Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney of Monmouth. Ridin’ Hard to Santa Fe (3) By Jason Grundstrom-Whitney all fur and claws ‘let ’em shoot me,’ I thought saw a family in a dumpster once best act of fatherhood I ever saw kind gentle eyes feeding his family […]
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Talk of the town: There. Diagonally.
Regular air is just so 2005 So, to combat the horrors of cold weather leakage, I had my truck tires filled with nitrogen this week. Nitrogen! I had no idea that nitrogen inflation was even a thing until a certain wife mentioned it to me as I topped off my tires with boring old air […]
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Smith — Jepson
EAST DIXFIELD — Patrick and Melissa Smith of East Dixfield are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sabrina Smith, to Colby Jepson, son of Wanda and Glenwood Berry of Carthage. The couple grew up a year apart in school but never really knew one another until they had classes together in college. They […]
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So now Michelle Obama finally tells her truth.
There has always been about her a sense that she did, indeed, have a truth of her own and that it was, if not at odds with the one her husband expressed with high-flown eloquence, more real and more rooted, as befits a girl from the South Side of Chicago. “You wait till Barack gets […]
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Maine veterinarians offer more compassionate ways to euthanize pets
Maine veterinarians are offering more compassionate care and surroundings to make euthanizing cherished pets less traumatic.
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Diligent student has less time for friends
DEAR ABBY: I’m in my early 20s and the only one in my circle of friends who is currently in college. They all want to hang out all the time, but most of them live more than 100 miles away. I have a strict school schedule, and I am required to study and earn high […]
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Face Time: Nicole Chamberland, Miss Androscoggin 2019
Nicole Chamberland had never been in a pageant before the contestant coordinator for the Miss Maine For America Pageant (not to be confused with Miss Maine) asked her to enter. It would be a new competition, one involving character as much as beauty. She would be the first contestant. Chamberland, daughter of Mary Dempsey and […]
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Class D: Bridge takes Wells to another title
ORONO — Knowing that this was going to be the last time he would put on a Wells High football jersey, senior halfback Tyler Bridge wanted to do something memorable. And in a command performance, Bridge lifted the Warriors to another football state championship. Bridge rushed for 206 yards and five touchdowns, and threw a […]
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Class B: Marshwood blanks Brunswick to defend title
Samuel Hammond of Marshwood tackles Cameron Cornett of Brunswick in the second quarter of the Class B state championship game at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Saturday night. PORTLAND — Led by the on-target passing of Tommy Springer and its swarming defense, Marshwood High retained its Class B football championship in convincing fashion Saturday night, beating Brunswick […]
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Class C: Warriors edge Raiders, 13-12, for first state title
Nokomis players celebrate with the Class C championship trophy after defeating Fryeburg, 13-12, at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Saturday. PORTLAND — They trailed 12-7 for much of the game and showed no signs of offense after their opening drive. Even when their defense caused turnovers, the Nokomis Warriors stalled out. “We needed a big play,” Nokomis […]