Tribune News Service (TNS)
2022
Maine Voices: Surrogacy process throws Dobbs ruling into sharp relief
Every child-bearing person assumes risks; I just had to read about them first.
Group using fake name to survey Mainers on culture war issues
The American Principles Project conducted the ‘Maine Today & Public Insight’ poll and said it soon could launch anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant and anti-critical race theory ads attacking Gov. Janet Mills. LePage’s campaign strategist said his team was not behind the poll.
Lithgow Library plans concert series
Lithgow Library’s summer concert series sponsored by The Friends of Lithgow Library returns. Free concerts are set for 6:30 p.m. Monday through July on the library’s front lawn, 45 Winthrop St in Augusta. In case of rain, concerts will move into the Library Community Meeting Room. The Blenders will perform July 17. The band is […]
Jerry Bryant to present a musical program on traditional sailor chanteys in Norway
Jerry Bryant, of Amherst, Massachusetts, will present a musical program on traditional sailor chanteys from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, at the Norway Memorial Library. The men who worked on square-riggers in the 19th century used rhythmic work songs, which they called chanteys (or shanties, depending on where they were from), to coordinate their […]
Sandy River Ramblers concert planned in Readfield
The Sandy River Ramblers plan to perform a bluegrass concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, at the Union Meeting House, 22 Church Road, in Readfield. The Ramblers are, stylistically, a traditional bluegrass band, but their specialty is original songs about Maine, mostly written by bandleader Stan Keach, who is a nationally-known bluegrass songwriter. […]
Mill Town Road Show to play in Music for Mavis series
Mill Town Road Show will perform as part of Music for Mavis Tuesdays at the Gazebo series at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, in Turner. The band features Jack D. Jolie, who lived on Music Row in Nashville during his teenage years writing country music and recording with his father, while taking guitar lessons […]
Damariscotta library to host July 27 talk with US head archivist, local art historian
Recently retired Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero will talk with art historian and Chamberlain resident Caroline Bruzelius, distinguished Duke University professor emerita, in an event “Critical History: A Conversational with America’s Archivist” set from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, in Porter Hall of the Skidompha Library at 184 Main St. […]
Obituary: Katherine Irene (Stevens) Degon
AUGUSTA – Katherine, known as Kay, passed gently, July 16, 2022, in her sleep at home after a brief period of …