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17 places to celebrate the Fourth of July across Maine

by Aimsel Ponti June 26, 2025June 29, 2025

Festivities include live music, food trucks, parades, kids’ activities and plenty of fireworks.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture

Jason Brown’s latest novel captures the power of place

by Tobias Carroll June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

‘Outermark’ tells the complicated story of trouble on a Maine island.

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Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy event raises $125,000

by Amy Paradysz June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

Bestselling novelists Chris Whitaker, Claire Lombardo and Dani Shapiro spoke about the life-changing power of reading.

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Deep Water: ‘cat and mouse’ by Grace Sleeman

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Book Review - Everything is Tuberculosis

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Bestsellers: ‘My Friends’ and ‘Everything is Tuberculosis,’ top bestsellers locally

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

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Biddeford rapper Assasi blends story and song to tell tales of his Syrian home

by Megan Gray June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

The artist will weave stories about Syrian culture with acoustic Middle Eastern music and Arabic hip-hop in a performance raising money to visit his family in Aleppo for the first time in 13 years.

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Portland City Council will revisit concert venue moratorium

by Brianna Earle June 25, 2025June 26, 2025

The council’s Sustainability and Transportation committee last week recommended adopting a moratorium to delay a proposed music hall downtown, but the full council still has to vote.