The visit by Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, to Moscow comes as the conflict in Ukraine continues to upend the global diplomatic order.
2023
Thornton Academy senior killed in Saco car crash
Police say speed appeared to be a factor in the crash that killed 17-year-old Daniel Abbott and injured two others.
Winner of $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot claims prize
The winner claimed their winnings through a limited liability company.
Maine and New Hampshire police searching for missing Topsham women
Kimberly Pushard and Angela Bussell, who have intellectual disabilities, are believed to be lost and unable to find their way home to Maine, according to police.
North Livermore Baptist Church
NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church Feb. 19 service, the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Invocation/Lord’s Prayer were recited. The hymns that were sung was “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty”, “Stand Up and Bless the Lord”, “This Is My Father’s World”. […]
Jay VFW raises $800 with Valentine dance
JAY — On Saturday, February 11, Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post 3335 Auxiliary and Veterans held a Dinner-Dance evening event for the local community. The event was a fundraiser to support the State Commanders’ and State Auxiliary Presidents’ annual projects. This year State Department Commanders project was to support Veterans Family Camp, and the Presidents […]
Grampa Stiles and the Passage of Time
Certain events mark the passage of time, for which there is no need for a timepiece. Marriages, births, and deaths are a few of those events. On these occasions and traumatic events, we mark the time by noting precisely what we were doing, where, why, and with whom. Numerous songs are written about the passage […]
Treat Memorial Library
LIVERMORE FALLS — We’ll be having an Explorers Club meeting on Saturday, March 18 at 10:30 a.m. What’s Explorers Club, you ask? A space for kids to engage in creative STEAM activities, experiments, and challenges! This month, we will be exploring kinetic sculpture by building sculptures that move. The only limits are physics and imagination! […]
SeniorsPlus offers Respite for ME grants
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, the designated Area Agency on Aging serving Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties, with support from the Office of Aging and Disability Services, is administering a new pilot program called Respite for ME Grants. Thousands of Mainers care for family members who are older, have a disability, or are not their biological child. […]
Book Review/’The Girls I’ve Been’
In the first pages of The Girls I’ve Been, Nora, Iris, and Wes have helped with a fundraiser and are just getting to the bank to deposit the funds. Nora had stopped for doughnuts, and they’d basically only just gotten inside when two guys come in and yell, ‘this is a robbery!’ Nora starts […]