The Dec. 18 storm, despite warnings from forecasters, caught us flat-footed.
2023
Posted inLocal & State, News
Life after Artie: United in grief, shooting victim’s family grapples with unimaginable loss
Artie Strout was 42 when he was killed Oct. 25 at Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston. He left behind both parents, a wife and children.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Chaos in Waterville getting to be too much
Since moving to Waterville a year ago I’ve experienced: 1.) Almost ongoing construction on Main Street, resulting in a nearly un-drivable road. There is not enough room on that street for two lanes of parking and two lanes of traffic. It is a mess. If there were traffic engineers who devised that plan they were […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
What Mainers read in 2023
Maine authors and subjects were big sellers at the state’s indie bookstores this year, including recent releases ‘Big Heart, Little Stove’ by Lost Kitchen owner Erin French and ‘Maine: A Love Story” by artist Blue Butterfield.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Opinion: What if you resolved to do something new every single day?
It’s what I did in 2023 – and I had a ball doing it.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Opinion: Our battle for access to abortion must be sustained
Mainers deserve to live in a state where funding for family planning services is prioritized rather than pilloried.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Out with the old, in with the New Year’s goals
I’m feeling pretty good about looking at 2023 in the rear-view mirror.
Posted inOn this date
Dec. 31, 1996: New chickadee license plates coming to all Maine cars beginning July 1, 1999, Nynex & Bell Atlantic telephone companies to merge, and it’s either a cab or a night in jail this New Year’s Eve
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inOpinion
Jim Fossel: Time’s up for Chris Christie
The presidential candidate confirmed his ineptitude when he failed to make the primary ballot in Maine earlier this month.