McCormack, Karen Lee 76, of Madison, July 4, at home. No services …
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Death Notice: Helen Ann Tanger
Tanger, Helen Ann 69, of Gardiner, July 3. Arrangements, Staples Funeral Home, Gardiner …
Damariscotta library to host talk by bestselling author July 20
DAMARISCOTTA — The Chats with Champions program’s next speaker, Tess Gerritsen, is scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 20 at Skidompha Library, 184 Main St. Gerritsen, an internationally bestselling author, took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, she went on to medical school at the University of […]
Local Emerson College students make dean’s list
BOSTON — The following students are named to Emerson College’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester. Georgia Howe of Farmingdale is majoring in Creative Writing Bachelor of Fine Arts and is a member of the class of 2024. Kailey Pelletier of Readfield is majoring in stage and production management and is a member of […]
Local historian to give talk about Skowhegan’s Bicentennial July 20
SKOWHEGAN — The Community Regional Charter School at 25 Commercial St. plans to host a historical presentation about the Rise and Fall of a Commodious Hall on the Coburn Hall which was located where the Charter School now stands. This free, public, 90-minute presentation is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20; use the Commercial […]
Tornado touches down near Chicago’s O’Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights
Some 173 flights departing Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport were canceled and more than 500 were delayed.
Lawsuits could delay the start of New Jersey’s first offshore wind power project
Multiple lawsuits have been filed by the wind power developer and 3 citizen groups.
Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
The U.N. and others are striving to keep the fragile deal intact, with Ukraine and Russia both major suppliers of wheat, barley, vegetable oil and other food products that countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia rely on.
Another Clarence Thomas ethics story – and this one involves a Maine lawyer
Patrick Strawbridge of North Yarmouth sent money to Thomas’ aide in connection to a 2019 Christmas party just months before he argued Donald Trump’s tax return case before the Supreme Court, according to The Guardian newspaper.
A former Trump supporter who got caught up in Jan. 6 sues Fox News
Raymond Epps was falsely accused by Fox and its hosts, particularly Tucker Carlson, of being a government agent who was whipping up trouble that would be blamed on Trump supporters, the lawsuit claims.