This Japanese film is available in both “Subbed” and “Dubbed” versions. This review will focus on the “Dubbed” version with the English-language voice cast. Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has come out of retirement for “The Boy and the Heron,” a sprawling fantasy with semiautobiographical elements. Surprisingly, it’s the more grounded elements that work better, maybe […]
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Telstar Boys’ JV Basketball
BETHEL — Telstar Junior Varsity Rebels fell, 49-44, to Dirigo High School on Friday. Trailing 16-9, Telstar JV Rebels went on a 9-1 run to take the lead. Trailing 34-23, the Rebels went on a 13-point run to take the lead. Connor Deprey was the leading scorer for Telstar with 9 points. The Rebels’ 10-19 […]
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Maine CDC urges vaccination against Flu, COVID-19, RSV
STATE — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) encourages Maine residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, influenza (flu), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ahead of this season’s holiday gatherings. Vaccination remains the best way for Maine people to protect themselves, their friends, and relatives this holiday season and will help limit […]
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What I’ve learned
This holiday season, I’m making a puddingstone list. Won’t you join me? There is a book called “Essays and Essay-Writing,” which is a collection of 78 charming opinion pieces, each written anonymously. The book was published in 1917 and is now in the public domain. Let me share the first paragraph of an unknown author’s […]
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Oxford first responders save kayaker
Firefighters pulled the kayaker out of the water after he tipped his boat.
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Convenience, fuel and dining options return to West Paris
The Rusty Lantern at the corner of routes 26 and 219 reopened with a whole new building.
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Maine, Oxford Hills seeing fewer drug overdoses and related deaths
NORWAY — Earlier this month Maine’s Director of Opioid Response Gordon Smith reported to Oxford Hills’ addiction recovery community that drug overdose deaths during September and October were 108, down from the same two-month periods in 2021 and 2022. Smith’s announcement, shared during Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative’s monthly board meeting, was received with guarded optimism. […]
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OHCHS athlete, tech school student eyes a future caring for her community
Tristen Derenburger of Paris was selected as school winner during national Heisman Scholarship competition.
