Ash Barty, trying to become Australia’s first homegrown women’s singles champ since 1978, will face American Danielle Collins in Saturday final.
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Conduct of Skowhegan selectman violated town policies, report finds
A town investigation determined Selectman Harold Bigelow in his interactions with municipal employees and others violated a code of ethics all elected and appointed officials must agree to follow.
Saturday’s nor’easter likely to pack biggest snowfall for coast this season
Expect wind gusts to be strong, challenging us with blowing snow.
Community Ice Art Project planned to recreate painting scene
Artist Eric Aho will host a community-wide ice cutting project on Keewaydin Lake on Saturday, Feb. 5, to recreate the winter scene of Marsden Hartley’s 1908-09 painting “The Ice-Hole, Maine” (New Orleans Art Museum, LA). This public-led effort will commemorate a pivotal work by an important American artist and invite local residents to engage in […]
Cheering regionals postponed, with new host sites
Lewiston High School will be the host site for Class A North and South, Class B South and Class C South.
Proposed marijuana, solar ordinances to go before Albion voters at March Town Meeting
The ordinances would allow two medical marijuana retail locations and impose a one-year ban on large-scale solar projects.
Biden renews pledge to nominate Black woman to replace Justice Breyer on high court
The president promises to name a nominee by the end of February as Stephen Breyer confirms his plan to retire.
Tennessee school district bans Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’
Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for the work that tells the story of his Jewish parents living in 1940s Poland and depicts him interviewing his father about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor.
Study finds gas stoves worse for climate than previously thought
Many communities have bans on gas stove use in future new construction that will take effect in future years.
He won a trip to space. Then he gave it away to a friend
The real winner of the SpaceX sweepstakes for a ride in space has finally come forward: a Florida-based airline pilot.