ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Miss America pageant is dropping the swimsuit competition, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance but on “what makes you you.” The pageant began nearly 100 years ago as a bathing beauty contest to keep tourists coming to this seaside resort after Labor Day. But in […]
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Former Trump aide Manafort accused of attempted witnesses tampering
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort made several attempts to tamper with witnesses in his ongoing criminal case, prosecutors said as they asked a federal judge to consider jailing him while he awaits trial. In a court filing , prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller wrote that Manafort and one of […]
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Funeral notices for Tuesday, June 5
BAILEY — Joan F., 74, of Livermore Falls passed away Saturday, June 2, in Portland. A graveside service and interment will be held 4 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Readfield Corner Cemetery, Church Road, Readfield. Arrangements by Finley Funeral Home, 15 Church St., Livermore Falls. BOULET — Richard H., 78, of Lewiston passed away in […]
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Mills will protect the environment
I grew up in the paper-mill town of Rumford on the banks of the Androscoggin River. The mill was important to the town’s economic life, but it came at the high price of polluted air and water. Sen. Ed Muskie also grew up in Rumford. He went to Washington, D.C., to address these environmental health […]
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Scorpio: Don't get angry
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Mike Fisher, 38; Mark Wahlberg, 47; Ron Livingston, 51; Jeff Garlin, 56. Happy Birthday: Pick up the pace and strive for perfection. Gather information and know what you are talking about before you present your plans. Your intelligence will be tested this year, making accuracy, innovation and the wherewithal to […]
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Friends of Maine State Parks announces pilot project
The Friends of Maine State Parks, in cooperation with the Bureau of Parks and Lands, are pleased to announce a pilot program to provide Maine State Park Vehicle Passes for day-use at Maine State Parks to 10 community libraries located across the State of Maine. The 10 libraries include Belfast Free Library, Bridgton Public Library, […]
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Ivon Gallant
RUMFORD — A graveside service honoring the life of Ivon Gallant was celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 1, at St. John Cemetery. Fr. Nathan March officiated. Services were under the care and guidance of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation & Monument Services, 250 Penobscot St., Rumford.
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Roseanne Barr was a kook long before Trump became president
Valerie Jarrett, the former Obama aide targeted by Roseanne Barr, says the comedienne’s train wreck should be a “teaching moment.” And so it should — about the poisonous kookery of Roseanne Barr. Given the political freight piled atop the hit revival of her TV program, it was inevitable that Barr’s spectacular Twitter flameout would be […]
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Steve Bannon's strategy for a populist victory
ROME — The Republican Party is facing dim prospects in the upcoming midterm elections. But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Steve Bannon, the chief ideologist of the populist wave that brought Donald Trump into the White House. “If the Republicans continue on the path they are on,” Bannon told me Thursday, “they […]
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Proud to support Garrett Mason
Sen. Garrett Mason was born and raised in Androscoggin County. He was twice elected Senate majority leader by his peers. He has shown the leadership to reform the welfare system; sponsored the landmark charter school legislation; fought for the largest tax cut in Maine history; and supported tax deductions for small businesses. Mason has impressed […]