“The fringes of their deserts were strewn with broken faiths.” T.E. Lawrence The Holocaust did not begin with the slaughter of six million Jews. It began when the first Jewish home in Berlin in 1935 had “Juden” painted on its door. In director Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu” we learn that ISIL did not appear full blown […]
March 2015
Posted inLifestyle
Ladies of the Lake return to Jewett Auditorium at UMA
March 15 concert at the University of Maine Augusta to feature Ellen Gawler, Julia Lane, Maggie Ericson and Sharon Pyne.
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Posted inColumns, News
Spacecraft to buzz Pluto in July
New Horizons will get within 6,200 miles of Pluto this summer, and should send back lots of information about the dwarf planet, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inMaine
Winslow water main break disrupts traffic
A water main at China Road and Carter Memorial Drive caused a disruption to the Wednesday afternoon commute.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers send microbead ban to LePage
The Senate unanimously approves halting the sale of the synthetic exfoliants in personal care products.
Posted inNews
Church with naked paint parties loses tax-exempt status
The Life Center had been operating a seven-day-a-week party called Amnesia: The Tabernacle since Feb. 28.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Fossils of ancient lobster relative give clues to early limb evolution
The creature lived about 480 million years ago and looked a bit like a huge lobster without claws.
Posted inPolitics
Panel wants lawmakers to have final say on any plan for Keno in Maine
Gov. Paul LePage has backed off adding the gambling game this year, but the state’s lottery bureau now has the authority to add it without legislative approval.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Farmington McDonald’s gets OK to rebuild
The new building at Main and Front streets will feature facade changes but no change to the sign, which the town manager termed “garish.”