Editor, Regarding Gov. Mills signing three climate action bills at local solar array: By making this significant, measurable goals to cut carbon pollution, the Maine Legislature and Gov. Mills are telling the country and the world that Maine is serious about fighting global warming. Our state has so much at stake, from the vital lobster […]
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Truck crashes, spills 3,000 gallons of milk on I-95 in Falmouth
A milk truck that was traveling too fast overturned on the southbound ramp entering Interstate 95 in Falmouth on Thursday, spilling roughly 3,000 gallons of milk, according to Maine State Police. Exit 52 at the Falmouth Spur was closed for several hours after the 1 p.m. crash, but was reopened by 6 p.m. Drivers were […]
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Maine’s quarterly jump in personal income third-largest in nation
Personal income in Maine rose 5.4 percent in the first quarter of the year, the third-biggest increase nationwide. The increase was driven by a solid gain in wages, particularly in the health care sector, and an even larger jump in transfer receipts, a category that encompasses payments such as Social Security, tax refunds and benefit […]
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Hackmatack Playhouse stages theater with heart
BERWICK – Never before, in decades of directing shows, has Danielle Howard staged a drama quite like the award-winning play about a boy on the autism spectrum that is opening at Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick next week. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,” which opens July 3, takes place mainly in the […]
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Mama Mia dinners benefit York County Shelter Programs
ALFRED — For many of the summer visitors staying at campgrounds and camps at nearby lakes, Friday night is a special night out. They drive up Shaker Hill to partake in the Mama Mia all-you-can-eat pasta and pizza dinner. The dinners, held at Henry Hall on the campus of the York County Shelter Programs, have […]
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Wim Laven: Revisiting morality in the Age of Dishonesty
If Donald Trump actually follows through on his recently tweeted promise that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “will begin deporting the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States … as fast as they come in,” what will you do? According to the faith I was raised with I […]
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Play to benefit Berwick cafe that hires employees with social or intellectual disabilities
BERWICK – Alex Ferguson of South Berwick was quiet and shy, afraid to look people in the eye when she started working at Madison’s Cafe in South Berwick two years ago. Today, at 24, Alex is friendly and open, sometimes even kidding around with diners. Dan Patstone, 23, and also from South Berwick, had to […]
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Goat restrained, returned to owner after chasing woman down street in Oakland
OAKLAND — A goat has been chastised after Oakland police found the creature to blame for chasing a woman down a street. “You never really know what you are going to encounter when responding to a call of a woman being chased down a street,” the Oakland Police Department posted on its Facebook page Sunday […]
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