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NBA finals: Lakers get two days of rest before trying to win 17th title
Los Angeles enters Friday’s game against Miami with a 3-1 series lead.
‘Mother Earth’ show on display at Gallery 302
“Mother Earth,” a new show, will run from Friday, Oct. 9, through Friday, Nov. 6, at Gallery 302 in Bridgton. This exhibit, with works created by members of the Bridgton Art Guild, will be featured in the 3rd Thursday Art Mart video which will air on the Gallery’s Facebook page at 7 p.m. on Thursday, […]
Maine sees spike in COVID-19 cases as bars prepare to open next month
The Maine CDC reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, but no additional deaths.
On this date in Maine history: Oct. 7
Oct. 7, 1923: The first section of the Appalachian Trail opens in Bear Mountain and Harriman state parks in upstate New York, about 40 miles north of New York City. The brainchild of Benton MacKaye, the trail eventually grows to about 2,200 miles, with its northern terminus on Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest mountain. Civilian Conservation […]
Presidential debate raises profile of deaf ASL interpreter in Maine
Regan Thibodeau, who is known for her work interpreting COVID-19 updates by the Maine CDC, is featured on social media after the first 2020 presidential debate.
Barry Allen: Are we facing the Gotterdammerung?
It’s October, and the days are getting shorter. Not the sunsets, but the days of America being a beacon of fair and free elections. For four years the Gotterdammerung of democracy has been slouching toward us, and is now just over the horizon. Invited here by the approximately 40% of the population who have chosen […]
Maine reports 25 new cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths
York County, which has been a hotspot of COVID-19, had only 6 new cases on Monday.
On this date in Maine history: Oct. 5
Oct. 5, 1785: In response to a notice published in the Falmouth Gazette, about 30 men from Cumberland, Lincoln and York counties gather at the meeting house of ministers Thomas Smith and Samuel Deane in Falmouth to discuss, for the first time in a formal setting, a proposal that Maine separate from Massachusetts to become […]