Marla has been a journalist for the past 17-plus years at newspapers in Maine and Connecticut. She has been a writer, a designer, a photographer, a columnist and, for the past six years, the managing editor for the evening shift at the Sun Journal.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2023
House burns on Upper Swallow Road in Paris
PARIS — Firefighters fought back flames Tuesday evening in a fully-involved structure fire at 36 Upper Swallow Road. The fire was reported about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Smoke was reportedly coming from the second story when firefighters arrived. A second alarm was called about 5 p.m. with multiple departments at the scene. Upper Swallow Road is […]
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PublishedAugust 19, 2022
The Great Falls Balloon Festival wakes up from a long sleep Friday morning
The crowd collectively smiles — phones aloft and pointed toward the people waving goodbye from above, Marla Hoffman writes.
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PublishedJune 14, 2022
Photo album: Fairview students celebrate end of year on Field Day
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PublishedApril 9, 2022
After a displaced Ukrainian dad asked for Legos for his son, gifts pour in
When 11-year-old Andrii Sidorov fled Kyiv in late February, he packed a small suitcase of essential items. He had no choice but to leave his prized Lego collection behind. “He was so sad,” said his father, Igor Sidorov, who drove with two of his four sons to Vienna on Feb. 23, just before Russia launched […]
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PublishedApril 9, 2022
On the Canadian border, artistry connects travelers to Mohawk culture
Generations of Carrie Hill’s family have made baskets. But it wasn’t until she had her first child, 15 years ago, that she began to weave them herself. She was a stay-at-home mom, she says, “and after about four months with diapers and dishes, I was just like, ‘What about Carrie?’ ” Seeking to scratch a […]
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
Putin announces Ukraine military operation, explosions heard
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
Photos: US Navy Blue Angels thrill crowd Sunday at Great State of Maine Air Show
Thousands lined up to get up close to an array of aircraft at Brunswick Executive Airport.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2021
‘Code red’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
The authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which calls climate change clearly human-caused and “an established fact,” makes more precise and warmer forecasts for the 21st century.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2021
Are striped bass doomed? Some conservationists are worried.
Proposed moratorium on harvest of stripers from Maine to North Carolina gets mixed reviews on Atlantic waters.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2021
Chef drops high-pressure kitchen to make innovative ice creams at Sabbathday Lake
NEW GLOUCESTER — Outlet Beach on Sabbathday Lake looks like a lot of Maine swimming holes: crystal-clear water, a crescent-shaped strip of sand, picnic tables under tall pines, and parents watching their kids dive off the board on the little dock, or squiggle down the water slide. And, of course, there’s ice cream. But take […]
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