A poetry reading with Dr. Judy Rowe Michaels will be presented at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. Michaels, a Geraldine R. Dodge poet in the schools and for many years poet in residence, English teacher, and coordinator of aesthetic education at Princeton Day School, has published […]
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Local golf results
Augusta Maine Senior results From Augusta Country Club: Individual: Gross — Bill Purington 71. Net: Peter Hedstrom -11. Flight A Gross – Gene Ardito 73. Net; Glenn Furth -2, George Hogan -1, Martin Doherty E. Flight B Gross – Greg Piper 71, Net; Steve Durst -3, James Witt -1, Peter Simonson -1. Flight C Gross […]
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Standup comedy on tap at Rusty Bus Brewing
Comedians Johnny Ater, Mike Gray, Mike Levinsky, Brett Groh and host Ann-Marie Keene will deliver another First Friday standup comedy show presented by Cat’s Meow Comedy starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1, at Rusty Bus Brewing in Lewiston. Ater is the winner of the 2022 Maine’s Wicked Funny Laugh-Off competition. He’s appeared on […]
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Oasis of Music season set to begin
The Oasis of Music is gearing up for its 2023-24 season beginning Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. September performances include Irish music performed on uilleann pipes and fiddle by the father-daughter team of Anthony and Una Shostak on Sept. 6; covers of pop tunes sung by Amy Stacey Curtis who accompanies herself […]
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Firefighters in Greece find bodies of 18 people in an area with a major wildfire
Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country through the nearby border from Turkey
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Body of missing South Portland woman found in Caribou
Sonja Knight, 49, was reporting missing on July 27. Her family members say they don’t know why she would have been in northern Maine. The medical examiner’s office is working to determine a cause of death.
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Mosquitoes in southern Maine test positive for Jamestown Canyon virus
The virus, which causes a fever and flu-like symptoms, is more common in the upper Midwest and there are currently no known human cases in Maine but state officials are warning residents to take precautions against mosquito bites.
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All 8 people trapped in a cable car high above a Pakistan canyon have been rescued
An expert described the rescue as extremely delicate because the wind generated by the helicopter blades could further weaken the remaining cables holding the car aloft.
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Attorney John Eastman surrenders to Georgia authorities over efforts to overturn election
Eastman, a conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the then-president’s 2020 election loss.
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Zuckerberg says a web version of X rival Threads will be available in a few days
The move will allow the nascent platform, dubbed the ‘Twitter Killer,’ better compete with Elon Musk’s platform, which is now called X.