The most recent storm to move into the region left about 6 inches of snow in places such as Jackman and Manchester, but when people got up Thursday morning the totals had diminished due to the following rain.
January 2023
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors, Uncategorized
AUTHOR EVENT: Madison VFW sponsoring book signings
A book-signing event and Q&A panel featuring three local authors will be held at 3 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Harvell-Bishop-Arnold Trail Post, 58 Preble Ave. in Madison. Featured authors are: • Poet and Green Beret Ryan Stovall, author of “Black Snowflakes: Smothering a Torch” • English professor and poet Dr. […]
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Russia plays down West’s decision to send tanks, attacks Ukraine anew
The Kremlin warned that tank deliveries would be a dangerous escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
U.S. economy slowed but still grew at 2.9% rate last quarter
The economy’s expected slowdown is an intended consequence of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive series of rate hikes.
Posted inMaine, News
Third storm in a week brings more outages, flooding, messy mix
The storm dropped several new inches of snow overnight in the Portland area before it switched to rain.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Living’ about living, even in final few days
Here he is, the beloved British chameleon, the charmer, saloon tap dancer, film and Broadway Tony winner Bill Nighy, whom you remember as Billy Mack, the boozy sensualist rock star in “Love Actually,” or as the shy, retiring husband in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” But here, in director Oliver Hermanus’s, soft, dark and heart-breaking […]
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One month after Edgecomb toddler killed, neighbor remembers ‘perfect kid’
Maine State Police have not released a cause of death for Makinzlee Handrahan, 3, who was found unresponsive Christmas morning, or filed any criminal charges despite ruling her death a homicide.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Abortion bills in Maine Legislature need careful scrutiny
For countless Americans, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Care was a cataclysm. A constitutional right that women and their families had possessed for nearly half a century was suddenly taken away. The only comparable ruling in the Supreme Court’s entire history is Dred Scott v. Sanford, handed down in 1857, […]