GREENE — The women’s barbershop group, The Mollyockett Chorus, will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at the Sawyer Memorial. The chorus sings barbershop style a capella harmony in four parts: tenor, lead, baritone, and bass. Beginning in Norway with a core group of eight to 10 enthusiastic women, the chorus was chartered in […]
August 2017
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Open Book Players to present 'Reading Rumpus'
GARDINER — The Open Book Players will present “Reading Rumpus” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at Johnson Hall, 280 Water St. The event features the works of several Maine children’s book authors and illustrators, their stories adapted and presented as theatrical works. They include: • “Bella’s Fall Coat” and two chapters of “Maxi’s Secrets” […]
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Indigenous rights attorney, activist to speak in Lovell
LOVELL – Sherri Mitchell, indigenous rights attorney, teacher and spiritual activist, will speak at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5. It is the last in the speaker series titled: The World in Your Library. Mitchell will talk about the need for developing unity with indigenous rights movements. She was born […]
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OPEGA report finds lack of accountability for Pine Tree Development zones
AUGUSTA (AP) — A report suggests a program created by then-Maine Gov. John Baldacci to spur development in economically depressed areas is not helping much. Some lawmakers want to scrap the program. The Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability says the Pine Tree Development Zone program lacks accountability to assess its true capacity to […]
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Police investigate shooting death of Westbrook woman
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old girl has been shot to death in her grandparents’ home. State police say Elise Dorr, of Belfast, died Monday evening, shortly after she arrived at a hospital. Detectives say the girl was staying with her parents and two elder siblings at the house in Scarborough while her grandparents were away. […]
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Bucksport man suspected in Kansas man's murder arrested in California
TESCOTT, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a suspect in the shooting death of a Kansas man was arrested in California after he reportedly stabbed a person on an Amtrak train. The KBI said in a news release Monday that 34-year-old Robert Colson, of Bucksport, Maine, was arrested Saturday in Martinez, California. […]
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Amid Harvey floods, Houston chief worries 'how many bodies?'
HOUSTON (AP) — Crews overwhelmed by thousands of rescue calls during one of the heaviest downpours in U.S. history have had little time to search for other potential victims, but officials acknowledge the grim reality that fatalities linked to Harvey could soar once the devastating floodwaters recede from one of America’s most sprawling metropolitan centers. […]
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Trump: 'All option are on the table' after latest North Korea missle test
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says “all options are on the table” after North Korea launched ballistic missiles over Japan. Trump says in a written statement Tuesday that “threatening and destabilizing actions” only increase North Korea’s isolation in the region and around the world. The president says North Korea’s actions show “contempt for its […]
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Man in hazmat suit flees after failing to break into Camden armored truck
CAMDEN (AP) — Maine police are searching for an unidentified man who attempted to break into an armored truck. WABI-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2wDXR5H ) the suspect was wearing a yellow hazmat suit and a tight black mask. The man fled into the nearby woods after he failed to break into the parked truck in Camden on […]
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5-year-old girl dies after Scarborough shooting
SCARBOROUGH (AP) – Police say a 5-year-old girl has died after being shot at a home. Maine State Police say the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday in Scarborough. Police say the 5-year-old was shot in a home where relatives live. The girl was taken to Maine Medical Center where she later died. No one […]