POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society will be hosting the Grass Holes at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6. The Grass Holes are a five-piece bluegrass outfit featuring fast-paced originals, traditional numbers and creative takes on popular tunes in the bluegrass style. The band features the Bangor Symphony’s Heather Kahill; UMaine-Augusta music school graduate Flann […]
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Community meals
HARTFORD — All are welcome to the free Community Goodwill Potluck Supper that is served at 6 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Hartford Town Hall. For more information, call 207-388-2510. — WILTON — First Congregational Church will serve a chicken barbecue from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, on Main St. The event is […]
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How to find 'Hobbitland' in Hallowell
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I love Mexican food and like to season it with fresh cilantro, but when I buy it at the grocery store, it goes bad so quickly. I’ve tried putting it in a glass of water on the counter or leaving it wrapped in plastic in the vegetable bin in the fridge. Neither […]
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What's not to like about Trump policies?
Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup. The president’s opponents are going to need more than that figurative cancellation, however; they’re […]
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Republicans think if Trump does it, it's not a crime
By Max Boot The Washington Post It is hard to exaggerate the potential significance of the news, first reported by CNN, that the president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, can testify that Donald Trump both knew in advance and approved of the June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower between his campaign’s high command and Kremlin […]
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Removal of tumor best option
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 62 years of age and in excellent health. I run or hike 3 or more miles on most days, road bike, swim and weight train. I eat sensibly, and I don’t drink, smoke or take drugs. I don’t drink coffee or even take aspirin for pain. My last physical exam […]
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August events at Bowdoin Museum of Art
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, has announced its calendar of events for August. Closing on Sunday, Aug. 19, will be the exhibit “Made in Maine,” which features a selection of artworks created in Maine during the first half of the 20th century. Winslow Homer was an important influence for many artists […]
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Concert at Bethel church
BETHEL — Mahoosuc Community Band will perform its summer concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, at West Parish Congregational Church, 32 Church St. Under the direction of Patricia Boyle-Wight, the band will play a variety of traditional numbers. Donations help with purchase of new music. Refreshments will be served.
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Births
Mid Coast Hospital Harper Lynn Chapman, a girl to Haley and Bret Chapman of Walpole, May 7. Grandparents, Holly and Skip Lemar, Walpole, Sherry and Roger Chapman, Virginia; great-grandparents, Dolly and Donnie Jondreau, Caribou, Joanne and Richard Harrington, Palermo, Norman and Sheila Lemar, Chelsea. Addelie Marie Adams, a girl to Anna and Richard Adams II […]
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President Trump's words carry no weight
Maybe you remember when Mexico was going to pay for the wall. You should. It was as recently as May. Donald Trump went to Nashville for one of those creepy rallies of his and renewed the vow he made ceaselessly during the 2016 campaign. Mexico, he promised, is “going to pay for the wall” along […]