The latest news from around the U.S. and the world on coronavirus: TRUMP RESTRICTS TRAVEL FROM EUROPE FOR 30 DAYS Taking dramatic action, President Trump announced Wednesday that he is sharply restricting passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. and moving to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling […]
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Russia passes bill allowing Putin to stay in power past 2024
The Russian parliament has approved a sweeping constitutional reform that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 years after his current term ends in 2024.
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Author to speak about his latest book detailing Maine’s role in the Underground Railroad
MONMOUTH — Maine’s crucial part in the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape to Canada in the early-to mid-1800s included at least four Monmouth families who put their lives and fortunes in peril by breaking the law — the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. While history books focus on the prominence of Harriet Beecher Stowe […]
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Bowdoin International Music Festival purchases headquarters building in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin International Music Festival announces its purchase of historic 181 Park Row in downtown Brunswick. The Festival administrative offices have been headquartered on the second floor of this location since 2007. Until a recent move to Cumberland, Norton Insurance (now HUB) occupied the first floor of the building. “It was never part […]
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NFL notebook: Players’ union extends deadline to vote on labor deal
NFL players have until Saturday at 11:59 p.m. to vote on a deal that would extend the season to 17 games.
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American sports leagues closing locker rooms and clubhouses to non-essential personnel
The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer release a joint statement about the move in response to the coronavirus crisis.
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Portland Symphony Orchestra POPS! pays tribute to the Queens of Soul
The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents Queens of Soul – a six-decade tribute – with guest conductor Benjamin Rous and vocalists Shayna Steele, Brie Cassil and Kelly Levesque with shows at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Benjamin Rous is the Music Director […]
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Cal Thomas: Bargaining with the Taliban devil
President Trump was rightly critical of the deal struck with Cuba during the Obama administration when he said the communist Cuban government got everything they wanted, and the U.S. got nothing in exchange. He has thankfully been reversing some of those unilateral concessions. Let’s apply his standard to the recently announced “peace deal” with the […]
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Statehood weekend events
Here is a sampling of the upcoming events celebrating the 200th anniversary of Maine statehood on March 15. For a complete list of events throughout 2020 and stories about Maine history and the bicentennial, go to pressherald.com/bicentennial. March 13-Jan. 2021: “State of Mind: Becoming Maine,” a major bicentennial exhibition, Maine Historical Society, museum gallery, 489 […]
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Lisbon school budget could increase 7.8%
The latest proposed budget adds an elementary school teacher in response to growing enrollment at Libon Community School.