[UPDATE:Three men arrested in Lewiston shooting investigation] LEWISTON — Police are investigating reports of shots that fired in downtown Lewiston early Saturday Several witnesses reported hearing a series of at least five shots fired at about 6 a.m. near the corner of Bartlett and Walnut streets. Police who responded spent the morning searching the area […]
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Local Girl Scouts awarded Future Leaders Scholarships
PORTLAND — Girl Scouts of Maine awarded $10,000 in college scholarships to six high school seniors. The Future Leaders Scholarships were presented at Girls Scouts of Maine’s inaugural Passion to Action on June 15 at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. Recipients were Sierra Cummins of Monmouth, Emma Galipeau-Eldridge of Otisfield, Bailee Kinney of […]
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Shakespeare’s 'Richard III' at Theater at Monmouth
MONMOUTH — William Shakespeare’s portrait of a Machiavellian genius and his murderous quest for absolute power, comes alive on Theater at Monmouth’s stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 13 through Saturday, Aug. 18, with matinee and evening performances on both weekdays and weekends throughout the summer. Crowned by means of shameless seduction, lies and bloodshed, […]
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Tug-of-war marriage
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Pierre,” and I have been a couple for 18 months. We moved in together three months ago. The trouble is, Pierre is French, and he doesn’t believe in marriage. He says it’s an “outdated institution and a social construct.” He also claims that no one in France gets married. My parents […]
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Roe is a travesty
The prospect of overturning Roe v. Wade will be at the foreground of the battle over Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement, and it should be. Roe is judicially wrought social legislation pretending to the status of constitutional law. It is more adventurous than Miranda and Griswold, other watchwords of judicial activism from its era. It is […]
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We're getting a raw deal
On this day of celebration from sea to shining sea, I am thinking about some of the phrases and anecdotes that we associate with past presidents. George Washington could not tell a lie. Abraham Lincoln asked us to be better angels. FDR said that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself. Harry […]
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North named Adult Ed Teacher of the Year
TURNER — Melanie North was recently named 2018 Adult Education teacher of the Year. She was honored at the Maine Adult Education Association conference in June. North has been an educator for more than 15 years and has been an instructor in the adult education program at School Administrative District 52 for the past six. She also […]
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Iran's internal clash
The December 2017, nationwide protests that surprised and rattled Iran’s clerical dictatorship never quite subsided. Demonstrations occurred in January 2018, then again in April. Since mid-May, publicly expressed anger in Iran’s would-be global revolutionary state has intensified to the point that regime internal security units have fired on demonstrators. There is no accurate death toll […]
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One-woman show brings Maine history to life at RFA Lakeside Theater
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Historical Society presents “Rangeley’s First Settlers: Jude Lamb” in a one-woman show about Eunice Lakeman Hoar at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the RFA Lakeside Theater. Eunice Lakeman married Luther Hoar in 1799. In 1817 they traveled with their nine children, on foot, from the Avon area to what is […]
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George Herbert Ross
POLAND — George Herbert Ross, 61, of Poland passed away Monday, June 18, at his home. He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Oct. 27, 1956, the youngest son of the late Stewart and Florence Ross George held various manufacturing jobs throughout his life in Maine and New Hampshire. He loved to fish, and it […]