Our grid systems are totally inadequate for the task ahead. Not that you’ll hear fossil fuel interests complaining.
2023
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
Sports betting in Maine could start this fall, but providers have yet to apply
The state’s Gambling Control Unit is concerned by the lack of early responses from bookmakers such as DraftKings and FanDuel.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial
The NRA’s biggest achievement has been defining the ownership of firearms as a distinctive form of social identity.
Posted inOn this date
April 3, 1990: Rights panel sues Le Club Calumet in Augusta, town of Winthrop wins recycling grant, and 3,000 lose power in Gardiner yesterday for around 45 minutes
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inThings to Do
Buffalo Nichols concert set for Strand Theatre
Buffalo Nichols will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St. in Rockland. The young guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist brings blues music into the future by putting Black stories into the genres of folk and blues. Tickets cost $18 in advance or $21 day of show. For tickets, or […]
Posted inCommunity
Bridge clubs name recent winners
Elm City Bridge Club Finishing first at the Elm City Bridge Club in Waterville March 28 were Diane Bishop and Ken Harvey. Rona Backstrom and Su Morrison placed second, with Natasha Rosenbaum and Jessie Gunther third. For more information, call Jessie Gunther at 207-487-7008. Capitol City Duplicate Bridge Club The Capitol City Duplicate Bridge […]
Posted inCommunity
Climate change adaptation talk set for April 10
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk, “Rural Maine Feels the Heat,” at 3 p.m. Monday, April 10. The talk will be offered both remotely via Zoom and in person at 107 Norman Smith Hall on the UMaine campus. Speaker Brian […]
Posted inCommunity
East Winthrop cat shelter to hold Kitten Kerplunk benefit May 13
Participants are asked to gather donations from as many sponsors as possible before the event.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Gov. Mills tests positive for COVID-19
Sunday’s announcement represents the second time Maine’s governor has contracted COVID-19 within the past year.