As Heidi and Joel Neal celebrated their 10th year of business in 2020, they wanted to be able to provide more funding for nonprofit organizations within the state. Heidi created the Loyal Biscuit Co. Fenway Fund in 2019, named after her beloved dog and Loyal Biscuit Co. logo. Grants are funded by the proceeds of […]
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MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 members elect Mark Brunton their next president
Elected delegates of the Maine Service Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union, on Nov. 4 elected Mark Brunton as their next president, effective Jan. 1. Brunton will succeed MSEA-SEIU President Dean Staffieri, who is termed out after four years. “Today’s service sector workers need unions. They need collective bargaining. They need […]
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Thomas College professor’s academic paper accepted into top education research conference
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
After Madison shoppers raise concerns, Hannaford says friendly feline not banned from store
People had taken to social media in recent days concerned that Rascal the cat had been banned from the store, but a Hannaford spokesperson said the store is just asking that treats for Rascal be given to her outside the store.
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SpaceX launches giant new rocket, but pair of explosions ends second test flight
On Saturday, about three minutes into flight, the separated booster also exploded over the gulf. By then, though, its job was done.
Posted inAnimals, New England
Dogs are coming down with an unusual respiratory illness in several U.S. states
David Needle, senior veterinary pathologist at the University of New Hampshire’s New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, has been investigating the mysterious disease for almost a year.
Posted inNation & World
Patients and staff leave Gaza’s biggest hospital as dozens are killed at a crowded refugee camp
Dozens of people were killed in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp when what witnesses described as an Israeli airstrike hit a crowded U.N. shelter in the main combat zone of northern Gaza.
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom
Altman’s sudden and mostly unexplained exit brought uncertainty to the industry’s future.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Trump’s dangerous ‘vermin’ speech would have been at home in Nazi Germany
It is a full-time job to call out every one of Donald Trump’s lies and efforts to divide this nation, but his “vermin” address on Saturday deserves special attention. The ex-president and leading Republican candidate for 2024 dishonored military veterans and further tainted his political party with a hate-filled Veterans’ Day speech featuring words that […]
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Carl P. Leubsdorf: 60 years ago, in Dallas
It was one of those mild November days, typical of Washington autumns, the temperature pushing 70. Because I worked nights, I was trying to nap between picking up the 3-year-old at play school and her older siblings at 3. But excited voices interrupting the music on my favorite oldies station jostled me awake, talking of […]