Oak Hill High School’s drama club will present the Broadway classic, “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” on stage beginning on Friday, Jan. 20, the Little Theatre in the Woods at Oak Hill High School in Wales. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage version, an international sensation produced in 37 countries, includes the […]
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Microsoft lays off 10,000 as job cuts in tech sector continue
Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, as it joins other tech companies in a scaling back of their pandemic-era expansions.
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Utah man who killed 7 family members was investigated for child abuse
In a 2020 interview with authorities, the family’s eldest daughter detailed multiple assaults, including one where she was choked by her father.
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Ukraine interior minister, children killed in helicopter crash
There was no immediate word on whether the morning crash, near a kindergarten and reportedly in heavy fog, was an accident or related to the war.
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U.S., Chinese officials discuss climate, economy, relationship
Yellen’s first face-to-face meeting with Vice Premier Liu He in Zurich is the highest-ranking contact between the two countries since their presidents agreed to look for areas of potential cooperation.
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Wholesale inflation in U.S. slowed further in December to 6.2%
Wholesale prices in the United States rose 6.2% in December from a year earlier, a sixth straight monthly slowdown and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures will continue to cool.
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Damariscotta gallery to host opening reception for ‘Passages’ Jan. 21
The show will continue until Feb. 18.
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Polar bear fatally mauls woman and boy in northwest Alaska
Alaska State Troopers say a polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote western Alaska village.
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Complaints persist over speeding in Wiscasset school zone
According to the Maine Department of Transportation, there were 85 car accidents caused by speeding in Lincoln County in 2022.
