LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Whiskey barrels were piled in a mountainous heap Wednesday after the rest of a whiskey storage warehouse collapsed in Kentucky, nearly two weeks after part of the decades-old structure came crashing down. The remainder of the massive structure collapsed at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, Nelson County Emergency Management spokesman Milt […]
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Donald Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump’s top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump’s […]
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Woman protesting immigration policy climbs base of Statue of Liberty, forcing shutdown
NEW YORK (AP) — A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base and sat by the statue’s robes. The woman and […]
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Maine's public advocate skeptical of CMP's expensive plan to improve grid
PORTLAND (AP) — The agency that represents the interests of Maine utility customers is skeptical of a electric utility’s proposal to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to “harden” the power grid in the face of increasingly intense storms. Avangrid, the parent company of Central Maine Power, will have to justify such a large expenditure […]
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Luke's Lobster to open wholesale seafood operation on the Portland Pier
PORTLAND — Luke’s Lobster is opening a wholesale seafood buying and shipping operation on the Portland Pier in the space formerly occupied by New Meadows Lobster. Luke’s said it has entered into a long-term lease at 60 Portland Pier, the former site of New Meadows, which shut down at the end of 2017. Luke’s said […]
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Scientific facts are not political
The recent column by Cal Thomas portrays climate change science as “hysteria” and “propaganda.” I challenge this view by citing five major takeaways from the US Global Change Research Program draft special report of June 28, 2017: 1) Global temperatures are rising — faster than any time in the last 1700 years; 2) Significant atmospheric […]
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Trump supporters compared to cultists
Bob Corker, the outgoing Republican senator from Tennessee, recently compared supporters of President Trump to members of a cult. The Washington Post quoted Corker as saying: “It’s becoming a cultish thing, isn’t it? It’s not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation as it relates to a president that […]
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Hebron's Swanbeck named Scholar All-America Player of the Year
HEBRON — Tyler Swanbeck of Hebron has been named the 2017-2018 Scholar All-America Player of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches Association. Swanbeck was a United Soccer Coaches Fall High School All-Region selection. He led his Hebron Academy team to their second consecutive New England title, capping off a 36-game unbeaten streak that spanned […]
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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. — AUBURN — Repair of Maine will hold an adults-only BBQ from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, […]
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Dan Moore to perform a variety of music at Brick Church
LOVELL — Keyboard artist Dan Moore will perform a concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 5, at Lovell’s Brick Church for the Performing Arts. Moore’s programming mixes a variety of musical genres, including jazz, classical, rock, folk and blues. Although he specialized in the organ when he studied at the Boston Conservatory, Moore loves the […]