If you are a fan of singer-songwriters and roots music, then may I make a suggestion to you? Head to Johnson Hall on May 3 to catch Maine’s own Putnam Smith as he performs there in Gardiner. He’s supporting his fourth album “Kitchen, Love,” which was released in 2013 on his own Itchy Sabot Records. […]
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‘Dom Hemingway’
… mad, bad and dangerous to know David Jude Heyworth Law has managed to slip away from his proper speaking English repertory, Watson, assistant to Sherlock in “Game of Shadows,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and assorted other well spoken characters, to roll a bit in the gutters, don’t you know, and come up smelling like […]
SHANNON THURSTON … Girl on the go
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it. — Mahatma Gandhi Winslow’s Shannon Thurston, a graduate of Messalonskee High School, and now, at 27, the social media correspondent for the Waterville Opera House, is one of our area’s rising stars. Thurston was onstage performing when someone saw her in […]
Winslow native inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame
Ricardo “Ric” Roy was recently inducted into the New Mexico Aerospace Hall of Fame. The induction was on the 20th anniversary of the flight of the Delta Clipper. The Delta Clipper, also known as DC-X/XA, was the first vertical take-off and vertical landing rocket. Roy was part the McDonnell-Douglas team which flew the enhanced version […]
Yankees’ Pineda suspended 10 games for pine tar, won’t appeal
He was ejected from Wednesday night’s loss at Boston after umpires found the pine tar on his neck.
Russia responds as Ukraine launches operation
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warns that unless Moscow moves to de-escalate the tensions, Washington would impose new sanctions.
Maine Supreme Court upholds murder conviction of Anson man
Robert Nelson was convicted in December 2012 of killing Everett L. Cameron during a drug transaction.
Fatal bat fungus is on the move south
Biologists say the biggest impact – besides decimating bat colonies – could be on the agriculture industry.
NRA seeks universal gun law at national meeting
The group wants Congress to require that concealed weapons permits issued in one state be recognized everywhere, even when the local requirements differ.
Suicidal behavior, handguns are patterns in Maine domestic abuse homicide, panel finds
A report by the Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel, which studied 21 Maine homicides since 2009, includes recommendations from better judicial penmanship to more gun control.