MINOT — A story published Thursday on page B1 of the City edition should have said Minot selectmen authorized Town Administrator Danielle Loring to investigate adopting the state’s Motor Vehicle Rapid Renewal Online Registration Service. The service has not yet been adopted. It was a reporting error.
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Jackson movie captures essence of World War I
The filmmaker Peter Jackson deserves more than an Oscar; he deserves a medal. What the director of the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” movies has done with his World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old,” is more than restore archival film; he has restored the humanity of men caught up in one […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 5
100 years ago: 1919 Mr. and Mrs. McLean of Rumford were notified last month by the War Department that their son, John W. McLean, had died on Oct. 16. Today they received a letter from their son, dated Dec. 4, saying that he was in a base hospital recovering from wounds and expected to start […]
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Aquarius: Don't reveal personal information
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: January Jones, 41; Bradley Cooper, 44; Carrie Ann Inaba, 51; Diane Keaton, 73. Happy Birthday: Take your time. Turn this into a year to remember, not one that flashes by. Think matters through, and don’t feel you have to keep up or compete with anyone but yourself. The changes you […]
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The reason I don't trust CMP
In 1979, my wife and I started to renovate her family cottage in Poland. We striped the inside to the outside walls. We had new wiring done. As summer changed to winter, our electric bill went up each month. The January bill was more than double. I called Central Maine Power and asked for someone […]
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Let's take our city back
Another brawl in Downtown Lewiston. When is it going to end? As a Lewiston taxpayer for more than 30 years, I find it absolutely insulting to those who pay for a Police Department that refuses to do what it is paid to do. There are many undesirables in Lewiston that need to go away. I think […]
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Taking issue with Cal Thomas
In a recent column (Dec. 27), Cal Thomas suggested we may well be living on the threshold of the end times, considering the many media reports of “wars and rumors of wars.” But history teems with records of such. In fact, in 2003 The New York Times published an article on war which stated: “Of […]
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Roy Moore says he was duped into appearing on comedy show
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore says he didn’t know he was dealing with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen when he agreed to appear on a television show, his lawyers wrote in court filings last month. Moore in September filed a $95 million defamation lawsuit over his appearance on Baron Cohen’s “Who […]
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Study finds ‘radical underrepresentation’ for women in film
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite widespread attention and protest over gender inequality in film, a new study finds that the number of female directors in the top 250 domestic grossing films last year dipped to 8 percent. That was down 3 percentage points from 2017, according to the 21st annual Celluloid Ceiling report released Thursday […]
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Single man takes a practical approach to business of dating
DEAR ABBY: I am writing you about dating in these modern times. Lately I have become perplexed at the vanity and immoral behavior now associated with the task of dating. I’m a single man living by myself with no responsibilities but my own. I am looking for someone who will fit into my lifestyle. Unfortunately, […]