Vendors and visitors on Saturday filled Meeting House Park in Farmington during Farmington Pride 2024, the third year a Pride Month celebration has been held.
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Watch: After a record-breaking day for the Monmouth Fair, a gloomy Saturday brings out the women for Woodsman’s Day
In a record-breaking year for the Monmouth Fair, about seven women turned out to compete in Saturday’s Woodsman’s Day events.
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Photo: Lewiston softball complex renamed in honor of mass shooting victim
Ron Morin Memorial Fields dedicated Saturday morning in Lewiston.
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Maine CDC issues warning after child’s death is linked to influenza
It’s the 6th influenza-related child death in Maine since 2019, according to health officials.
Posted inNation / World, News
10 Ukrainians, imprisoned in Russia for years, return home after Vatican mediation
The former prisoners, wrapped in blue and yellow flags, reunited with families in Kyiv and called those who couldn’t be there. For some, the separation had lasted many years.
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UN starts to move tons of aid from U.S.-built pier after security fears suspended work there
Millions of pounds of aid have piled up. In just the last week, more than 10 million pounds were moved ashore, according to the U.S. military.
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In Egypt, Gaza evacuees live in the shadows: ‘Everything is closing in’
Washington Post reporters visited displaced Gazans at their homes and workplaces around Cairo, where they have found sanctuary and a measure of calm, but are unable to build a future.
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Democrats still stumble on how to ‘pass the torch’ to younger leaders
When the 2022 midterm elections went better than expected, the party got something that it had lacked for many years: a bench filled with Democrats coming into prominence.
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How Denmark is nudging the nation to cut back on meat
Geranium is part of the Danish capital’s growing reputation as a revolutionary culinary destination, but the domestic furor over its menu shows not everyone in Denmark is ready for innovative plant-based cuisine.
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A harmless asteroid will whiz past Earth Saturday. Here’s how to spot it.
An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. With the right equipment and timing, you just might spot it. Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth Saturday morning, passing by at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon. It was first spotted two weeks ago by […]