Drag queen Ophelia Johnson dances among the crowd Saturday during the Pride Festival & March in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The festival kicked off with a “Liberation for All March” from Festival Plaza in Auburn to Simard-Payne. Once at the park, those in attendance enjoyed informational booths, food trucks, face painting and drag queen bingo, […]
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Mexico man finds solace through donated piano
Retired school teacher John Watson plays on a piano donated to him from the First Baptist Church of Mexico. Mitzi Sequoia, who helped make the donation possible through her newspaper column, is shown with Watson. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) MEXICO — An act of kindness from a church in the form of a donated piano is […]
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Augusta, Farmington immigration rallies draw hundreds
AUGUSTA — Hoai-nam Hoang stood on State Street near the statehouse Saturday holding a simple sign. Hand printed on cardboard, it said thanks to compassion, an immigrant family came to the United States. That family was her own. Hoang’s parents and her older brother and sister traveled to the United States as refugees in 1980 […]
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Boat parade today in Norway
NORWAY — The Super Informal Boat Parade on Pennesseewassee Lake is set to begin at 3 p.m. Sunday. Boats should gather near the boat ramp and wait for the lead boat to begin. Decorations are encouraged, but not necessary. Contact organizer Arell Nankervis at arell.nankervis@gmail.com for more information. One of more than two dozen boats […]
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Happy Birthday, America
Gabrielle Wallace, left, of Auburn helps blow out the candles with children Saturday during the “Happy Birthday, America” event at the Auburn Public Library. Wallace and her husband, Sean, have held a July 4th celebration at the library for at least 15 years. Wallace held a story time, lead a parade through the library, made […]
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Otter that attacked Maine visitor was rabid
It is the first documented case of a rabid otter known in Maine. ROCKLAND — An otter that bit a vacationer on a beach this week has tested positive for rabies, the first documented case of a rabid otter in Maine. Animal Control Officer Troy Peasley reported Friday that the otter, which bit Laurie Nevins, […]
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Protests set in cities large and small over immigration policy
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of protesters across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, marched Saturday — in major cities and tiny towns — to demand President Donald Trump’s administration reunite the divided families. More than 700 planned marches are expected to draw hundreds of thousands of […]
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Not real news: A look at what didn't happen this week
This is a roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts: NOT REAL: Home Sweet Home: Obama Secretly Returns To Kenya Ahead of […]
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Paul LePage vetoes Medicaid expansion bill
Gov. Paul LePage vetoed a $60 million Medicaid expansion funding bill Friday, an expected move that sets up a veto override vote by lawmakers when they return on July 9. LePage said in a statement Friday evening that he vetoed the bill, passed by the Legislature last week, because lawmakers acted in a fiscally irresponsible […]
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Yemen's seaport battle for food and the future
In fractious Yemen’s swirl of tribal, sectarian and proxy wars, two conflicts stand out: America’s drone and special operations war on al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula bases and personnel; and the much larger ethnic-sectarian war pitting Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia’s coalition against Shia Iran’s Houthis rebel proxy army. The Houthis belong to the Zaidi sect […]