Is it time to get an electric car (EV)? Aren’t EVs with a large “range” expensive? Can you afford one with enough range to get where you need to go in Maine? Will you be stranded in the middle of nowhere without a charging station? And then, how long does it take to charge? To […]
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Movie Review: Wrath of Man
The chronology of “Wrath of Man” is all out of whack and it’s hard to know what is and isn’t a spoiler. What we know from the trailers is that H (Jason Statham) gets a job at an armored car company where three months earlier two employees and a civilian were killed in a robbery. […]
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Anemoiac Recollections of Farmington’s Past: An evening goes afoul at the Exchange Hotel
Some of the strangest occurrences happen in my family, who live in southern Maine. Recently, my sister recounted this story to me: our fourteen-year-old cousin had texted her on the telephone, saying that he had gotten a new dog. My sister, wanting to see the dog, asked him to come over with it. When he […]
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Pets of the Week
Franklin County Animal Shelter is still taking extra precautions during these uncertain times. They are doing their part to control the spread of COVID-19 and will be closed to walk-ins and limiting community contact until further notice. Adoptions are still available, by appointment only. Please email your appointment request to [email protected]. Cats and dogs are […]
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Movie Review/ Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
Here’s a movie I didn’t expect to be reviewing two weeks ago. I didn’t know how this animé movie from a franchise unknown to me had managed to get such a plum positioning in theaters, but it was sure to lose to “Mortal Kombat” in its opening weekend and the horror movie “Separation” this past […]
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Pets of the Week
The Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Road in Farmington is doing their part to control the spread of COVID-19. Right now, they are temporarily closed to walk-ins and open by appointment only until further notice. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. Our office is open Monday through Saturday, noon […]
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Movie Review: Mortal Kombat
I remember when the first “Mortal Kombat” movie came out in 1995. That’s not to say I remember “seeing” the first “Mortal Kombat” movie, because I didn’t. The movie was rated PG-13 and I was too young to see it. But I remember even then thinking that audiences were getting short-changed with a PG-13 “Mortal […]
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Pets of the Week
The Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Road in Farmington is doing their part to control the spread of COVID-19. Right now, they are temporarily closed to walk-ins and open by appointment only until further notice. Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. Our office is open Monday through Saturday, noon […]
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Maine author to speak at Phillips library
PHILLIPS — Dee Dauphinee, author of “When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine “Gerry” Largay on the Appalachian Trail”, will be the “Maine” guest at the Phillips Public Library on Saturday, May 22 at 11 a.m. He will be accompanied by his research assistant, Doug Comstock. Dauphinee wrote the account of Gerry Largay’s […]
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Movie Review: Voyagers
Before I get into trashing sixth place weekend box office finisher “Voyagers,” I want to take some time to say some nice things about eighth place finisher “In the Earth.” The latter film played on less than a third as many screens as “Voyagers,” yet it made nearly two-thirds as much money. The underpromoted horror […]