property off Stanley Road, space for 234 “green burial” grave sites will be created, said Scott Brown, […]
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Saco council denies Toddle Inn appeal from School Board
SACO — The Saco City Council has ruled that the city was justified when it turned off the power at a property the Saco School department leased with the intention of using the facility as a Pre-K school. On July 30, the city shut off the electricity to 5 Willey Road a former Toddle Inn […]
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