Single working parent Kathy Cooper found a house to rent in the Penobscot County town of Etna for her and her four children after she received an eviction notice from her landlord in St. Albans, but the rental price is nearly twice what she paid before and the house needs a lot of attention, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Fiona bears down on northeast Canada as big, powerful storm
Meteorologists are warning that Fiona has the potential to be one of the most severe storms in the country’s history.
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UN rights experts present evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine says its initial investigation has turned up evidence of war crimes following Russia’s invasion.
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NFL notebook: Wilfork happy to be home for Patriots Hall of Fame induction
Former Nose tackle Vince Wilfork will be honored at halftime of Sunday’s home opener.
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British author of ‘Wolf Hall’ saga Hilary Mantel dies at 70
Mantel is credited with reenergizing historical fiction with “Wolf Hall” and two sequels about the 16th-century English powerbroker Thomas Cromwell.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Case of the Stalking Moon’ and ‘Rangeley’s Historic Legacy’
A murder-mystery detective story and a rollicking six-gun western rolled into one excellent tale, and a history of the Rangeley area in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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Tyler Cowen: When immigration hypocrisy landed on Martha’s Vineyard
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent public money to fly about 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the ostensible point — besides trolling and publicity, of course — was to show that immigrants are a burden on red-state resources. But his stunt reveals a political and cultural corruption far deeper […]
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Our View: Maine’s indigent legal services system cannot wait for help any longer
Gov. Janet Mills and the Legislature could have solved this problem last session. Now the crisis has deepened.
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Will the rare Steller’s sea eagle return to Maine this winter?
Birders from all over the country came to the Midcoast earlier this year to view the wayward raptor, which spent the summer in Newfoundland.