Letter
2020
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Sleep Out’ has delivered a powerful message
Homeless activists and city officials should now negotiate an end to the 2-week-old encampment.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Listening to atomic bombing survivors’ stories is more important than ever
On the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, we must understand the effects of nuclear weapons and debate their role in our society.
Posted inBicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Aug. 6
Aug. 6, 1899: At least 20 people drown and more than 50 are injured at Hancock Point when a movable slip leading to a steamship collapses, dropping about 200 boarding passengers 15 feet into the ocean. The people in the water are hemmed in on three sides by dock pilings and on the fourth by […]
Posted inCommunity, Morning Sentinel
Aug 15 Blueberry Festival to be drive-through, take-out event
Winslow’s annual Blueberry Festival will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 15, at Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow St. in Winslow. This year’s festival will be presented as a drive-through, take-out, “Blueberry Fest To-Go” event, with social-distancing protocols observed. Drive-through admission to the festival is free, according to a news release from […]
Posted inCommunity
Larsen makes honors list at Concordia University Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Elizabeth Larsen of Sidney, a senior, studying social work, has been named to the spring honors list at Concordia University Ann Arbor for the 2019-2020 academic year. To be eligible for the honor, students must achieve a minimum 3.60 grade point average and complete at least 12 undergraduate credits.
Posted inCommunity
UMaine Extension seeks contributions to virtual demonstration garden
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is inviting Maine gardeners to contribute personal photos demonstrating best horticultural practices — from creative trellising to ingenious ways of deterring hungry wildlife — as a resource in a new virtual demonstration garden, according to a news release from the UMaine extension office in Orono. Photos should be high-quality image […]
Posted inCommunity
Three local residents earn degrees from Western Governors University
Graduates include Lindsay Ryan, Chad Dixon, Patrick Simpson and Diana Dumeny.