The Los Angeles Chargers got their name, the story goes, because team owner Barron Hilton liked the word for its affiliation with his new Carte Blanche credit card.
January 2023
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Mapping the history of New England’s once-booming textile industry
USM’s Osher Map Library offers an exhibit on the Northeast’s textile mills, including Bates Manufacturing in Lewiston, whose economic power for 100 years changed life in scores of cities and towns.
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Attacks on U.S. Jews and gays accelerate as hate speech grows on Twitter
Former employees and online researchers say an increase in physical attacks in the United States tracks with spikes in some categories of hate speech on Twitter, notably antisemitic and anti-gay slurs and rhetoric.
Posted inConnections
Area students make Plymouth State University president’s list
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Several area students have made the 2022 fall semester president’s list at Plymouth State University. They include Megan Verrill of Auburn, Alaina Adderley of Buckfield, Emma Winning of Bryant Pond, Tyler Hunter of Fryeburg, Emily Wallace of Harrison, Morgan Bilodeau of Lewiston, Ellery Hunt of Bridgton, Lydia Pinard of Gray, Reilly Brown […]
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Mystery Photo for Jan. 29, 2023
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you could win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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Mark LaFlamme: Boy, that snowman looks mad
Talk of the Town: Are you like me? Do you like to go out to shovel the yard at 3 a.m. and pull one over on Ma Nature and her cohorts?
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Catholic men’s conference set for March 18 in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — The 2023 Maine Catholic Men’s Conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 18. The gathering will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the St. John’s Community Center on 43 Pleasant St. “Be Strong in the Lord!” is this year’s theme, and will include time to pray, and listen to speakers and […]
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Rich Lowry: Republicans can’t be intermittent fiscal hawks
It’s very strange not to seriously pursue a deeply held goal when you have unified control of Washington, then to insist on trying to achieve much of it in one fell swoop when you barely have control of one chamber of Congress.
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Froma Harrop: We can now call economic terrorists ‘economic terrorists’
People who threaten to blow up an airplane if their political demands aren’t met are political terrorists. People who threaten to blow up the economy if their demands aren’t met are economic terrorists. Let’s not be shy about calling them such.