It is the latest school district to consider appeals by parents who argue that certain books about sexuality and gender identity don’t belong in school libraries.
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Judge slaps $693,000 lien on Union company accused of defrauding elderly couple
The lawyer for the business denies the allegations, saying his clients are still in the process of flipping the houses with the borrowed money and will repay the couple.
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Union man, 18, who died in New Jersey beach sand collapse remembered as ‘tech nut’
Levi Caverly, who graduated last year from the Mid-Coast School of Technology in Rockland, was remembered by his father as a faithful and quirky kid who loved to program.
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Union man dies, sister rescued in New Jersey beach sand collapse
The pair were using frisbees to dig a 10-foot hole in the sand when it collapsed on both of them, the town’s mayor said.
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Union library to offer Zoom concert by percussion-piano duo
UNION — The duo Cherry & Jerry is scheduled to perform live music by African American composers at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16. The concert is to be held via Zoom during the Vose Library’s Vose or Virtual Wednesday Series. Cherry & Jerry’s hour-long program will feature ragtime, blues, jazz and Broadway, according to a […]
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Union library to host founder of Mission Working Dogs
Vose Library’s Vose or Virtual Wednesday series is scheduled to feature Christina “Christy” Gardner at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, via Zoom; closed captioning will be available. Gardner is a 39-year-old retired Army veteran from Oxford. She was injured overseas in 2006 and spent nearly five years rehabilitating before she was finally able to live […]
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Union library to host educators, authors via Zoom Dec. 1
UNION — Vose Library’s “Vose or Virtual Wednesday Series” is scheduled next to feature Gary Chapin and Carisa Corrow, to discuss their co-creation of the book “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education.” The event is is to be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, via Zoom. Chapin has been working in education since 2000, first […]
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Union library to host central Maine author Nov. 17
UNION — Vose Library invites people to its Vose or Virtual Wednesday series, due next to feature Robin Clifford Wood at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, via Zoom. Wood is an author, poet, blogger and essayist. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale, a Master of Arts degree in English from University of […]
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Union library series to feature Maine author Oct. 20
UNION — The Vose or Virtual Wednesday series is scheduled to feature Katherine Silva at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at Vose Library, 392 Common Road, or via Zoom. Silva, a Maine author, is a two-time Maine Literary Award finalist for speculative fiction and a member of the Horror Writers of Maine, Maine Writers and […]
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Union Fairground to host Halloween Trail of Terror
The Friends of Union Fair plans to sponsor its sixth annual Halloween Trail of Terror on the last three Fridays and Saturdays of October (Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30). The trail offers an after-dark, outdoors, walking event through the barns and around the grounds of the Union Fairground, from 6:30 to 8:30 […]