New UMF Western Maine Music Series begins with pop punk sounds of Crunchcoat, Sept. 20
2019
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Three firefighters remain critical after blast
FARMINGTON — As the investigation of Monday’s deadly explosion at an office building continued Wednesday, three firefighters remained in critical condition and one was released from the hospital. Fire Rescue Chief Terry Bell, 62, Capt. Scott Baxter, 37, and his father, firefighter Theodore “Ted” Baxter, 64, were being treated at Maine Medical Center in Portland, […]
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‘Photographic Approaches to Nature’ opens at UMF
FARMINGTON — The UMF Art Gallery proudly presents, “Life and Times: Photographic Approaches to Nature Today,” an exhibit that looks at three artists’ poetic photographic approaches to the fragility, mutability, and ephemerality of nature today. The exhibit will be on display from Sept. 12 thru Nov. 3 on the University of Maine at Farmington campus. […]
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Wilton construction project brings headaches
The owners of Mt. Law Wreathes ‘n Bakery on Pond Road expressed concern at Tuesday’s Select Board meeting about losing business when the road is closed for culvert work later this month.
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Leonard Pitts: The truth of climate change has long been painfully clear
With apologies to Stevie Wonder, for whom it was once an album title, nothing is “hotter than July.” July was the hottest month. Maybe you are waiting for that sentence to be qualified: “hottest month of the last 20 years,” let’s say. But it turns out July of 2019 was the hottest month, period — […]
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Marc Thiessen: The smearing of Brett Kavanaugh continues
WASHINGTON — A Columbia Journalism Review poll released this year found that half of all Americans have “hardly any confidence at all” in the media, which beat out even Congress as the institution for which the public has the lowest confidence. It’s not hard to see why. Last week, CNN reported that the CIA was […]
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Austin Bay: Saudi Arabia must protect its energy choke points
Two previous Iranian-proxy drone attacks on Saudi Arabian petro-targets look suspiciously like rehearsals for the Sept. 14 attacks on the Abqaiq oil production complex and Khurais oil field. The attacks, on May 14 and Aug. 17, 2019, would have provided Iran with intelligence regarding Saudi air surveillance operations while combat-testing the strike and guidance capabilities […]
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Paul Waldman: Democrats and Trump aren’t fighting (as much) about foreign policy
By Paul Waldman The Washington Post If a Democrat were president right now and the events of the last week in the Middle East had taken place, what would he or she be doing? For his part, President Donald Trump can’t seem to decide what to do. He started with some tough talk about Iran, […]
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Briefly: Region
Gravel road workshop being offered FARMINGTON — A Gravel Road Evaluation & Maintenance Workshop will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Chesterville Town Office, 408 Dutch Gap Road. Participants will learn how proper maintenance protects property values and water quality, how to evaluate a gravel road for maintenance needs, […]