A free online Medicare seminar is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5. Participants can hear from an experienced insurance broker who specializes in helping clients with Medicare planning needs. This seminar is meant to help people navigate the options with Medicare and will include information on signing up for social security. This presentation can […]
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Lincoln County Historical Association auction includes Italy trips
Trips to Italy included in Lincoln County Historical Association’s annual auction of experiences Lincoln County Historical Association’s Preservation Party dinner and auction is focused onall things Italian. The annual fundraiser is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 10 on the grounds of the historic Pownalborough Court House, 23 Courthouse Road in Dresden. It will feature a three-course […]
Extension to offer pie bake-off, beekeeping talk in Falmouth Sept. 6
University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County plans to host an open house and annual meeting from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6. The gathering will be held at the UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm, 200 Presumpscot Point Road in Falmouth. The public is invited to learn about extension’s work, explore the gardens, hear a […]
A new Titanic expedition is planned. The U.S. is fighting it, says wreck is a grave
Among the government’s concerns is the possible disturbance of artifacts and any human remains that may still exist.
Unclear how many lost lives in Hawaii as authorities near the end of their search
Three weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, it is unclear how many people perished and how many are still missing.
Boston man nearly misses his own wedding after dog mangles passport
Politicians had to pull some strings to help the groom get to Italy on time.
After court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections
The U.S. Supreme Court boosted property rights over concerns about clean water in a May ruling in favor of an Idaho couple who sought to build a house near a lake.
No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise diagnosed with blood cancer
The Louisiana congressman says the multiple myeloma was found early and he’s undergoing treatment.
Florida mother kills 2 children, herself over court order to return son to father in Maine, sheriff says
Brandy Hutchins killed her children after a court ordered her to turn over custody of 10-year-old Aiden Hutchins to her ex-husband, Nick Hutchins, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says.
Neurosurgeon plucks wriggling worm from woman’s brain in Australia
The creature was the larva of an Australian native roundworm not previously known to be a human parasite, and commonly found in carpet pythons.