“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan There are broken hearts here in director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s film and Jimmy Smallhorne, Timothy Prager and Joshua D. Maurer’s story. It’s an Irish story, full of secrets, lost loves and rain. It’s about three women, Maggie […]
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Obituary: Mary “Betty” Dunton-Farley
NORTH ANSON – Mary “Betty” Dunton-Farley, born Jan. 25, 1929 to Patrick and Pearl Jacques. Passed of natural causes on June …
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Obituary: Jeannine (LaPointe) Breton
FALMOUTH – Jeannine (LaPointe) Breton, 90, of Winslow, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2023, at Sedgewood Commons Memory Care in …
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Death Notice: Mary “Betty” Dunton-Farley
Dunton-Farley, Mary “Betty” 94, of North Anson, June 9. Private services. Arrangements Giberson Funeral Home …
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Obituary: Roger A. Pooler
SKOWHEGAN – Roger A. Pooler, 76, passed away peacefully Friday July 7, 2023, at Redington Fairview Hospital with family by his …
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Death Notice: Jeannine (LaPointe) Breton
Breton, Jeannine (LaPointe) 90, of Winslow, July 12, in Falmouth. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m., July 24, St. John Church, …
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Death Notice: Roger A. Pooler
Pooler, Roger A. 76, in Skowhegan, July 7. Celebration of life 1 p.m., July 30, Skowhegan Elks Lodge. Dan and …
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Maine playwright challenges myth of Moby Dick with New Blues Opera at Colonial Theater
AUGUSTA — The Forty Hour Club, a resident theater company of the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in NYC will stage “The Ahab Inside Me—Redux,” an original Blues Opera written by Maine and La MaMa Playwright Michael Gorman. The opera will premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, July 20-22 and 3 p.m. Sunday, July 23, at […]
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Sense of Wonder Photo Contest sets Sept. 15 deadline
The Sense of Wonder Photo Contest, held by the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge every year, is scheduled to begin Saturday, July 15 and end at 11:59 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15. Up to three photos can be submitted to friendsofrachelcarsonnwrt.org. Twelve winning images will be selected by a jury for the 2024 Rachel […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates attends school board meeting to back teacher told not to use his book on racism
Some students had complained that the unit in which his book was required reading made them ‘ashamed to be Caucasian.’