The University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to conduct an online class about pressure canning basics from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22. Using fresh green beans, Extension staff will demonstrate and explain each step of the process to safely preserve garden produce using a pressure canner. Registration is required; a $5 donation is […]
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Monmouth Community Players present The Laramie Project
For its first in-person production of the 2021, the Monmouth Community Players continue to make art in the midst of a pandemic. The Laramie Project, by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project, will be performed outside at the South Road Farm in Fayette July16 through 18, with rain dates July 23- 25. […]
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Looking Back on July 12
100 Years Ago: 1921 Members of the Kappa Beta Sigma Club of E.L.H.S , who have been at a house party at a camp on Tripp Pond have returned to Auburn. Misses Maud Huskin and Jessie Alley, both Edward Little instructors, were chaperones. Those in the party were Misses Mary Conant, Thelma Everett, Betsy Jordan, […]
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Readers have recommendations for those wanting Tupperware dealers
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding a Tupperware dealer (July 7 Sun Spots), here’s the information for Kim Richards-Jones who I’ve ordered from in the past: https://mytwpage.com/exceptionalsales . — Trudy, no town DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am a Tupperware dealer and would like you to put my name in your Rolodex. I would also like to help […]
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Lewiston church to host music conference
LEWISTON — The Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston is to host the second annual Maine Sacred Music Conference on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 12 and 13. “Participants will be joining Catholic musicians, religious, and lay people dedicated to the revival of the centuries-old commitment to beauty and reverence in Catholic liturgy as […]
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UMaine to host agricultural survey results, discussion
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension was one of several organizations that surveyed farmers and agriculture service providers in 2020 to determine the stressors being experienced during the pandemic, as well as what practices might best help Maine farms recover. Findings from some of those surveys are to be shared during a virtual “Ag […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Violent crime is up. There’s no one cause.
There is a great deal of scientific evidence that when cities hire more police officers, violence tends to decline, and that when high-crime blocks are subject to greater police presence, crime falls in those areas. But while there is some evidence that the pandemic challenged departments and there were fewer officers on the streets in some places, most cities maintained their required levels of patrol in 2020.
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NBA finals: Bucks cut deficit with big win over Suns
Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 41 points and Milwaukee takes Game 3 at home, 120-100, after dropping the first two games in Phoenix.
Posted inMaine, News
Tours of Columbus replica ship held in Bucksport despite controversy
They were conducted this weekend just after organizers canceled the Nao Santa Maria’s visit to Bangor.
Posted inNation / World, Uncategorized
Haitian arrested as alleged tie to assassination masterminds
Haiti’s police chief says the man was in contact with a firm that provides security for politicians and recruited the suspects accused of killing the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse.