Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated “In the Dream House,” spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries.
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Gawler Family Band coming to Celebration Barn
The Gawler Family Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris. This musical performance by the “fun-loving, folk-singing, fiddle-playing family from the heart of Maine” is suitable for all ages. The Gawler Family Band (John and Ellen Gawler and their daughters Molly, Edith, and Elsie, […]
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184 Bowdoinham elementary students form human chain to help library open a bookstore
Bowdoinham Community School students moved 900 books up Main Street on Wednesday afternoon.
Posted inNation & World, News
Russia poised to annex occupied Ukraine after sham vote
Ukraine and Western countries dismissed the balloting as an attempt by Moscow to legitimize its invasion of Ukraine launched on Feb. 24.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Record greenhouse gas leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines
A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one-third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted inNation & World
Alzheimer’s drug shows promise in early results of study
Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared early Wednesday after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease in a late-stage study
Posted inHealth, Maine
Gov. Mills launches program to give grants up to $2,000 to family caregivers
The $5.1 million program is for family caregivers of patients with disabilities, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, who are being cared for at home.
Posted inCommunity, Local Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Clinton Fire and Police departments receive grants to upgrade equipment
The Fire Department expects to use a grant to buy equipment that allows firefighters to refill their air tanks, while police are looking to use two grants to enhance their body camera system.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
AUTHOR EVENT: Dale Potter-Clark
Local historian will present her new historical novel about the Underground Railroad.
Posted inOpinion
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