December 29, 2022
2022
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: How expensive do concert tickets have to get before fans walk away?
As prices climb higher and higher, it’s very hard not to feel that concerts have become a luxury for the elite.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: What’s your 2022 word of the year?
If you’re not happy with where you’re landing, then maybe it’s not too soon to start thinking about the word of 2023.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Electoral Count Reform Act takes a 19th-century law into the 21st century
It took the violent breach of the Capitol to shine a spotlight on the pressing need for reform.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: U.S. defense budget keeps growing for the wrong reasons
Eye-watering defense spending is predicated on a belief that the global balance of power is moving to America’s disadvantage. Is it though?
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 29, 1987: New $2.6 million Oakland business park set, police hunt for missing Winslow woman, and the spring floods in central Maine voted Maine’s top story of ’87
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inUncategorized
Auburn community college names fall semester dean’s list
AUBURN — President Betsy Libby of Central Maine Community College recently named the following students to the 2022 fall semester dean’s list. President’s honors Auburn: Taylor Z. Basque, Sheena J. Burgess, Makenna A. Campbell, Caleb F. Davis, Lucy E. DeRoche, Ahmed A. Elabe, Sharon S. Feldman, Rowan S. Fogg, Samuel H. Fuller, Darren Hicks, Alana […]
Posted inThings to Do
Bela Fleck plans Waterville concert in May
A concert featuring Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer with Rakesh Chaurasia is scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. There’s a bit of the sorcerer in Béla Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Edgar Meyer (double bass), and their special guest Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri – Indian […]
Posted inCommunity
Skowhegan student makes Bethel University fall honor roll
MCKENZIE, Tenn. — Colby Carrier of Skowhegan was named to the fall semester honor roll at Bethel University. To qualify for the honor roll, undergraduates must have completed 12 or more hours of academic work with an average GPA of 3.7 or above and no grade lower than a “C.” Check out other upcoming […]
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Douglas Jordan Pearl
GEORGETOWN – Douglas Jordan Pearl of Georgetown, Maine, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, December 24th. Doug was born on July 26th, 1946 …