PHIPPSBURG — An improvised shrine to the Virgin Mary has appeared in the parking lot of a Phippsburg antique shop, and some faithful are using it as a prayer stop. A few weeks ago, David Cooke, the owner of Maggies Bygones, an antiques store at 165 Main Road in Phippsburg, noticed people pulling into the far […]
Carl Natale
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Posted inNation / World
THC, cyanide and razor blades: How sketchy urban myths taught parents to fear Halloween candy
The October tradition of needlessly freaking out about strange sweets.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Former House of Bacon owners to open magic-themed restaurant in Freeport
Joseph Richards and Marcus Verrill had to scramble to find a spot for their Harry Potter meets Hocus Pocus meets Practical Magic-themed musical dinner theater restaurant after Pownal town officials denied them a permit.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Dunkin’ ready to serve Beyond Meat’s sausage sandwich in 9,000 stores
Beyond Meat, the faux-meat maker that’s become a Wall Street darling, is announcing one of its biggest restaurant roll outs yet.
Posted inPerspective, Politics
Five ways the debate could have – and should have – been much, much better
Overpopulated and mindbendingly long, the TV spectacle had plenty of merits and some serious flaws.
Posted inPerspective, Politics
President Trump should hit reset on next fall’s debates
The president should consign the Commission on Presidential Debates to the dustbin of history.
Posted inPerspective, Politics
They may not move the polls, but yes, the debates are shaping the race
The top candidates are still at the top, and others still struggle, but perceptions have shifted.
Posted inPerspective
Presidential ‘debates’ aren’t debates at all – they’re joint press conferences
Democratic presidential contenders gathered Tuesday evening in Ohio for the latest in a series of televised question-and-answer sessions in the lead-up to the 2020 primary season. These sessions are called debates by their sponsors and the participants. But are they really? Presidential debate scholars have long lamented that presidential debates are not really debates at all, but […]
Posted inMaine, Oxford Hills
Inland Maine gets a break from most of the storm damage
Some disruption of services were reported inland but not as much as along the coast of Maine.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Lisbon crash closes section of Route 196 and sends five people to hospital
LISBON – Five people were hurt in a head-on crash Wednesday, including a 1-year-old child and a 74-year-old man who had to be extricated from the wreckage. Police said the vehicles collided about 12:30 p.m. in the area of 219 Lisbon Road. When emergency crews arrived, they found a Subaru Forester in the center of […]